The idea of the U.S. government monitoring internet content has created multiple different arguments and stances over the years. The government has a duty and a right to monitor our internet content to a certain extent. They can use this information to stop acts of terrorism, robberies, murders, etc. They can also use this information to piece together crimes or anything that would need to be further explained or understood. Yet, this can sometimes be taken too far. When they start to monitor everything a citizen does on the daily, it can be argued as an invasion of their privacy and their rights. Not everything a person does or says should monitored for a certain official to know. The government needs to do all they can to use the content …show more content…
How can something be argued right or wrong when their are so many different sides to it. The duty of our government is to keep America and its citizens safe, but how are you ensuring their safety when you are infringing upon their rights? Yet, how can you keep them safe if you don't use every resource you can to stop what would be harming them or to punish the one who caused the harm? The fact that the government has the duty to use its resources to protect us is not up for debate. They can and must use internet content to their advantage if it means that someone will be stopped from doing what they shouldn't be. They have to upstand their vow to protect us in every way they can, and monitoring internet content is just one of many ways of dong that. The cyber security act is just one of many ways that they do that. This helps them solve things like murders by using recent search histories or phone calls that could link someone to a crime of this sort. It allows them to monitor threats and actions that shouldn't be made or done. By using this they have been able to stopped planned terrorist attacks that could have been tremendously harmful to our country and fellow