Technological Communication: Article Review

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2 July 2016.

               

Article name: The Terrorism Fight Needs Silicon Valley                 

Link: http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-terrorism-fight-needs-silicon-valley-1467239710

Advances in technology could be a good way of examining some of the changes taking place across the world. For this reason, in his article, Michael Bloomberg examines the changes that could arise if the Silicon Valley technology gurus would agree to help the government in fighting against terrorism. It is important to note that the liberty of the nation is now pegged on the ability by the government and law enforcement to make prompt responses to any issues that could affect the community. According to the article, encryption of messages could be a good way of passing information to the wrong people, an aspect that could jeopardize the safety of millions of Americans across the globe. Bloomberg argues that to avoid this, tech gurus need to be part of the fight against this crime because some of the platforms provided online have been acting as recruitment centers for many terror groups and it is important to curtail this new development. As a way of delivering what is right, modern-day technology has provided new changes that have made it easier to deliberate on the dangers that arise when handling some of the outfits across the community. With more than 1.3 million people serving in the military in different parts of the world, it is important to establish new measures that will help fight crime from within the country using technology as the new battleground.

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The important thing to learn from this article is based on the feelings across the country. Technology has made it easy for people to communicate across the world without having to authenticate their intentions as noted in the penetration of the Internet across the world. As Bloomberg points out, this has been a major source of concern, and Silicon Valley executives are looking for ways of making communication even easier. With applications such as WhatsApp and Skype, it is easy to make contact with different people within a short period and to pass on a message before getting offline again. These are some of the issues that need to be considered so that the government can deal with it earnestly before the technology lands in the wrong hands. Furthermore, terrorists have hired their own caliber of developers who are looking for ways of making messaging and such communications easy for their organizations. They have issued statements through anonymous links across the world and those could be decoded to tell the exact locations of such notorious individuals. Through an analysis of the article, it is evident that the only way of safeguarding the country’s peace is by understanding that technology can be used to harm people within a short period, hence the need for the Silicon Valley to help the government in regulating its use.

Accordingly, the country now is in need of all the cooperation that the corporate sector can offer. I believe that the complacency that comes from such ideals is excessively high and the executives’high level of ignorance on this matter is an issue of great concern. It should be clear that the government is not the enemy; in this case, it should receive all the help it needs on this matter. This way, it will be able to deliver the much-needed security to all its citizens. Silicon Valley executives should understand that the government needs the assistance it can get from such companies and opposing its efforts will not keep the world safer. The only way of maintaining safety for their businesses is by establishing a new way of ensuring the government can meet its needs.

In conclusion, the gist of Bloomberg’s article is that the support from citizens will go a long way in assisting the government in its fight against terror. Instead of remaining complacent, the corporate sector should assist in such developments. Corporate executives should also come up with up-to-date communication systems that can be helpful to law enforcers. This will assist them to communicate more effectively and in realtime. For example, the same way Silicon Valley technologistsencrypt instant messaging services is the same they should do for the police communications to avoid their interception by terror groups.

The positive: you have made great efforts to review the article according to the guidelines provided.

The negative: the paper has many errors in terms of grammar, syntax, punctuation, and cohesion. The main errors you need to address include incorrect prepositions, Incorrect MLA formatting, awkward word choice, absence of markers signaling that the information being provided is obtained from the article under review, unclear sentence, missed prepositions, incorrect adjective forms, missed semi-colon, unnecessary hyphenation, ungrammatical sentence, and missed transitions.