Why Officials Should Not Be Allowed To Use Social Networking Sites

Many investigators can get retrieve valuable information about people, though their electronic devices. Larry Greenemeier stated “ People continue to use their devices to send and store more sensitive data...”. For example, Society puts information in their electronic devices about their finances and health records. Even though, citizen care about their private information being seen, avoiding the fourth amendment can help solve crimes faster and can help with the police investigation.

In “That’s No Phone. That’s My Tracker.,” by Peter Maass and Megha Rajagopalan, they assert that phones are really just devices that the government, like the Party, can use to track you. Maass and Rajagopalan explain that many police agencies do not need search warrants to get your location data. Most of the data taken from your phone by the government is done without our knowledge of it.

The Government should not be able to look through people’s personal information because it goes against the fourth amendment. An example of this is, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized” (constituteproject web). The constitution states it is not right for

Currently technology has become more advanced than ever and continues to evolve. We communicate and discover what is going on in the world in multiple ways. For example, through utilizing the internet to search for information, smartphones to connect with our family and friends through applications such as Facebook or Instagram are ways in which people communicate. These advances have prevailed due to the interest and those who use this technology, people are always wondering what others are doing and also like to disclose what is going on in their life. However, oversharing can cause harm in some ways when it is invading someone’s privacy. Confidentiality is a right that should be safeguarded especially in the

An Ohio court ruled that the police needed a warrant to search a cellphone because, unlike a piece of paper that might be stuffed inside a suspect’s pocket and can be confiscated during an arrest, a cellphone may hold “large amounts of private data.”

In school systems today safety is the top priority that they spend most of their time enforcing rules for this specific reason. After hearing about the Columbine school shooting I can only imagine the pain their parents felt while receiving the news. If the students had access to their cell phones could this have turned out differently? Dr. Stroka talks in a school safety video that you have to put a face on school safety and most people have forgotten what that’s about (Ken Trump). If students have access to phones it betters the chance of getting help right away in life threatening

Social networks have been making a splash in the internet world over the past couple of years. In some studies into the monitoring of social media activity by employees has

With the seemingly exponential propagation of inexpensive digital communications technologies over recent years, the general public is becoming more aware of the issues surrounding information privacy and government surveillance in the digital age. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry with a smart-phone has to be wary of how they use their private information for fear of that information being collected and used in a way contrary to their wishes. "Leaky" smartphone apps that transmit private information across the internet can be unethically used by government agencies. The issue of privacy is a balancing act; the public usually wants increased privacy and the government usually wants increased access.

At certain measures it is ok, for example if the person is using a school computer, the school should have that kind of authority. “Kids need to be free to say something without feeling like the school is watching them 27/7 (qtd. in Wallace). What a student does on their phone off school hours should not concern the school in any way. Even if there is bullying involved, the school shouldn’t be allowed to browse the student’s account. Think about it, if you tell the students that the school has all kind of access to their social media accounts, they most likely wouldn’t bully online anymore. With that being said, the school would have access to all kinds of personal information yet there would be nothing to prevent. “School officials had violated students’ free speech rights when two girls were suspended from extracurricular activites for posting pictures of themselves with phallic-shaped lollipops” (Wallace). The students were suspended from events at school even though everything they were accused of happened outside of school. I believe that the school shouldn’t have had the right to eliminate them from activities for something that they should have never found out

Should schools and officials be able to go through one’s phone for information? I don’t believe that schools and officers have the right to be able to go through a suspect’s phone for information about something, I believe it is a violation of privacy, and ignores the fourth amendment which protects people from random search and seizures. For example, they could have embarrassing or funny personal photos and videos with a friend that they wouldn't want anyone watching or seeing. In the article “Phone Patrol” it states “People could have....pictures in there, like of their girlfriends, that they don’t want somebody else to see, and it would be an invasion of privacy not only for them, but the other person also.”, and I believe police don’t need to be snooping through a suspect's personal information and pictures because they are invading one’s privacy. In addition, schools shouldn’t be able to stalk and look at a student's social media and then go through that students stuff. If there’s a situation, the school shouldn’t get involved, they should let the student’s parents take care of that. In the article “Password Protected”, it says “Schools do

This can result in severe consequences for both the students and the school. Colleges such as Harvard have been denying the entrance of students due to inappropriate and explicit content posted on social media. Many high schools have begun hiring outside companies to monitor their student’s posts. The question arises: By doing so, are they violating these students First Amendment Rights? Approximately 92 percent of teenagers say they use their electronic devices daily (Ray Bendici, “Schools Step up Social Media Monitoring”). Twenty-four percent of which say they constantly use the internet. Although schools have a good intention for monitoring student’s accounts; to stop bullying, to find racist and explicit content, and to stop any threats; some schools go so far that they are violating both their student's privacy and First Amendment

There is a privacy crisis striking America’s youth. Schools all over the country are trying to convince the supreme court to allow school officials to look into student’s personal lives and hold it against them in a school setting. School officials are trying to hold activities documented on social media against their students. Activities documented on social media should not be held against students by school officials because it is an invasion of privacy and most of the activities took place off of campus.

There are a lot of questions that need to be answered in front of the court about cell phones before they can make legislation of whether or not to allow warrantless search. A question that comes up a lot is how can the lower courts compare searching a cell phone to searching a pack of cigarettes? This is because cell phones store data, and data contains personal information, when a box of tobacco doesn’t. When they do overcome this dilemma the next question will be: how far should the searching extended, text messages, call logs, pictures, GPS history, file sharing programs,

The world of technology is insane and its potential means of action are even crazier. As it increases, the means for privacy will continue to lessen. Computers and smartphones are now watched heavily through the webcams and cameras they offer. However, this isn’t a bad thing for some circumstances. For instance, Singer discusses a positive use with this; “Now, handheld devices instantly call up a person’s Social Security number and license status, records of outstanding warrants, and even mug shots” (Singer). For officials, it is so easy to background check any citizen. If they see anything suspicious, they can just look up that individual and see past charges to potentially see the type of person they are. Although that may sound scary, those records are mostly public to everyone anyways so means of technology are only helping and making it safer for us. I agree with this overstep of privacy due to public safety but these records do release issues

Over the past few years something has taken a toll in most people’s lives, we use it, love it, talk about it, and check it almost every hour of every day: this thing is called social networks. It was only a few years back, in 2003, when MySpace was discovered, and in 2004 when Mark Zuckerberg established Facebook, and soon after in 2006 Twitter followed. These sites became more than just an online destination, but a way of life. Notifications, follower counts, friend requests, photo comments- all what might seem like silly things that teenagers and adults alike await the moment they come home to check. We scroll unconsciously through feeds and pictures of people we barely know, from the inquisitive human nature. At school everyone is