Political privacy

people. Critics believe the Patriot Act “implicates constitutional concerns under the First and Fourth Amendments, raises serious threats to privacy and civil liberties…

Many things happen in the world which the social media records as being real or fake. People find the need to post fake news around the time of serious events and get people to believe them. In the article “5 Reasons Why People Share Fake Photos During Natural Disasters,” the author pinpoints some of the psychology behind their actions. One of the most interesting ways he pinpoints his psychology is through the use of Allusion. While he explains his reasoning he gives concrete details to…

government is the predator. The government has ammunition, in the form of information, that can take them down with one shot. The quote, “Defend press freedom” is used to convey that personal rights and press freedoms are under attack. The right of privacy is an example of one. The government is defending the bill by saying it’s being used to catch terrorists in the country, but the citizens are declaring it as a breach of the right of…

Common Law Development Australia has not formally recognised a legal right to privacy, however, it is argued that privacy is incidentally protected by other civil actions, such as breach of confidence, or trespass. The absence of a common law right to privacy was established in Victoria Park Racing and Recreation Grounds Co Ltd v Taylor (‘Victoria’). Nevertheless, this long established principle was challenged recently in Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd (‘Lenah')…

Snowden has brought fire to by revealing the illegal actions of the NSA. Maybe many Americans will decide that they’re not willing to sacrifice the freedom of privacy to allow for the supposed increase in security that it may provide; perhaps they’ll go to the opposite side and decide they feel increased security is worth having less privacy. Whichever way the country goes, however, new laws and new boundaries need to be put in place for the NSA and other security agencies. While there may have…

He states that Snowden was trying to protect the individual privacies of citizens that were being violated by government spying. It also states the Edward Snowden was not the first person to think this way or to try to do something about it, however he had done the most to advance the idea. In contrary, Heuvel Vanden…

The drone hysteria can be broken down into three types:the fear of the violation of privacy; the fear of weaponization of drones; and the fear of what could happen if a “drone strike” ,drone hitting a commercial jet engine, really did happen. All of these fears are well founded and have a level of concern that is pressing. Privacy is a rare commodity in today’s world. The media seems to be everywhere and the government has cameras everywhere. Drones offer a way to gather information like never…

Drones aren’t only used for recreational or military purposes. There are many ways drones can become essential for commercial use. There are eight popular industries that have already started using drones or having been considering using them. Hollywood filmmakers have already started using drones to film movies. Drones offer filming from different angles that they could never reach before. Energy companies have been considering drones because it’s easier and safer to inspect their facilities.…

In the internet web there was the article was about a new court test of fair use on the Internet appears in June 7 by photographer Kai Eiselein against BuzzFeed. who is demanding damages that could total over $3.6 million dollars and he claims that BuzzFeed infringed his copyright in a photograph he posted on Flickr in 2009 showing a soccer player heading a soccer ball. BuzzFeed photo without his consent in a collection titled “The 30 Funniest Header Faces. After he sent BuzzFeed a takedown…

been heard by the courts. Whatever the stance on the issue, this case will be just as significant as cases such as Roe v. Wade. Those who debate the case will use examples such as civil liberties, privacy, discrimination, equality and the list goes on. Those who opposed the decision do not see it as a privacy issue and in some cases not even a religious issue. To many it was seen as the judiciary branch overstepping their bounds and taking away the power of the states given by the constitution.…