Key Points:
- A federal agent created a Facebook page using Sondra Arquiett's identity without her knowledge.
- Sondra has been arrested not to long ago because of belief that she was involved with a drug ring, the DEA agent said that this was a way for him to catch other people that he may think was involved with her.
- Facebook deleted the page saying this was violating its terms and the issue caught the attention of civilians creating an even more negative view of the government.
Connection to Questions:
- The government is doing everything in its power to defend the agent's actions, even though he posted personal pictures such as Sondra in her bra and underwear. This shows us how much the government can do in our lives. Everyday someone is a victim to an identity theft and this woman was a victim by someone who was suppose to protect us from it. The more sickening part is the government is hiring lawyers and going above and beyond to defend this agent.
Questions:
- Do you think that the government is wrong in this situation? Why or why not?
- How would you feel being the victim of this situation?
- How much do you trust the government after this?
This is a very interesting topic! Wouldn't this situation be an invasion or privacy and fraud? I don't understand how the government is allowed to break laws when it seems to benefit them?
ReplyDeleteThat's what I was saying. I think it would be all three. Like they really pulled a "catfish". It makes me wonder is this the first time.
DeleteThe government is very wrong in situation because it is being very hypocritical of the government as it says "Hey you can't steal someone's identity that is illegal but it's okay if we do it"
ReplyDeleteI'd feel like I was violated of my rights and horrible because I don't think ANYONE regardless of who is stealing own's identity should do it with any kinds of intentions. We are unique and ourselves and to someone to say they're you in order to esquire information is simply wrong.
Never really trusted the government too much really. Only for a few things.
This is an interesting topic because like Jesus said the government is saying that we aren't allowed to do it but, they are allowed? This doesn't seem fair or right? How can they break the laws just to benefit their sake of fun or what they feel like for the heck of it.
ReplyDeleteI'd feel like i was being violated of my own rights because no matter who or how much power they have should not be allowed to steal or use any part of my identity no matter what the purpose is. It is completely wrong for the government to use our information and use it to act as if they were us. This is a very good article to debate on, i think that some people could back it up either way.
Sometimes like Jesus mentioned its hard to want to trust the government because sometimes they make more choices like, no one stopped each other(3 branches) to get our country brought in the middle of two countries having a war?