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"The U.S government-Federal, State and Local- has a limited duty to monitor the internet for numerous reasons. They can violate constitutional rights and privacy. There can be serious miscommunication issues, and profiling issues. The government should monitor the internet, but in a limited way. They should have keywords and websites that, when are accessed, set off a notification or alarm. Upon seeing this notification or alarm the surveillance team could go and inspect the situation. Then they could decide whether or not there is a significant threat. Surveying everything all the time would be less effective as it produces more mistakes. They would also need more employees and equipment which costs the branch more money. Surveying specific sights still gives the government some control, and people can feel …show more content…

By focusing more on certain things miscommunications can be brought down to a minimum and people can dig deeper to find more evidence. For example,there was an israeli man who posted _ÑÒGood Morning_Ñù on his Facebook post in arabic. However the translator translated the message to _ÑÒHurt Them_Ñù. The government then proceeded to arrest the man and took him in for extreme questioning. The man was found innocent, but had the officials had gone through his case with a fine toothed comb, they could have seen that there was a mistranslation issue, instead of jumping to conclusions and arresting him.
This also has to do with profiling issues. Instead of just surveying people whom they deem suspicious based upon race or religion, they should survey people who they know are dangerous. Convicted criminals, people who undergo suspicious activity, these are all examples of people who the government should take more time surveying. Surveillance teams should not focus completely on these types of people, however they should always be

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