Persuasive Essay On Government Tracking

"Government Internet Monitoring: Side Effects, And Where to Draw the Line National security is tricky to keep track of now. With cellular phones, the internet, and various other forms of national and international communication and commerce, the government has found multiple ways to monitor and protect people from malicious/illegal content. The issue, however, with the many ways the government can monitor internet usage, is where to draw the line. Monitoring isn't perfect, but it needs some type of regulation to be executed correctly. Government surveillance isn't a new topic. However, Edward Snowden's release of classified NSA documents in 2014 kicked off national hysteria, and that is where public discussion of government monitoring started. The NSA leak has changed the citizen perception of the federal government forever, but, despite that, some of that surveillance may have trickled down to school levels, with website filtering. ""School systems need to ensure that we create a safe environment [but] if we believe any technical solution like filtering will keep us totally safe, that is misplaced."" However, the issue with ensuring a safe …show more content…
ALA news states ""some school districts block access to websites containing information about foreign countries, such as China and Iran, even as those websites are required online reading for the Advanced Placement curriculum."" Poor children are the most affected because they ""are the most likely to depend on school and library provided internet access. Other children are likely to have unfiltered internet access at home or through their own mobile devices.” Which can contribute to them having inept social skills, and being unable to express their creativity with