The delicate balance between civil liberties and security
the results of a Pew research Internet privacy survey conducted earlier this month - after the PRISM surveillance program of the National Security Agency in the United States was revealed - indicate a point in public opinion about government spying on its own citizens turning
for the first time since the organization. began asking the question in 04, more respondents believe that the government has gone too far in restricting civil liberties (47 percent) believe that the government has not done enough to protect the country against terrorism (35 percent). In October 2010, 47 percent of respondents indicated that they felt that the government has not done enough to fight against terrorism and 32 percent said the government went too far in restricting civil liberties .
However, half of the 1,480 US citizens questioned in the recent Pew Research poll approve of government surveillance data over the Internet and telephone to combat terrorism, while 44 percent disapprove. At the same time, 70 percent of respondents believe that the government uses the data for purposes that the fight against terrorism.
A recent Pew Research poll shows US citizens believe the government is using the data collected for purposes other than the fight against terrorism, but half still support data collection efforts of the government. (Credit: Pew Research Center)
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