The Internet : The Dangers Of The Internet

One in four US teen girls reported that they met strangers off the Internet. One in seven boys admitted they did as well. While most of these "Internet friends" turn out to be another teen or preteen, that 's not always the case. Unfortunately, children are now dying at the hands of their Internet child molesters and, not all sexual exploitation of children occurs offline.

It is not uncommon for someone to exaggerate the truth or to leave out facts about themselves on the web. In fact, you may even find that the person you thought you knew on the internet is nothing like their profiles in real life. Whether it is to stand out in the crowd or to fool someone into thinking you are someone else entirely, you should not believe everything you see or read online. With photo enhancements, little white lies, and the scam termed catfishing, you just never really know who you are talking to or what their intentions are. Michele Fleming and Debra Rickwood, authors of “Teens in Cyberspace”, determine that parents and the public share the concern of teens encountering predators and pedophiles on the internet and could lead to inappropriate relationships on and off the web. The young generation typically communicates with peers and people close in age, however, Fleming and Rickwood advise “Even though many teens appear Net-savvy, they still need to be reminded of the potential dangers lurking online. There may be many friends in cyberspace but there are undoubtedly a number of

A study done by BMC Public Health showed that children start to show interest toward the Internet during their late years in elementary and middle school. This, therefore, helps spur the idea of teaching children and young adult on how to use the Internet safely and to start teaching at a younger age now. BMC and the British Journal both agree that medical professionals and teachers are not informed enough about the dangers that the Internet holds to be able to help and “treat” the children who struggle with cyberbullying. They believe that every individual should be aware of the issues that are often caused by social media and the Internet so that others can protect themselves and help others before they are blackmailed. Teaching Internet safety is essential with the constantly growing social networks and advancing technology in today’s society where almost everything is computer based and anyone can see

The article "The Internet: A Clear and Present Danger?" written by Cathleen Cleaver is a clear claim of the necessity of government regulation to control what is being shown on the Internet. To support her claim, Cleaver gives the pornographic web sites as an example. She argues that the regulations used to control the selling of pornography applied to porn stores, magazines, and television should also be applied to the Internet. The reason for such necessity is that it is impossible to control who is actually accessing such web sites. Following this reason, Cleaver's main claim in the article is that children can access pornographic web sites on the Internet. This claim is clearly stated by

As the internet and social media have made our lives easier, it has also become a easy way for child predators to get in touch with kids. Parents are very much unaware of how cyber-predators look for children of any age from elementary school to high school. Predators can come in diverse forms and have different intentions than other predators. Predators at the least can look for vulnerable children to create online sexual relations with. Next predators can try to meet face-to-face with children they found online and sexually assault them consensually or not. Finally, the worst a cyber-predator can do is find children to become a victim of human trafficking. However, the internet isn’t all a bad thing. It is a very easy and useful tool that

“As more children gain access to the internet, online predators bypass while preying on young innocent children.” The internet has become on of the biggest technological advancements of this century. The internet has offered so much and has grown in many ways as far as communication. The internet lets people from all over the world communicate and interact, exchanging information in a millisecond. This has opened a virtual world for everyone around us to live in. With the many different social media websites, chatrooms, and forums all over the internet, it has become difficult to decide who is who. It can be appealing to live your main life and then around every worldwide turn live an opposite life online that compensates for your everyday life. In everyday life you deal with criminals and bad guys, those same people exist in the virtual world too. With the variety of bad people trolling the web the sexual predators are the most dangerous.

From my perspective, Nicholas Carr’s argument that the internet appears to be decreasing his capacity for concentration and contemplation does apply to my generation’s internet natives. Generation Z, my generation, has an innumerable amount of internet natives who are perfect examples of Carr’s argument against the internet. My generation, who will be the leaders of the world, are losing their mental capacity because of the frequent use of electronics but especially the World Wide Web. Approximately twenty percent of children from ages eight to sixteen have a computer in their bedroom, and fifty four percent have internet access. Unfortunately, Carr’s argument applies to my generation’s web natives because they are engrossed in the web

