Throughout history, societies have grappled with the fundamental question of why governments exist and what role they should play in the lives of their citizens. The purpose of government is a topic of philosophical, political, and ethical discourse, with diverse perspectives and theories. In this...
It is worth mentioning that when the government starts surveillance on internet activities, the internet might become less attractive. Furthermore, art, culture, innovation, scientific research, and freedom of expression will be compromised and hence limited with regards to production. The central question behind this idea...
In George Orwell’s novel 1984 Big Brother controls the population of Oceania through many ways. One of these ways is surveillance; monitoring everyone’s every move. This instills fear in the people in their everyday lives to carry out their moves and actions a certain way....
We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from the government. When people fear surveillance, whether it exists or not, they grow afraid to speak their minds and hearts freely...
The detail of global surveillance disclosures leaked by Edward Snowden casts doubts on the ethics of government surveillance. The abuse of surveillance will lead to the loss of personal privacy, affect people’s daily life and make government lose their credibility. Nevertheless, the data and information...
“Every breath you take, Every move you make….Every bond you break, Every step you take, I’ll be watching you. Every single day…Every word you say. Every game you play…Every night you stay, I’ll be watching you.” If you ever really looked into the lyrics of...
As technology is increasing and becoming more powerful so is the ability for people to hack into cell phones or computers and steal crucial information. Information like phone numbers, contacts, addresses, credit/debit card numbers or medical records. But what if it was being done by...
Government surveillance is an issue everyone should be aware and suspicious of. The topic is portrayed to the public as an effective tactic to ensure that the country and the citizens residing in it are safe and secure. Though this may be true, the downsides...
Many governments monitor the use of the Internet by their residents for various reasons, including protecting national security. Although this practice has raised many ethical concerns, such as the collection of data of citizens, it has been justified as a necessary evil in the interest...
The role of government surveillance in national security has been an prolonged issue in our country. We face a question: is the violation of our privacy really worth the security that could potentially be provided? The beginnings of our current government surveillance come from the...
This exposition analyzes the archive of administration reactions to a portion of the additional truly broadcasted instances of psychological oppressor shakedown from 1968 to 1989 and evaluates, in light of this delight in, the inconveniences of government scope inside the area of transactions and concessions....
The increasing socio-political crisis has been negatively influencing the health of Haitian citizens. The conditions for peoples’ life satisfaction are the worst among other American countries. Haiti has the highest infant and maternal mortality and the worst malnutrition. There are many NGOs working in Haiti...
Georgia’s Recent Political History Georgia is approximately the size of Ireland and its 2017 population was about 3.718 million. Georgia is a unitary semi-presidential republic, with the government elected through a representative democracy. After Georgia obtained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, initially,...
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration). There are ten members of ASEAN which are Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Viet Nam, Lao PDR ,...
In a majority of African countries, governments implement social protection programs to improve the people’s well-being. However, international nongovernmental organizations and development partners help the governments to reach a substantial number of people. Some of the common welfare programs in these countries involve provision of...
Large companies have an outstanding amount of data on its consumers, and there’s no legislation that limits how much data they can collect. They have too much personal information on users, it’s gotten to the point where the collection is a threat to public security....
Several debates have arisen on how far the government should interfere with the economy. While every country must have an economic system, they have a reasoning behind the system, the form of government. To some people, government intervention in the economy are considered significantally necessary...
Introduction In today’s society, technology has grown into one of the most used and most wanted events of the millennium. This essay about Apple vs FBI controversy centers on whether Apple should be forced to create new software that would allow the FBI to access...