The NSA uses a program called PRISM to obtain the personal information of users of popular social media websites and other various sites. It uses websites such as Facebook, Google, and Yahoo, however the prominent figures of each of these websites denied leaking information about a vast number of users to the government.They do, however, admit that they will give information about individuals when it is lawful. One thing is consistent, and that is all of these companies deny all knowledge of PRISM's existence. We cannot be sure that these companies are lying to us, but if they are telling the truth then its a possibility that PRISM obtains information directly off of the fiber optic cables. This kind of access to information is dangerous and scary. The government has access to everyone's personal data like passwords and can even read his or her emails. The NSA and its defenders say that these kinds of activities are only targeting foreigners and possible terrorists. This is the purpose of our social justice action project. We want to emphasize that having your personal information readily available to the government is uncomfortable and should not be legal. Overall, I think that this is a huge problem that has recently come to the surface, and needs to be dealt with soon. We shouldn't stand for our privacy being invaded, and the violation of our rights as Americans. Surveillance it unethical, and the CEO of Google stated that he does not know of any program dishing out information about groups of people otherwise he would have quit Google because he does not want to be involved with such scandalous activities. I respect him for saying that, but its bold to claim you would quit your high paying and high authority job in the blink of an eye. At any rate, even he knows its unethical and should not be a problem today.
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