Blog Post: 11 Class Presentations

One of the things I learned from the presentations today was a whistleblower topic. I found it extremely interesting and that it was The definition of a whistleblower is a person who informs on a person or organization engaged in an illicit activity. They expose some type any kind of information or activity that is deemed illegal, or immoral within an organization that is either private or public. There are plenty of examples of whistle blowers but one of the more well known ones is Edward Snowden. He revealed that the NSA was spying on American citizens. Many of Snowden's revelations changed how people view there online privacy and it created a deep sense of urgency to fix the issue and distrust of the people from the government. 

https://www.npr.org/tags/190293264/edward-snowden

https://mashable.com/2014/06/05/edward-snowden-revelations/