EOTO #2 Reflection

 One of the most interesting topics that I've listened to in our presentations is National Security. This is a huge issue across the world that has been an ongoing problem. Our privacy whether it be our phones or even our social development.  One of the most prominent threats to national security is terrorist attacks. Terrorists are organized in a way to penetrate our society by turning the control and power of technology against us. Our society tries to protect our world from a terrorist attack ever happening again. Nothing is kept "secret" which is pretty scary. 

National Security by definition, involves a national government working autonomously to protect its citizens from threats. There is an article regarding that New York residents have been charged with operating in secret with the Chinese police station. Obviously, Chinese government denied that those two people were in communication with them but there is proof that they did which included driver licenses and camera surveillance. As a result of this, they charged 40 Chinese officers with cyberspace and transmitting information with U.S. residents and whose political views and now being punished by the Chinese government. This is just one of many stories that this has affected our society as a result of how negative national security is to our world. 

It is pretty hard to try and say that there will be a solution anytime soon, but we do need to enhance and improve our laws when competing with other countries in the world. Especially China which is one of our biggest competitors. Going forward, we need to make sure that our borders are secured and that we are paying attention to what information is being shared whether it be to Americans or even citizens. This is a big concern in the U.S. and our government is worried that China could possibly use its national security laws to access our personal information. 

Another topic that was brought up was propaganda. Propaganda, misinformation, and fake news all have been the potential to polarise public opinion, which then promotes bad hate speech and even violence. They overlap in many different ways. Although propaganda has always existed, in today's society it is represented as one of the threats to the national security of countries. Propaganda also connects with misinformation of facts, rumors, and arguments that influence public opinion. This is a huge problem because it is hard to distinguish what is true or not.