1. Until recently, only the government had the means to monitor users' online activity. What types of people/groups are making use of Internet-monitoring software/companies?

2. How might the widespread monitoring of internet users' personal details affect these users?

3. How will police departments use BrightPlanet's BlueJay Law Enforcement Twitter Crime Scanner?

4. What is a suburban Los Angeles school district using a social media monitoring company's services to do?

5. a) From paragraph 16:  "Such social media monitoring services are sold on the platform that they can stop bad things from happening, but is that enough of a justification?"
What do you think - do you agree or disagree? Explain your answer.

b) From paragraph 17:  "We could stop bad things from happening if we install cameras in everyone’s bedroom in America," Jay Stanley, senior policy analyst at the American Civil Liberties Union, told NBC News.  "Which trade-off are we willing to accept? Every word, every fleeting thought we type into a search engine and every product we think about buying gets recorded by a large database, not to help us but to exert power over us."

Do you agree with Mr. Stanley's assertion? Explain your answer.