Internet has done more harm than good

Internet has done more harm than good.

The Internet is undoubtedly the most crucial technology of the modern world. It increases technology advancement and improve communication and transportation. The Internet is a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication services, consisting of organized networks using standard communication rules. While people think of the Internet as a good source of getting knowledge, there are many disadvantages associated to it.

One of the main harmful effects of the Internet is its abusive uses. Internet promotes the identity theft and destroys valuable documents of public information through spam messages and viruses. Every year due to the Internet insecurity, many people lose their identity. Furthermore, another weakness of Internet is the preying and exploitation of people especially children by deviants using this medium to their advantage. Internet helps bad people to contact children without giving a name and request to meet them. Some time they blackmail and try to sexually abuse young ladies.

In addition, the Internet has negatively affected the daily lives of users in many ways. Firstly, people have lost their social or face to face interactions and they use social media websites such as Facebook, Skype to communicate with each other; it seems that the bond in their relationships is becoming weaker. Secondly, it can cause many health problems such as weaken eye sight and obesity because these days people spent most of their time in browsing and surfing on the Internet and they do not have time for outdoor activities. Moreover, these social networking sites have affected; especially teenagers have been victims of cyber bulling. Youn...

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Moran states,” Wikipedia is first in search engines and offers Internet users with millions of articles on a broad range of topics. But its trustworthiness and integrity fall well short of the standards for a school paper (2011, 27)”.