1. PRIVACY
PRIVACY
STATE
STATE

2. "Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) was the official United States policy on homosexuals serving in the military from December 21, 1993 to September 20, The policy prohibited military personnel from discriminating against or harassing closeted homosexual or bisexual service members or applicants, while barring openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual persons from military service.
DEBATE POINT:
was it right for the (military) government to intervene with the active military servers via personal s in order to find out and give dishonorable discharge to hundreds of members?
Case 1

3. Shi Tao (born July 25, 1968) is a mainland Chinese journalist, writer and poet, who in 2005 was sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years for releasing a document of the Communist Party to an overseas Chinese democracy site.
Yahoo! China was later discovered to have facilitated his arrest by providing his personal details to the Chinese government. Yahoo! was subsequently rebuked by a panel of the U.S. Congress, settled a lawsuit by Shi's family out of court, and pledged to reform its practices.
Case 2

4. The whole of London is taking stock after outbreaks of violence and looting across the capital. In the London riots, the social media applications like twitter Facebook has been blamed for offer platform for the young people, and a instant messaging app from Blackberry was blamed the most.
Before the trouble flared up yesterday afternoon, the UK BlackBerry account tweeted: “We feel for those impacted by this weekend’s riots in London. We have engaged with the authorities to assist in any way we can.”
DEBATE POINT:
Case 3
Should all the available communication channels be monitored by the government, no matter it is done openly or secretly?

5. Case 4 Big brother Big brother DEBATE POINT:
Should we be forced to give permission through the privacy terms and conditions to release personal information to the government, if the company is requested to do so; in order for the us to use the product?
Case 4

6. Ethical theory National security Economic Development
Utilitarianism and consequentialism
Maximum Happiness
Deontology
Difference between cultures
Speech control/access restrictions/the free flow of information___Chinese netizens
Potential threat on Privacy/industry monopoly__European citizens