Citizenfour

Assignment 2

CitizenFour: Privacy on the Interent is a Myth

2021-10-17 Lai Wei Comments Off on CitizenFour: Privacy on the Interent is a Myth

Directed by Laura Poitras, CitizenFour exposes the massive surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA). After receiving anonymous and encrypted e-mails about illegal surveillance operations by the NSA, Poitras, alongside reporters Ewen MacAskill and Glenn Greenwald, decided […]

Assignment 2

Citizenfour: It Is Time to Rethink Surveillance

2021-10-15 Lianyao(Leah) Zhuo Comments Off on Citizenfour: It Is Time to Rethink Surveillance

Introduction In the context of globalization and digitalization, a global surveillance network is in high gear. By documenting how intelligence contractor Edward Snowden uncovered the systemic clandestine cyberespionage secretly sanctioned by the White House and […]