Hacktivism and digital privacy

This has been made possible by the advancements in the technologies, and the existence of the IT specialists sometimes referred to as hackers who use their skills to gain information online for malicious purposes, (Allhoff, 121). It is considered as a form of civil disobedience in that it causes a lot of harm as compared with the benefits it brings about. In this regard, it sometimes results to the violation of the law and usually carried out in the name of a good intention. On the other hand, it is also associated with some benefits despite having many drawbacks. The generation which has grown up with the internet sees hacking as a mean of expressing their opinion as opposed to launching demonstrations on the streets.

In this case, some information which is deemed to be essential to the public interests is made accessible through hacktivism. Consequently, issues such as corruption in the country and targeted child pornography websites are exposed to the public. In addition to this, hacktivism is seen as a form of free speech which allows individuals to apply it in protesting against an organization or government to bring out some changes, (Himma, 73). Information should be open and accessible to everyone which is the primary agenda for hacktivism as it facilitates the free flow of information. There are several cases where government's valuable information has been made available for general viewing. However, despite hacktivism enhancing the free flow of information and facilitating transparency and accountability among government institutions, it has had a significant impact on the digital privacy.

This is concerned with the protection of information stored online electronically. Everyone is entitled to the right to privacy of individual’s data and information including health and family related information, but hacktivism seems to violate this right, (Losh, 174). In this regard, there have been cases where individual's information has been hacked through online and made accessible to the public. This has resulted in losses regarding finance and denting of one's image. It is anticipated that cyberspace will be changed into a pressure medium due to the free movement of information and that in an attempt to bound the flow of information, the state government will try to fight against terrorism. Consequently, is it predicted that there would be the formation of various political parties based anti-globalism ideology and seconded by movements such as anonymous in their attempt to seize and administer the power.