The Negative Effect Of Internet To The World

By Dolly John Graham
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The eruption of technological advancement which was supposed to be of good benefit to Nigeria and the world at large has ironically turn a turbulence situation with a lot of negative influences that could even breakdown the level of education resulting to economic decay.

It is now a tradition for all to incorporate the knowledge and use of internet to field of study's and work as to reasonably improve production and also to optimized the appreciation of it's processes, that one will believe is the essence of technological concern to humanity.

We need to critically understand the justified issues that this advancement has negatively brought to our society as a whole.

Unfortunately, it appears that the use of internet in Nigeria as a developing country in fighting corruption should be sensitive enough to tackle any sociocultural sickness that the negative impact of internet would have brought to us.

I may not be addressing the root or causative factors of internet use as personal but ration with the concerns of it causing a nuisance to the society and the world.

In the face of internet use, beneficiaries to the Nigeria society are actually my concern if I may say it has brought a negative effect to our society and the world at large.

Sporting the negative effect or experience of this issue, I will as a person say that our government should breach any protocol to ensure that Internet use is properly monitored using security agencies because of the following reasons.

Firstly, that the cell phone is now a tool for exam malpractice in Nigeria especially in JAMB examinations where candidates bribe supervisors to allow them use the net in sorting out answers to their set papers as they browse through the Google. This as a matter of fact is a present problem to the standard of education in Nigeria. I must say cheating in most exam is fairly common in our society because of the use of internet.

Secondly, people use internet to facilitate fraud, fake website often are used to lure people into sensitive information & used to steal identities.

Also, the use of internet banking has exposed personal information to criminals, hackers are using the internet to gain access to peoples bank accounts, thereby making away with their money.

Another detriment is the extent as to which teenagers use the cellular phone via browsing to establish secret contact with immoral act that could trample upon the future generation. Where they engaged themselves in serious internet dangers, including exposure to sexualized predators.

The showcase of internet was suppose to be use to inform the populace about what is happening and event in the world but ironically, people now deliberately use it to disconfirm, optimized through Facebook.

Obviously, there are many things available on the internet that should not be in the reach of students. But internet does not have any hard and fast rule for that. Where A 5 year old kid can approach the content which only an 18+ is allowed to see. This leads to some kind of moral corruption.

The more we use internet, the more our privacy are disturbed also.

Internet is the most powerful invention if used in the positive direction. Internet can prove to be very productive, But these days, due to the social networking websites, the internet is producing adverse effects on the society and world as a whole.

Socio-economically, The negative impact in the use of internet should not be admitted as a request because of the societal influence on our culture as regard to a situation where most of our students now dress inresponsibly without focus. We should be aware of the good & positive impact internet would have brought to us, if properly used. But because of the wrong use, it has rather brought negative effect on the society as a whole.

The government should ensure that parent helps their children to understand that when online, they should never give out personal details about themselves or their family and explain to them what sort of information is personal.

Finally, when you are posting items online make sure you are aware of what you are posting & also make sure your posts does not abuse & violate the rules & use of Internet.

Dolly John Graham is a Journalist