Monitoring Personal Privacy

"The U.S government is currently abusing its power to monitor our use of internet content and the privacy we receive. There is a definite _ÑÒline_Ñù in the government system that shouldn_Ñét be crossed, yet they don_Ñét have a problem stepping well over it. It is understandable that deep web content such as child pornography, copyright infringement and drug trafficking networks needs to be monitored, considering the circumstances. But personal content such as emails and Facebook messages are where the line between the government and its citizens needs to be drawn. The government should not have the power to monitor personal content because it clearly denies several fundamental rights of the Constitution.

The NSA has been collecting massive

The Constitution, through numerous amendments, gives us as Americans the right to privacy. The First Amendment protects the privacy of beliefs and speech. The government is taking away our right to this amendment by monitoring our internet content, going through our Facebook messages and monitoring our telephone usage. Both the Fourth and First Amendments create a _ÑÒpenumbra_Ñù where privacy is protected from government intrusion. To ignore a right as simple as the right of privacy is taking away one of the most basic rights a person is entitled to have. There are a few things more private than internet history, such as personal messages and events that happen behind closed doors. Along with internet history and personal messages, the government shouldn_Ñét be able to monitor what happens in anyone_Ñés personal life. The 5th Amendment protects the privacy of personal information, including what goes on in someone_Ñés personal life. The 9th Amendment says that the rights of the people are unenumerated. Essentially, we as Americans are entitled to more rights than what is in the Constitution. Furthermore, the monitoring of personal content clearly denies this fundamental Constitutional right to

The government is heavily monitoring cell phone use and technological history and because of this, Americans are losing trust in the government and refusing to support any government ideas or actions. Monitoring everyone_Ñés internet content and messages is wrong and unneeded because not everyone in the United States is at fault for criminal activity or acts of terrorism. Searching for messages and content that is never going to be found isn_Ñét the duty of the government. Their main role is to protect and enforce the rights of the people, not go against these rights to hurt or incriminate the people they_Ñére supposed to