By: iPadfanzz staff on June 11, 2013
A solid majority of American citizens support the US government's programs tracking telephone records to try to uncover terror, a Washington Post-Pew Research Center poll has found.
Overall, 56 per cent of Americans said it was "acceptable" for the National Security Agency to access the telephone records of millions of Americans through secret court orders, compared to 41 per cent who said it was not.
A large section comprising of 45 per cent said the US government should be able to further monitor everyone's online activity if the surveillance would prevent another terror attack like 9/11 in 2001. But, 52 per cent said they were against such sweeping measures.
The reason behind the difference is because people think that phone metadata as somehow less sensitive than email.
Interestingly, fewer people aged 50-64 viewed email snooping as acceptable than those aged 18-29.
A solid majority of American citizens support the US government's programs tracking telephone records to try to uncover terror, a Washington Post-Pew Research Center poll has found.
Overall, 56 per cent of Americans said it was "acceptable" for the National Security Agency to access the telephone records of millions of Americans through secret court orders, compared to 41 per cent who said it was not.
A large section comprising of 45 per cent said the US government should be able to further monitor everyone's online activity if the surveillance would prevent another terror attack like 9/11 in 2001. But, 52 per cent said they were against such sweeping measures.
The reason behind the difference is because people think that phone metadata as somehow less sensitive than email.
Interestingly, fewer people aged 50-64 viewed email snooping as acceptable than those aged 18-29.
