Bibliograph

Mass government surveillance, spying on citizens, Andrew Coddington

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Mass government surveillance, spying on citizens, Andrew Coddington

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mass government surveillance

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Andrew Coddington

Series statement

Spying, surveillance, and privacy in the 21st century

Sub title

spying on citizens

Summary

The Patriot Act, which was passed shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, has allowed the government to monitor communication by phone, email, or social media, to access credit and bank reports, or to track activity on the internet. This book examines the new methods used by the government to spy on citizens, the reasons it became necessary, and the tradeoffs between increased safety and a loss of privacy, and the moral arguments for and against these tradeoffs

Target audience

juvenile

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