The article talks about how the recent film about Edward Snowden and other changes in the law and policies has resulted in worldwide attention on the scope of government surveillance programs. One of the biggest cases for this was the fact that a British court admitted that British intelligence agencies were acting unlawfully by hiding away a huge amount of spying programs for the decade, yet the worst part was that they claimed it was right and had no intention of owning up for their mistakes. The article also talks about how government surveillance violates rights to privacy and freedom of expression which are rights that are granted to everyone by international human rights law, yet we still as a populace allow governments to exploit our basic privacy rights on a daily basis.
- British intelligence were taken to court for exploiting these privacy rights
- The case went to European court of human rights, a principal submission was filed
- The court plays a role in critical role in the international human rights system
- Enforcing the European Convention on Human Rights, a treaty ratified by 47 nations
- The NSA was recording every single phone call into, out of and within at least two countries
- It was also collecting data from Google and Yahoo user accounts which the companies allowed
I personally think it's ridiculous that governments as well as big corporations are able to get away with this type of behaviour, this could possibly due to the lack of journalism as a whole, as journalists have lost their power in holding the powerful to account and exposing the corruptions. This is evident as the whistle blower Edward Snowden wasn't actually a journalist. However, I do believe that despite the court cases taking too long, they are being processed through the proper structure of the justice system which is fair.
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