Anna Munster's chapter "Welcome to Google Earth," is a case study of the three perspectives discussed above. Technology has allowed individuals to have access to information (as Friedman describes) and, in the case of Google Earth, to a view of the world they live in which would otherwise have been impossible. ... Without Google, no individual would have the capacity to browse the entire globe with the few clicks of a mouse. However, it is thus Google's responsibility to create that framework with the flexibility to adapt according to collective input. ... "Welcome to Goo...

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Highlighted by the Snowden Revelations, PRISM allows for a court-approved, front-door access to Americans' Google and Yahoo accounts. ... The organized attacks from China on Google and Gmail represented the political implications for freedom of speech. ...

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According to Deutsche Welles it's "as easy for agents to use as Google" (Lütticke, 2). ... It has gotten so out of control that it's forced companies such as Google and Microsoft to call limits on government surveillance their users. ...

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Such legal drugs as alcohol have been a part of Western civilization for nearly 3,000 years along with tobacco for over 400 years, which causes more deaths than marijuana. Coffee is the most widely used psychoactive drug beverage in the world. In 1999, the average consumption of coffee was 3.5 cups ...

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On September 11, 2001 terrorists attacked the citizens of the United States of America. Approximately forty-five days later on October 26, 2001, the Bush administration responded by passing the USA PATRIOT Act, which is short for "United and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools to In...

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