Terrorism: Surveillance versus Fundamental Rights

Essay from the year 2013 in the subject Communications - Public Relations, Advertising, Marketing, Social Media, grade: 1,3, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, language: English, abstract: In the year 1949 George Orwell published his science fiction novel ¿1984¿, which deals with the futuristic idea of a totalitarian monitored society in 1984. During the years surveillance all over the world has increased. Especially after the attacks of 9/11 the demand of safety and security is bigger than ever. Safety can only be reached by surveillance, according to several governments. It is disturbing that not even Orwell imagined the dimensions surveillance possibilities have reached today. [...]