THE SOCIAL NETWORKS: RISKS AND BENEFITS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
THE SOCIAL NETWORKS: RISKS AND BENEFITS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY

Summary/Abstract: SCIENTIFIC STUDIES AND THEORIZING HAVE ESTABLISHED TWO DISTINCT PERSPECTIVES ON THE INTERNET PHENOMENON: THE INTERNET AS A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION AND THE INTERNET AS A MEANS OF SOCIAL MANIFESTATION, THE SOCIAL COMPONENT OF THE INTERNET BEING AN INCONTESTABLE REALITY. THE ACT OF PRODUCING, ESPECIALLY IN THE CASE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS, CREATES A SITUATION IN WHICH PRIVATE INFORMATION BECOMES OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL THOSE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET. THOUGHTS, OPINIONS, INFORMATION ABOUT STUDIES, HEALTH OR JOB, PERSONAL PHOTOS, ALL BECOME ACCESSIBLE BECAUSE PRIVATE INFORMATION IS POSTED ON A PUBLIC DOMAIN. OF COURSE, THIS RAISES A LARGE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT SURVEILLANCE. WHO ACCESSES OR, MOREOVER, WHO STORES THIS INFORMATION? WHAT IS THE USE IN THIS ERA OF "KNOWLEDGE CAPITALISM", IN WHICH THE SEARCH FOR INFORMATION AND FORECASTING TECHNOLOGIES ARE PROMINENT?

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