NSA Issues

Upon revealing the leak of data by Snowden we now understand that many laws have been repeatedly broken by the NSA. They had private auditors that broke privacy regulations numerous times. Which brings us to the question, can mass-surveillance ever be viewed as a good thing?
From reading the articles on The Guardian I became amazed at the fact how private companies cared so much about receiving intelligence. This has become a major fear of private internet users. At any point we can be located, even from a simple tweet. As we saw in class the information we post in a tweet is more than just our personal opinion. The gathering of our information and the fact that privately owned businesses have access to it can not be justified. We need to take action on the subject and find a way to resolve this issue. It is amazing to me how whistle blowers such as Snowden put their lives on the line just to find some sort of justice to these atrocities. Snowden even says in the interview we watched that his biggest fear isn't being caught by the US government but he fears that all the information he released will go unnoticed by the US citizens and that we will accept this mass-surveillance.

DS proposal

For my digital story I am going to talk about social networking and its effects on society as a whole. I will get into detail on how social networks affect our social status, personality, actions and how it affects us from a global stand point. Social Networking has grown over the past century exponentially. I hope to show my readers what social networking has become and where it is going.
I will also give my readers an explanation on how to use social networks. I will show them where these networks started and why they got to the point they are at today. I will give my readers the pros and cons of social networking and possible solutions to the cons. My interest in social networking and the cross between social justice branches from the many ways we utilize these networks today. I hope to show my classmates how they can utilize these networks to their advantage and how they can be affecting society themselves.