I decided to change up my writing this week because of some of the past events that have been happening this week.
Everyone uses social media all around the world. Since
Donald Trump has been president he has made it very clear, immigration should
be eliminated. If or when this day happens, according to US Homeland Security,
social media could be the next way EVERY current or prospective immigrant is
monitored. This means there would be a mass computer monitoring system that
would monitor every tweet, post, update, and picture that an immigrant says.
Then US Homeland Security would look at the databases “bad tweets”, who refer
to possible terrorist activity.
In my opinion, this is just insane. For so many reasons.
First: I am currently taking a college course about racism
and injustice about anyone that is not male and white. What Homeland Security
wants to do is the definition of injustice. Not every person that immigrates
here wants to commit a terrorist act. I understand US Homeland Security’s job
and how they want to prevent anything awful that could occur but I just do not
think monitoring every immigrant is the way to fix criminal acts.
Second: Not every attack happens from immigrants. Las Vegas
is a great example. It happened a few days ago. He killed 59 innocent victims.
He was a white male, the only gender and race combination who normally do not
experience racism and injustice. US Homeland Security should try to push a law
saying you cannot buy 20 automatic weapons, but hey that is just my opinion.
Third: How is US Homeland Security going to go, arrest, and
question every immigrant who tweets a questionable thing? It is impossible. I
personally think they need to look at the bigger picture. Maybe some things
need to change like security overall and gun laws. Everyone is saying, “Las
Vegas will change hotel security”. Well, guess what, maybe we should change
school security, mall security, restaurant security, and etc. We changed
airport security after 9/11. Does America have to experience an act of violence
for security to be implemented?
According to News Scientist, US Homeland’s idea would never
work because of there being way too many immigrants per US Homeland Security
personnel. It would not be possible for a computer to decide on the bad tweets.
Social media is great for personal and business reasons, but
for now, I think it should stay that way. I can see how social media could be
helpful if someone is suspicious to see what they post and their friends if a
criminal act is committed. I just do not think social media should be the next
way US Homeland Security tries to catch the bad guys.
What is your opinion? I want to hear it! This is a very
controversial topic. Comment!
Hoovering up
immigrants’ social media data won’t make US safer. (n.d.). Retrieved October
08, 2017, from
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2149460-hoovering-up-immigrants-social-media-data-wont-make-us-safer/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=technology&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-technology
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