Ethical Issues and Citizen Rights in the Era of Digital Government Surveillance

Over recent years, terrorism has pressed democracy and Westerners to their ethical limits not only regarding torture but also the ways citizens are secretly spied. The use of current digital technologies to monitor lay persons or activists is one of the aspects that triggered a hot-debate in Europe and US. After Snowden`s case, citizenry not only realized the dark side of government, but how slowly democracy is dying. Doubtless, this is the intersection where this book is inserted. Based on 13 highquality chapters, organized in three sections, editors Robert Cropf and Timothy Bagwell provide to readers with a pungent work containing a great varieties of themes discussing how e-surveillance is often used for Government to enhance security, as well as some individual rights are harmed.