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Anti War Image During World War I, specifically in 1917, there was an robust antiwar movement that started in the United States. Opposing the nation's involvement in foreign military conflicts. This movement comprised of people and organizations that reject the idea of engaging in warfare from other countries.  Research has shown that the antiwar sentiment starting getting more attention early in the war. The U.S. government responded to this with significant repression. According to Smithsonian Magazine,“in June 1917, the government blocked the mailing of anti-war newspapers and arrested 2,000 protesters on charges of inspiring resistance to military recruitment. States passed sedition laws and arrested dissenters” (Trickey, 2018). This shows that the widespread hostility to those toward opposed the war and the lengths to which the government went to silence them. The impact of these actions were impactful as supporter of the U.S involvement in World War I were trying to eliminate...

Privacy Image In today society, technology is tracing everything that we do using digital footprint. Digital footprint has become one of the most important issues that relates to our privacy. The idea that we constantly share our personal information through social media, online transaction and online searches can grow to gain data that can be accessed and exploited for your benefit or not. This digital footprint offers connectivity and connivence but is very bad because it is very costly to your personal privacy. Violating of privacy rights have become more consistent making people vulnerable to surveillance, identify theft and data breaches. The consequences of the breaches are not always visible but they do affect someone's security. It could affect someones life, relationship or their overall security as an whole.  One of the key concerns related to our digital foot print is the use of recognition technologies. Within these TED Talks, technologies like facial recognition w...

WhatsApp App WhatsApp has changed the way that I communicate with others from all over the world. When I message with others their is text encryption so that our message are safe.  WhatsApp was invented by Jan Koum and Brain Acton.WhatsApp is an social media platform that is very popular specifically when traveling to other countries or travel abroad for work.  WhatsApp was founded by February 2009. Their are 140 billion messages daily on WhatsApp with India leading users at 535 million active users. ( DemandsAge) WhatsApp was presented as an simple app to be able to update people such as short messages like "Busy at work " or "Feeling great". You are able to see user contact without having to message people individually. There was no direct messaging yet when WhatsApp was created. This was an way to create contacts without having to message before. You still could not type anything other than quick messages. Remember that this was when social media was first invent...

Twitter Image There are eight values of free expression. The first value is Marketplace of Ideas. This value is important to me because it helps find the easy way to bring to the marketplace. For example, during the debate over climate change policies, there were a lot of different ideas such as climate change policies, various ideas are presented regarding renewable energy sources, carbon taxes, and government regulations. There are different ideas that were talked about but the most effective ways are identifying and implementing, by leading to more sustainable practice and policies.  The value of self-governance is sufficient to me because it helps individuals to be able to participate in shaping their own lives and communities. They are able to do this through free expressions such as citizens saying their opinions for needs or concerns that they have. As well as feeling an need of responsibility for the governance process. This participation helps keep everyone informed a...

Supreme Court Image 1 Supreme Court Image 2 One thing I learned from the video was that the government officials, including  Supreme Court Justices, take an oath to follow everything from the Constitution.I found this interesting because it gave me an deeper commitment to the officials to have national principles that have to be followed. I was surprised to learn that the lower federal courts were cases are heard by three judges and the Supreme Court has all nine Justice hear every case. I did not realized how different the processes are in the Supreme Court level. Another thing that  surprised me  is that oral arguments typically lasts only about an hour. Since these cases were important, I though that these argument would take much longer.Finally, I learned that the law clerks helped the Justices with researching, drafting and screening petitions. This was unexpected to me because I did not know how much of the work is supported by clerk from behind the scenes.  Th...

Being able to read the new is very important because you need to understand current events. I always make sure to get accurate information by checking the source as well as stay up to date with everything. I read from different news source because it is important to gain diverse perspectives and learn from different viewpoints. I read from five trusted news source to ensure I have an well rounded understanding of society today.  1.New York Times  New York Times Wesbite I like the New York Times because it has international as well as national issues that make it easier to stay informed on all the issue throughout the world. There are hyperlinks that are included as well to reliable sources which I can look at to understand the topic in more detail. There is an great deal of evidence that is presented in the news sources as well that you can look at to understand the topics in more detail. I trust this news source because they provide accurate information that has been well res...