BENEFITS OF THE INTERNET

 
1. Information: The internet gives you access to information on any subject of your interest.
This makes the internet a valuable research tool. Most print sources such as newspapers, and magazines have websites and a number of them
only exist online.
2. Exchanges: E-mail (electronic mail) enables us to exchange messages with people around the world, including friend, family members,
colleagues, customers and even people you meet on the internet.
3. E-learning: it is a training or education program by electronic means. E-learning involves the use of a computer or an electronic device
(GSM handset) in some way to provide training, educational or learning materials. Teachers from one part of the world can teach students
from other parts of the world using the internet.

4. E- entertainment: the internet offers many different forms of entertainment, such as radio, and television broadcasts, videos and music,
latest pictures etc. People can watch movies, download songs, listen to news, play games and get other forms of entertainment on the Internet.
5. Fast and Cheaper: The internet is a very cheap, fast and effective means of communicating and exchanging information with people all
over the world.
6. Skill Acquisition: People can learn skills such as cooking, sewing, computer programming, and many others from the internet.
 ABUSES OF THE INTERNET

:In spite of its benefits, some people use the internet for negative things. Abuses of the internet include
.Fraud: Some people to try to deceive and collect money from them. This is a serious crime.1
Pornography: Many websites that look innocent have been used to publish pornographic materials several.2
.people have become addicted to watching pornography on the internet
Spam: Spam is e-mail that one has not requested for. Spam is becoming a problem on the internet because.3
.many mailboxes are filled up with a large number of unrequested e-mails daily
E-mail users have to take time to sort through spam to find the genuine e-mail; this process takes time and .4
money. Most ISPs provide software that try to separate genuine e-mail from Spam. Such software’s are called
.Spam filters
.Addiction: some people get addicted to browsing all day. This causes their school and other work to suffer.5