The Role Of Internet In A Dystopian Novel 1984

"In George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, the Party controls everything from the history, freethought, media, and even sexual relationships. Overall, the government plays a big part in influencing thought in 1984; telescreens hang in every house broadcasting propaganda and members of the Party are paid to rewrite history. The Party is omnipresent and suppresses individual thought. Today, the Federal Communications Commission is in place to regulate radio, television, the internet, and phone communications. The FCC which was established in 1934, should be in importance to Americans as it dictates the future of networking in America: how we communicate long distance, the internet we have access to, and the speed of the internet. At the time, President Franklin Roosevelt’s goal was to prevent the growing power of corporations and to make sure that the business of mass communications did not fall into the wrong hands. In turn, a mass media was created. However, the FCC more strictly controls the radio and television whereas controlling the internet is uneven ground. The federal government was given no power to monitor the internet in the Constitution. This makes it difficult for any government at all to do so and answers the question that federal, state, and local government have no power to

This is partly true as recently Google has been more open to discussing that they have provided investigators -- with a warrant of course -- with data results of potential suspects, but protections are in place to prevent this on a large scale. Whereas when discussing local government, it is most likely that local police are not sifting through your emails and internet searches as they do not have the technology to do so. The government may not monitor the internet of average people, but it is totally capable for it to be done on a personal