Who Monitors the Internet?

Well, this is exactly what my mom always warned me about. The internet is a “world wide” tool.What should you do?You think no one is watching you but you are absolutely mistaken. Someone somewhere is watching.What is private?It affects everyone not just you and it should be mentioned more often than it is.A labyrinth of information, seemingly unorganized and containing several myths involving its existence.It may seem very scary to know that we are constantly being watched.

Monitoring activity for young people is a great idea but I don’t think it can happenbased on U.S. law and society.A program strong enough will [never] be created to stop it unfortunately.It is important to understand that there are rules to everything and you need to know themI was completely unaware on the extent of surveillance measures that are being taken.Our reality is set in the files we have access to, the media we can create, and who’s computer we can hack.

We need to constantly update everyone on our lives, achievements, favorite quotes, articles, fortunes, and misfortunes. Why? Well, not only because of the fact that everyone else is doing it but because it gives us some assurance. It gives everyone a quick glance into our life.Hyper sharingWhether one uses this information for good or bad depends on them. It is hard to understand what the users intentions are.Materialism is no longer about stuffYou think no one is watching you but you are absolutely mistaken. Someone somewhere is watching.Nothing is sacred and nothing can be if it is on the internet. The individuals relationship to reality to reality has shifted.

A kind of zen; [creating] order to promote “security”, “public relations”, and “socialization” while giving up that grey space that allows us to make small mistakes in our private lives that will not scar out public ones.

Jessica Latham
Thomas Melone

About jessicamarielatham

Vice President of Foundation for Delta Gamma, Alpha Xi Chapter and an Intern for West Virginia University's Office of Information Technology in the Communications Department.

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