Is Big Brother A Big Problem?

"Is Big Brother A Big Problem? The United States has always been a country of freedoms. In this country, we have been able to exercise rights that many countries would not even dream of. Documents such as the Bill of Rights have given us the chance to have freedom of speech, religion, and press without government interference. For a while, these freedoms seemed fair and just because everyone had a voice, and more importantly everyone thought people, even ones they did not agree with, should be able to use their voice. Lately, with the rise of technology and social media, Americans and the government have become less inclined to let certain people exercise their born freedoms, either because they do not agree with them or are offended by what they have to say. Along with the rise in technology, came a rise in the ability to hack into that technology. Ever since events like the tragedy on September 11, the government has put more importance on monitoring the internet and what people are putting on it. This has become a huge issue in today’s society, because as much as the government wants the people to …show more content…
From this book, there came an age where the phrase “big brother is watching you” was extremely popular because the rise of accessibility to technology led its citizens to rightfully believe the government was watching them. In today’s society this phrase is becoming more and more true. With social media and internet being at almost everyone’s fingertips, it is extremely easy for the government, local, state or federal to monitor what its people are broadcasting. This, however, is a huge violation of United States citizen’s rights. The government has no authority to monitor and take down anything that we decide to post or upload because of freedom of speech and