BY ANNABEL LEE
Following September 11th, 2001, the United States Congress passed the Patriot Act. This act began stripping away American freedoms, civil liberties, and rights to privacy. In the years since, legal challenges to aspects of the law, and subsequent laws, have sided with the government. This erosion of the American democracy has created a scenario similar to George Orwell’s “1984″. Not only are we being watched by satellites and cameras, having our emails and phone conversations recorded by the government, but now, we are seeing companies requiring individuals to hand over their user IDs and passwords to social media websites, primarily Facebook.
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Government, Schools, and Companies Want Your Facebook Login Information | Double Dip Politics.
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