The Pros And Cons Of The Internet

In the essay Where Anonymity Breeds Contempt, by Julie Zhou, her thesis is “But the law by itself cannot do enough to disarm the internet’s trolls. Content providers, social network platforms and community sites must also do their part by rethinking the systems they have in place, for user commentary so as to discourage- or disallow- anonymity.” Zhou’s thesis is located in the first two sentences of paragraph nine, on page 89. 2. The issue Zhou addresses in this essay is trolling on the internet.

Due to recent events “The Growing Cowardice of Online Anonymity” by Richard Bernstein, strongly resonates with me. In today’s world the internet has pros and cons. Although I believe online anonymity was initially intended to provide a layer of safety to those engaging in the use

“Dragnet Nation” author Julia Angwin and Bruce Wayne are surprisingly similar. Both have struggles with keeping private life private, dealing with baddies, and being a bit paranoid. However, unlike Batman, “Dragnet Nation” isn’t groundbreaking. Yet despite stating obvious facts, and doing more to entice paranoia than inform, Angwin does have a solid underlying point: They key to online privacy is pseudonymity. Providing false information in order to protect oneself and others, is quite simple to apply, and can deter social engineering attacks. Be that as it may, pseudonymity can be used for less noble purposes.

In today’s world the internet has pros and cons. Although I believe online anonymity was initially intended to provide a layer of safety to those engaging in the use of the internet (pros), I believe this layer of safety has morphed into something sinister (cons). It is now a shield for cowards and predators hiding behind their computers, waiting to pray on their next victim. For example, an online classified such as Craigslist is a website that prides itself through the use of anonymity in an effort to protect both the seller and the perspective buyer. However, the price for this anonymity comes with great risk for the seller, and is a breeding ground for lurking

Pseudonymity is the practice of creating new works in the name of a famous deceased author that was widespread in both Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity. It is the production of unknown Christians who adopted the Jewish literary convention of writing under an assumed identity. Some of these works have been accepted into the cannon. Someone using the pseudonym of another to write a letter was a common practice in Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity. Today it would be considered intellectual theft for claiming to be someone they are not. In the 1st century, this practice was a way of writing from the position of authority. By using the name of Paul the writer of the letter gets the audience's attention and hopes to communicate

The Internet provides arguably the biggest audience of any one medium because there are very few limits to its reach. Therefore then, the Internet has provided a uniquely rapid and almost irreversible way of becoming what some call “Internet famous”. Often, this attention is without the subject’s conscious consent and more than likely comes with consequences in the form of comments from millions of faceless online critics. The availability of becoming an online critic has created a kind of social ownership of deciding which stories Internet users like and dislike. Public awareness, however, of this availability goes far beyond hitting a “like” button. Go on any social media or online news outlet that allows comments and you will find an array of colorful, unabashed and personally attacking comments. The anonymity of online commenting has been evaluated to lead online users to be brasher and even hateful because there is no immediate consequence for their

To protect my professor’s identity, I am using a pseudonym, which conceals and hides his real identity. Professor

People’s online presence differs from their personality in real life, they feel almost invincible thanks to anonymity, like they can say anything without repercussions and consequences. In Jon Ronson’s book, “So You’ve Been Publically Shamed”, he examines 4 people who have had their lives ruined by online harassment via social media platforms, with virtually no repercussions for the online shamers. The problem with internet is the mass amounts of threats sent and received everyday, which proves that our online citizenship should

You should not be allowed to post anonymously online. It should be banned from websites. My opponents have made the arguments that by banning anonymous comments it will take away the constitutional right of Freedom of Speech, identity theft/ hacking rates would be lower, and you can just report people.

People are not always truthful on the internet. Some people think that if it shows anonymous than nobody will be able to see their stuff or get their identity but they actually can. Most people on social media use their real names and they don’t use an avatar even though you're supposed to most people don’t and people can get your identity just by that. Some people use false identity and during like a game or something if someone hacks into their stuff than they will be able to see their false identity not their real identity. Example, If someone on social media answers a question saying they like animals or something they may be lying just to cover up their identity. The story relates to society because everyone today wants it their way and

For the past decade or so there has been a considerable shift in the way we communicate with each other; instead of speaking face-to-face, we prefer to stay in touch by way of a Facebook post or Tweet. Social media dominates our life whether we’re using it, or not. However, not all online dissonance has been healthy and civil. The internet has seen a rise in the number of trolls and predators that lurk the dark corners of the Internet. Threats, and heinous insults flood media networks like Reddit and Snapchat. Online predators who fling insults are enamored by the internet’s alluring anonymity and can’t give it up. Like Christine Rosen says in her article called, “In the Beginning Was the Word,” “technology has introduced new words, changed the meaning of others, and has even introduced new forms of language and communication” (230). The evolutionary trend and prevalence of people intentionally offending others online has led to a

The use of pseudonyms: The purpose of pseudonyms was to present a viewpoint which the reader was initially to sympathize with. As the

Edward Snowden once said, “Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say” (Snowden). Even in America, “land of the free” (Key 8), our ability to hide our identities is threatened daily. The right to be anonymous on the internet must be protected.

The effects of the internet on me and this society have been rapidly changing. Did you know that approximately 3.2 billion people use the internet, about 200 billion emails and 3 million google searches would have to wait if the internet was turned off for one day. Let me tell you about something that happened when i was little, it might be off topic a little but when i was little i was born backwards, meaning i came out legs first. My hips were out of place and until i was about 2. My dad is always on the internet and loved taking pictures of his “Little princess”, the pictures can still be found on facebook along with a lot of other things from my family memories. That was when i started wanting to get on the internet, i asked for a facebook and they said no, being a rebel i made one anyways just to play the games on it. The internet can have positive and negative things about it for younger and older people, for example the internet engines are one of the best information givers out there, they bring almost everything and anything to a lot of internet users that lange from all over the world. The internet can provide ways to communicate with family and friends from a long distance, and even meet new people. Bad things about it is people sharing and storing illegal information on the internet, much like the dark web. The addiction to the internet and the online network can be disturbing a person's way of living and professional activity.

Social media. We have all heard of it. We have all raved about it at some point in our lives. There is no doubt; it plays an imperative part of people’s lives today – users are reliant on social media. It is great that Mark Zuckerberg reminds us to say, “Happy Birthday” to our friends. Yet, we have all seen the dangers it can cause. From identity fraud to cyberbullying - we become exposed to the dangers of the internet. Not only is it hackers and frauds that cause destruction, but social networking posts. Every day, you scroll through Facebook, or Instagram - liking, sharing and commenting on posts. What people don’t see is how words on a ‘status’ or ‘tweet’ can hurt someone. They can’t see that a person’s feelings behind the screens on a computer have been destroyed, because they can’t see what they don’t want to see.