The Internet: the Good and the Bad.

The Internet is a great source of information. It has given power to the people to express themselves in ways that were never possible before. Information that used to be hard to come by is now readily available. This newfound wealth of information has the potential to be a great benefit to the world. However, there are some that wish to use the Internet for malicious purposes. The freedom of the Internet allows the sharing of any type of information and does so nearly instantly. In the same way that good information is readily available, harmful information is also easy to come by. We need to watch ourselves as we use the Internet. We need to understand what information is good and what information is bad. A filter can help protect us, but education is far more important. We must teach our children what information is bad and help them to know what to do if they stumble into more hostile areas of the Internet. Only by doing this can our children and ourselves be safe on the Internet.