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Snowden Effect Pros And Cons

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Civil Liberties is defined as,” rights or freedoms given to the people by the First Amendment to the Constitution, by common law, or legislation, allowing the individual to be free to speak, think, assemble, organize, worship, or petition without government or even private interference or restraints.” (INCITE DICTIONARY)
To ensure rights and freedoms given to the people that cannot be taken away the First Amendment was put in place, and reads as follows:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
(U.S Const. amend. I) …show more content…

The Snowden Effect was various implementations the government and companies made after Edward Snowden leaked NSA information. After Snowden leaked NSA documents people found out that the NSA virtually contained all of the information on who people called and when they called them. After the people felt as if their privacy was being intruded the House passed a bill that said would end the collection of phone metadata and tech companies changed their seriousness about

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