William Goldberg 813
Social Justice Question
(Not Standard Essay)
Recently, there has been a controversy over the N.S.A spying on people in the U.S through their phones. Many say it's unjust to do this, while others say that just as long as they're keeping people safe it's alright. I agree with the latter of the two because as much of an intrusion as spying is, it's been proven that spying this way has helped prevent numerous terrorist attacks. So, I believe spying through cell phones is for the greater good. Now it has been revealed that the N.S.A and the Government Communications Headquarters have been using video games to spy on people as well. My opinion on this is that it is okay to do this just long as these two organizations don't interfere with people's conversations. The article written about this was called "N.S.A Spied On Gamers" contributed by Barbara Ortutay.
The article itself was interesting but it was not fairly written. It was clear that the author had a bias towards the idea that spying on gamers is wrong. This was expressed by the fact that the author made sure to note how the N.S.A took a long time to respond to questioning about this topic. It was also said that important information was left out by the N.S.A in their responses to the questioning. The author made sure to emphasize the N.S.A's mistakes while not talking about how the N.S.A could be doing something good. Overall, the N.S.A was just not represented properly.
In conclusion, I believe that the N.S.A does has the right to spy over phone conversations and video games just as long as they don't interfere with your life. I also don't think that the author of the article "N.S.A Spied On Gamers" treated both sides of this controversy fairly. This author is definitely not the person who should be writing these kinds of articles.
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