As the technology develops, human-beings now have stepped into a new era– information era. Being as a symbol of information era, internet is playing a tremendous role in human society. Some people claim that internet has more disadvantages than advantages, while others hold an opposite opinion. From my perspective, internet is a double-edge sword with both advantages and disadvantages; however, if people use internet wisely and keep aware of the harmful factors, disadvantages of internet can be reduced to minimum.
Without a doubt, being as one of the greatest invention of since the beginning of history, internet brings a lot of benefit to human-beings. Through using internet, people can connect with society whenever and wherever they want. People will be able to know what is happening all around the world by looking at news on the webpages. In addition, internet is a more convenient way of searching for information than going to library. Also, internet provide a platform where people can have a lot of entertainment such as online games and social media. Internet surely enables human-beings to live in a better way.
Beside the advantages, internet also has some disadvantages. Since internet provide a platform where everyone in the world can link with others, many unsecured factors are created as a result. For instance, criminals may heck other’s computer and obtain their credit card information through internet. What is more, there are a lot of tempt on the internet that may lead to addiction such as online games.
Although internet has some harm, users can minimized them through following advises. Firstly, be aware of unsecured factors always. Do not provide real personal information on a website that you are not sure if it is safe or not. Secondly, improve one’s self discipline in order to reduce the possibilities of addiction.
In brief, although internet benefits people a lot by providing a link with society and world, internet still has some harm including unsecured factors and tempting content. In order to minimize the harm, people should always be aware and improve their self-discipline.