Has The Internet Done Us Harm Or Good ?

Ever since the era of the internet was born due to advanced technology, i agree that it has done people all around the world good. The internet is like a virtual information warehouse stocked up with news, entertainment, commercial and educational articles. The internet is a facility which can be used as long you can find an internet connection. There are many reasons why and how the internet has benefited people because it is free, efficient and convenient.

Firstly, the internet is a convenient source of information because it makes a person's life easier by a click on a link through the internet. The internet has other advantages like online streaming television and online purchases. If you had missed any of your favourite television shows, you can always view them on streaming video websites at your own time. These sites allows you download the contents of the video either for free or for just a small fee. For those people who enjoy shopping but are always busy or even lazy to leave the house, they can go virtual shopping. Items like books, music, movies and even tickets like concert or air tickets can be bought with just a click of the mouse. The most common method of payment is by credit card and it is a relatively safe way to pay for purchases.

Secondly the internet is very advanced as there capabilities like online databases, email, internet-relay chat or also known as IRC and educational information for homework, research or projects which can be easily obtained. Online databases are websites which allows users to upload there files onto the internet to save space on their computer or to share their files with other people like friends and family and the file uploaded can be downloaded by anyone anytime so that you don't have to go a friend's or cousin place just to get the file. Once the file is being uploaded a link will be given to find the file can it can be downloaded straightaway. Email is short for Electronic Mail where users can send mail through the internet almost immediately which is very convenient and fast and it is also free which explains why email is so popular nowadays. Internet-Relay chat is a program which allows people to send messages to the recipient and be replied immediately but it is only possible if the other person is also online and it also free and very popular because it is very useful and saves the people talking online money as they won't have to call each other or send text messages through their phones which is pretty costly if it is being used frequently. The internet contains many educational information which can help students with their projects very conveniently cause there are websites which are search engines which shows results about anything that has to do with what you typed in the search box and the most relevant result is always shown first.

Lastly, there are websites where the news can be viewed and online forums. Online forums are websites which allows people to share information. On such forums, you can also ask any kind of question or post your views about a certain topic that you like because the internet is accessible world-wide and widely popular because it maintains your anonymity. It is quite impossible to get complete information because there are many people with accounts using false identity. News websites nowadays keeps people updated with what is going on around the world and locally it is very convenient. For example, businessmen who travel frequently can receive news at anytime and anywhere. Let's say you are from Singapore and you travel to another country like England for a business trip, The New Paper or The Strait Times may not be easily available so websites like these are created so that people can know about what is going on around the world.

There is a respectable view that the internet has done us more good than harm. It is suggested that online purchases are not safe because they will require you to type in personal particulars like name, address and credit card numbers. There is a risk where there is a hacker on the internet who manages to capture those particulars or if the website happens to be a hoax. therefore, we must excercise caution and should always purchase from a trusted website. It is also suggested that the internet has been abused by teenagers by viewing and downloading pornography. It is the duty of the parents to teach their kids well and always supervise them when they are using the computer. Parents can further monitor their children's usage of the internet by enabling restrictions on the computer or even download an Anti-Pornography software to block all kinds of pornography which is shown on the internet.

I still agree that the internet has done us more good than harm. The internet is like a free world which means anything is allowed to go on the internet good or bad but people must be able to differentiate the good from the bad or else there is more harm than benefits. If people still feel that the internet has done more harm, then the government should control the materials going onto the internet in their country. If the government is involved, then there is sure to be less harmed caused on the internet. In the end, more and more people will come to realize that the internet has definitely done much more good than harm.