Home Surveillance Is Home Surveillance Worth It? In 2013, whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed to the American people that the National Security Agency was spying on them. Not only that, but also on world leaders. Domestic surveillance is considered the first line of defense against terrorism. But it has many disadvantages: not only does it violate the lives of Americans, it also spies on our social networks, it puts a limit on their privacy and constitutes a great stab in the privacy of Americans. freedom of expression. According to John W. Whitehead, "the fact that the government can now, at any time, access the entirety of telephone conversations, e-mail exchanges, and other communications from months or years ago should frighten every American." . » (White head). The NSAAnd the problem is that social media sites are helping the NSA when we have placed all our trust and it could easily be revoked. According to Rob D'Ovido "Having exchanged our freedoms for a phantom promise of security, the eyes of the government" (D'Ovido). For example, Cameron Dambrosio, a teenager from Massachusetts, posted a video online in which he rapped about the Boston Marathon bombing. The rap referenced the White House and the attack itself, leading to him being arrested in May 2013 and charged. for communicating terrorist threats, which could earn him a twenty-year prison sentence. It cannot be said that he used foul language and made rude remarks, but that does not give the authorities the right to arrest people on the basis of rap. What is happening with freedom of speech? In the Middle East, people are uprooting entire regimes because they don't grant them basic human rights, like freedom of expression or privacy. For example, look at Egypt, they overthrew a regime that ruled for 40 years. I'm not comparing these horrible regimes to our government, all we need is to be better at calculating our choices, and the government should have more trust in the citizens. We live in an age where we are monitored by surveillance cameras 24/7, and our calls are also tapped. Even with all the peeping toms, censorship, and spying, free speech is the price you pay for living in a free society right now. That's how it is. » (Mullins, Domestic Surveillance, 2015). And that's when this quote hit me emotionally: the people of the United States should not be subjected to this situation. That's like saying I have a gun. on you, but I promise I will never pull the trigger, what do I care about the government not pulling the trigger. This is not how your societies, living in the madness of terrorism, should prevent the American people from having the fundamental right to live. in fear, we must not withdraw the discourse on freedom. Even with all the unreal evidence, the other side still has no valid argument as to whether domestic surveillance ever happened.