Section 2
Blog 6
11/1/15
I found this article to be relevant in the context of the recent Snowden leaks which revealed the government's increasingly flippant attitude to individual's private information and security. Particularly, the article under section 124 mentioned that the government would be allowed to seize information on a reporter's phone if linked to criminal activity. Specifically, if the device was even "relevant" to any criminal activity, the government would be able to access it without the individual in question even realizing. I find this troubling for several reasons because on one hand the press and media in general is supposed to be an intermediary between the government and its citizens but by having complete oversight over the media, the government would ostensibly become a totalitarian body. Journalism at its best provides individuals with a voice that can speak out against the government and in issues involving criminal activity, may even acquit wrongfully accused individuals. The line between too much government power and too little is a fine one and my only question would be how does one determine where that line stands?
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