Essay 3

Eight-Year-Old on TSA Terrorist Watchlist Gets Frisked

Brief Description

This article talks a bout a guy that is 8 years old, that his name is Mikey Hicks that is a Cub Scout in Camden, New Jersey, is a frequent flyer who can’t seem to get a break because he shares a name with another Michael Hicks who has drawn suspicion from the Department of Homeland Security. This is because they have a list about 1600 people named Mikey Hicks so all the people named like this are receiving this treatment every time they fly.

IT System Involved

TSA are the ones involved because they have to investigate who is the guy that has drawn suspicion from the Department of Homeland Security and also the family from Mikey Hicks the eight year old guy.

Social and ethical significance

Surveillance because the TSA have to investigate who is the guy that has drawn the suspicion from the department of Homeland Security, also to start watching what does the family from Mikey Hicks do against this situation.

Areas of impacts

Cultural because is affecting a lot of people from the united states that are named Mikey Hicks so its affect the family from theirs. Legal because you can demand that they are watching and investigating about your case if you are the one that has drawn suspicion from the Department of Homeland Security.