In today's society, if you ask a random person if they own a social media like Facebook, Twitter, etc., the answer will probably be yes. Users upload their personal information online to communicate and update friends and family about their lives, but what they don't know is the extent to which this data is monitored. Corporations and government officials are part of the group that uses other people's information for their own purposes. Computer users are constantly monitored while searching the Internet. Nothing is left unnoticed on the worldwide web. It is a violation of privacy if social media like Facebook, Twitter and even the government conduct a procedure on the private information that users voluntarily put on their profile for their own cause. Social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter sell users' information from their profiles to third-party organizations; even the government collects information to monitor the United States, primarily for criminal activities. In today's world, privacy is broken, especially when it comes to the Internet; Additionally, the government gathers information from online sources to monitor everything. There need to be more laws to enforce the activity of third parties selling personal information. The collection and use of personal data for government and business violates the 1st Amendment when the data is taken from social media websites. Moreover, without laws to enforce privacy law, big business and government are working together to gain too much power for America to break away from its foundation of freedom. Collecting and selling someone's information from websites, e.g. Facebook, .... ... middle of paper ...... l, MacGregor. “Cyberelection”. New Scientist 212.2844-2845 (2011): 28-29. Premier Academic Research. March 31, 2014. Clemmitt, Marcia. “Social media explosion.” CQ Researcher 23 (2013): 81-104.CQResearcher. April 10, 2014. Giles, Jim. “Divert your search.” New Scientist 211.2825 (2011): 19-20. Premier Academic Research. April 4, 2014.Leaver, Tama. “The Social Media Contradiction: Data Mining and Digital Death.” Journal M/C 16.2 (2013): 6. Ebscohost. April 10, 2014.Morozov, Evgeny. “The real privacy problem.” Technology Review 116.6 (2013): 32-43. Premier Academic Research. April 4, 2014. Soghoian, Christopher. “The Spies We Trust: Third-Party Service Providers and Law Enforcement Surveillance.” » School of Computer Science, Indiana University Department of Computer Science (2012): 1-122. QC Researcher. April 10 2014.