Why The Government Shouldnt Have Control Over The Internet

"Why the Government Shouldn't Have Control Over the Internet I don't think that the Federal Government has the right to go through our social media, wiretap us, or restrict what we can or can_Ñét see. We have our First Amendment right to say what we feel online and look up what we want to see without having the Government only give us some of the information. If the Government can monitor what we can or can_Ñét see, then what stops them from giving us one-sided information. They could ban us from finding liberal sided sources and only give us conservative sided sources. This would basically block the reporters freedom of speech on these sites. One advantage to the Government monitoring internet sites is they would be able to know who visited a terrorist site and this would help the Government stop an attack like 911. They would be able to know if they went on various sites planning an attack and then stop the attack before it happened. At a more local level this would be useful if a child went missing. They could look at sites the child visited and then be able to pinpoint who they were talking to and hopefully find the child. …show more content…
The Fourth Amendments states, _ÑÒThe right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized._Ñù. This Amendment states that the Government has to have probable cause if they want to search through anything we own. If the Government gains access to our internet searches it would be in violation of this