With this advance in technology, there has been a major increase of online predators. The internet has been one of the most important technological advancements in this century. The internet has allowed people from all over the world to communicate with family, friends, and strangers. But it has also caused major concern. With everyone communicating through online forums, social networks, and chat rooms, it is impossible to figure out who the people are talking to. With the internet, people are able to live multiple lives. Predators can create different identities, pick new names, lie about their age, and use another person’s picture as their own. By being well educated on this topic, perceptions will be changed by parents and children of how they use the internet. Even though there are many more outlets for online predators to get to who they want than there used to be, there are still a variety of red flags and signs that parents can see to immediately take action, and with that action will come trouble with law enforcement, the accused may face up to 30 years in prison. Also, educating the child and having open communication will help even further. There are also precautions regarding the parent that can help prevent it in the first place. Since technology is increasing so drastically and children are more readily able to access the internet at a much younger age, it is necessary to make online predation more known to parents, and they must be well versed in

People live in complicated times ruled by the Internet. Internet access grants an infinite supply of knowledge and entertainmen. In order to maximize efficiency of daily jobs, devices and network systems are used for complex processes and tasks. However, some adolescents are over-reliant on the Internet in their everyday activities to an extent that the excessive use of the Internet causes an aggressive anti-social, not wanting the company of others, behavior. Furthermore, it relates to the concept of an anti-social generation by not only viewing online networking as a means of passing spare time, but as a lifestyle; bringing along with it all its negative outcomes to society. Some of these major negative outcomes are cyberbullying, pornography and social media communication misuse.

It is not long since we have seen the teenagers falling prey to the killer Blue Whale game, and we know who the main culprit is – the internet! We can also see so many young children falling into the vicious cycle of drug addiction, cyber terrorism or even prostitution. Teenagers find it too amusing to visit pornographic websites, without realising how dangerously they can affect their psyche. The more the technology is advancing, the more hazardous it is becoming for the world. Also, some people have a bad habit of probing into your computer, looking at what you look all the time!

The development and ubiquitous use of the internet has contributed to a global connection. The internet has created new avenues of education, entertainment and communication. Technological advancement has made it easier to access these services than at any point in history. The internet is affordable and easily accessible on readily available devices. While the internet is a tool capable of unparalleled advancements in a number of sectors, it has attracted certain unique risks. Its widespread reach and the potential for anonymity have resulted in the development of internet-associated challenges such as online fraud, the theft of personal information and various other cybercrimes. The unrestricted nature of the internet has resulted in the

In our society today, parents need to hone in on the power of the web. When the Internet began, parents and police alike worried about their child meeting a stranger who could do harm to them. Adults believed in the horrors the Internet could cause to their children and they tried to put a stop to it. Within the past few years, adults have noticeably stopped monitoring their child’s online usage. According to a survey administrated by the San Diego County District

Many people only see the negative or unfavorable aspects of Internet technology and mention it as a main social malady. They say internet technology is spoiling the world and try to justify their reasons with the antagonistic impact of the internet. The main reason they bring up their strong motion against internet technology is the uncontrollable increasing of cyber bullying, unlimited access gain of personal data by identity theft and addiction. Cyber-bullying is well known crime against humanity. It involves sending or posting harmful or cruel text or images using the Internet (e.g., instant messaging, e-mails, chat rooms, and social networking sites) or other digital communication devices, such as cell phones. It can involve stalking, threats, harassment, impersonation, humiliation, trickery, and exclusion. The boundary less nature of cyber communications means that students can experience bullying wherever they have access to their

The internet has become a vital way for organizations and the government to share and collect information. The rapid increase in the use of new technologies has made it difficult for the law to keep up with immerging threats. Cybercrimes were up 10.4% in 2014, and it does not look like the threats will be decreasing anytime soon (Kassner, 2014). The country and organizations, need to be aware of the threats out there and protect their systems.

However, the negative impact of the Internet for teenagers or even all users are not just waste of time but cognitive misleading and cyberbullying. Indeed, celebrities will be more susceptible to target, but we are also victims since receiving and disseminating false information. Furthermore, when ordinary people encountered cyber violence, it was easier to be hurt and more difficult to assert personal rights. The world needs more kindness rather than impulsively distinguished the right and wrong. Moreover, there is so fragmented information on the internet that increase the difficulty of our deeper understanding.