The Importance Of Amendment IV Of The Internet

" The essence of being an American has so much to do with freedom; the personal rights held by every individual in this country are often sacred to them. The government, at any level, does not have the right, much less the duty, to monitor internet content just as they do not have the right to ban books from schools or listen in on an individual’s phone calls without probable cause. Every American has a right to privacy that shall not be infringed by the government.

Amendment IV of the constitution reads “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” There are no specific clauses in the constitution that provide legislature on the topic of government monitoring of the internet because the founders could not foresee the future. This does not mean that it is okay. The framers of the constitution made it possible for their work to be amended because they

With that in mind, many people express their political views through the internet and more and more people are organizing through sites like Facebook and Twitter. The omnipresence of internet use in society today makes it seem like a given that the government should use it to be aware of the population’s ever changing opinions. It is still an invasion of privacy to survey social media, but, that being said, people may give up their right to privacy when they publicly post information. It is up to the individual to protect their right by making their account private or not posting anything they do not want