Week 2: Dangers of the internet

As we all know, in the 21st century, the advancement of technology is rapidly increasing, which results in the further advancement of the internet and its usage. To this day, the internet is believe by many to have opened up unprecedented resources for research, but like all technology, it comes with dangers.

The unprecedented resources for research is inclusive of the numerous search engines that can be found on the internet. These search engines are tools that can be used to help people find detailed information or for them to further understand the subject or topic that is being inquired by the user. These tools are mainly used to search for websites, images, videos and other information pertaining to their subject of investigation. Since the filter policy is not used for famous engines such as Google and Yahoo, users can, to some extent, used it freely to search about any subject that they want to know more about. 

The open resources of the internet have both positive and negative aspects about it. If people use the open resources in a negative way it will be very dangerous for them. The maximum risks influence the youth and the Web is a dangerous place for some of them. It can be dangerous for their maturity because the internet resources allow them to search for any word that they want. For example they can watch any videos in YouTube and the irrelevant videos may influence their behavior. 

The open resources can be positive for researchers because they can find much information about their research on the internet. For example some countries have filtering policy for all websites and it is very hard for researchers to find their information online. It can be clearly seen that the unprecedented resources are more dangerous for the younger generation. The best way to prevent these dangers is to teach the proper use of internet to youths.