Although the internet has plenty of benefits, it has also led to new issues in the world recently. This essay will examine the new challenges of the internet and possible solutions to them.
The main two drawbacks of the internet are social media addiction and fake news which can be spread easily. The developers of social media have started to not think of folks’ mental health while improving their business. They have thought only how they can profit more and they have made algorithms to attract human attention and make them dependent deliberately to their applications. For example, people obsessed with social media platforms have started to live according to Instagram. They always control societies’ luxurious lives and try to pretend to live like the same. Moreover, they become sad because their body is not as good as other individuals who actually edit their photos. They waste so much of their time checking people’s daily lives everyday. Additionally, fake news is another major issue that has a direct impact on the mental health of communities. For instance, recently Twitter has allowed us to share everything without filter. Community share news that does not exist normally.
The potential solutions to these problems are promoting people’s awareness and the designers of the digital media platforms should filter the news that can badly change people’s mind. In other words, experts can explain on the news how social media platforms use people’s psychology and make them addicted to applications such as Instagram, Twitter… Furthermore, sharing news without controlling it should be forbidden.
In conclusion, internet can cause depression and addiction to people and unrealistic news can be shared on the internet. However, we can prevent these kinds of problems by informing the general population and limiting uncontrolled news.