PRISM and the First Amendment: A Critical Issue

Are you starting to feel rather squeamish about all of the personal data that is being collected on you, your choices, your opinions, your habits? You aren't alone.

I was asked to write about the PRISM program of our government last Summer when information on it was first released for Information Today's NewsBreaks and you can read my findings here.

Since then, things haven't really changed, although it's very interesting - as a lifelong information professional - to see how the government is creating their own metric connections and relationships in tracking 'security' issues.

Timothy Lee wrote a good summary of what we know from government testimony and leaks in a good Washington Post article that you might want to check out as well. London's The Guardian is also doing a good job of pulling together key information on the program.

Maybe its time to pull out a copy of 1984 for a good read!