Impact of internet on society

The Impact of Internet on society

• No-one owns the Internet so anybody can post anything on it. 
• The Internet is a great source of information but it has also become the home of political propaganda, racism, pornography and other controversial or illegal material. 
• Apart from physically restricting access the only control is through some form of filtering software. 
• Increasingly individuals and authorities are recommending some sort of control. 

Arguments for control

• To prevent illegal material being readily available, e.g. political propaganda, racism and pornography. 
• To prevent young children accessing unsuitable material. 
• To make the Web more efficient - at present there is too much useless information. 
• To ensure copyright laws are maintained. 

Arguments against control

• The aim of the Internet is to be a free source of information. 
• Unsuitable material is easily available in other ways. 
• Control would cost money and users would have to pay. 
• Control would be very difficult to enforce.

Internet crime

New technology brings with it new crimes and as a result some governments are setting up special units to deal with Internet crime. Concerns surround:

• The interception of credit card details and transactions online. 
• Hacking into personal, private files with criminal intent. 
• Fraudulent web sites taking credit card details from customers. 
• The spreading of viruses thorugh the Internet. 

The main negative impacts of internet on society are:

• Young people could misuse the internet by going on adult sites etc...
• People could get bullied and it could end in something serious.

The main positive impacts of internet on society are:

• For you could use the internet for so many things such as:
• For getting informatiom,
• For talking to the people you know from all over the world
• For watching videos
• For listening to music
• For online banking
• For online shopping
• For sending emails
• For sharing information
• For social sites
• For sharing your ideas

          There's so much you can do on the internet that you can never list them all so above i have only listed
          a few of the positive thing you can do on the internet.