Internet safety

who are interested in the same things that you are. You’re able to make friends with people whom you’ve never met and engage with the world across a variety of topics. But, like anything, social media has a dark side as well. The anonymity of the internet allows for people to troll and bully others. It also allows people to pretend to be someone they’re not. Teenagers are still learning and figuring out themselves; they don’t know everything (even if they pretend that they do); and it’s a parent’s

the parents may have about Internet safety and let them know that there is a likelihood that spyware will be installed on their computer. I both agree and disagree with Coben’s claims. I agree with Coben’s claim that spyware, although seen by many as an invasion of privacy, may be way the best way to protect your child from things outside your sphere control . It offers you an extra set of eyes that have the ability to record everything your child does on the Internet. Coben claims that if more

Marianne Raley Online shopping VS Brick and Mortar Does the idea of shopping in Italy, France, or Japan at 3:00 am in your pajamas while snuggled up on the couch sound like a good idea? Then internet shopping is the way to go. As of the first twenty five days of the November- December 2011 Holiday season internet sales totaled 12.7 billion dollars, that’s an increase of 15% since last year. Online shopping dominates the brick and mortar with convenience, price, and variety that traditional shopping

Internet has become more and more unrestricted. Anyone can go on the internet with almost any website they please to access sexual media or to communicate with others with the intention of all kinds of acts. A lot of children today become a victim of sex trafficking and pornography addicted. Internet is getting more and more easy to accessible and that is why we need internet censorship to protect a children and people with less knowledge of the internet to have a limitation on the internet access

access to the internet becoming more widespread, children may intentionally or accidently be exposed to an indefinite amount of uncensored adult material. Some may argue that they don’t understand what it means, but nonetheless the images they’re exposed to can leave an everlasting impression in their early year memories. Studies have brought forward the information that children as young as 8 and 9 years old are coming in contact with sexually explicit material through the internet and other forms

The Use of Anonymity Communication and its Effects The twenty-first-century, where society’s technology is growing rapidly and moving to a world of internet use all day and every day as a mean to communicate with a multitude of people. The use of online communication with other websites or forums has led many individuals to communicate anonymously. On the other hand, more and more individuals are showing up anonymously online to protect their identity. While others hide their true identity to invade

letters, telephone, television and most recently the internet. The internet is used by millions around the world who believe that it is an amazing technology that has changed the world, however there are many who worry about the dangers and disadvantages of the internet. This has caused a lot of controversy as on one hand people say that the internet has brought lots of positive aspects to us, and on the other hand people say that it should have more safety regulations to prevent the negative aspects of

a regression of knowledge, increase of self-harm caused by cyberbullying, etc. Technology improvements are slowly turning today’s society into a dystopian society, as the internet becomes a platform for cyberbullying, reading/writing becomes less important, and society’s security and privacy becomes lost. The internet gives people a sense of power that causes them to say things online that they don’t have the courage to say in person. Being behind a computer

communicate has made it easier to commit crimes like these because you are able to hide until the very moment you meet, and as seen, that moment could end up dangerous, even fatal. Obviously, this does not happen too much anymore due to safety features and "Internet safety rules" that we learned in elementary school, but other crimes are still being done today such as selling an item not

in the side of Linda Sidner. We should wait for our children to get older so we can give them the privilege of a phone. Here are my three reasons why we should wait for our kids to give them phones. Firstly, the growth of cyber bullying and safety of the internet. Secondly, the children should earn the right to have a cell phone because a cell phone is a privilege . Lastly, they should be old enough to contribute to the cell phone bill. First since your child