Hacktivism

There are many positive and negative affects that surround hacking.  It all depends on what the purpose is for hacking and who is doing it.  I think that Hacking should be protected as a right of free speech, but should be controlled by a few laws that prevent people from being a black hatted hacker.

The founding fathers of America shared the same common view of freedom.  When they wrote the Constitution they were writing the laws that would govern the land and make The United States of America a place of freedom and opportunity.  The First Amendment in the Bill of Rights includes free speech and people have this right to a certain extent.  Protesters have been exercising this right since it was adopted in 1791.  With advancements in technology, protesters have been able to spread there voice over the internet, TV, and social media.

The new era has made a new kind of protester and they are called hacktivists.  Hacktivists hack into websites that are connected to the government or show hacktivism in a bad light.  They are not stealing important information, leaving viruses on the website, or any other criminal act.  Hacktivists are simply exercising their First Amendment right to express themselves.  They are acting like spies who are trying to leak information that we, as American citizens, have a right to know what are government is doing.  This is a perfect fit for the main theme of our class, Social justice.