When is it Safe to Become an Internet Explorer?
source: http://whatsworsethanbeingablogger.blogspot.com/2010/03/when-is-it-safe-to-become-internet.html
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Most people are scared of things they don’t understand. For example I am terrified of dogs because I don’t understand when one runs up to me, whether the poor scamp wants to play with me or bite my face off.
People’s attitudes to the internet can be just as irrational as my own to dogs, but does the internet pose a real threat to people who reveal details online about themselves? Most news sources would have you believe that the internet is full of sick strange people who live in their parent’s basement waiting to find their next cyber victim. This statement may be partly true but by no means represents the majority of people online today, probably. This irrational fear is starting to make some parents scared to let their own children explore the internet which asks the question 'What age should children be allowed to find their own way around the internet?'.
The internet can be a sick and strange place where people are uploading completely over the top, racist, sexist and bewildering comments every second of every hour of every day. There is almost no Youtube video you can view without seeing a torrent of abuse from one desperate user or a troll writing about how much he hates black people. It can be safely assumed that children should not be allowed to see these kind of sick and twisted comments. Child filters tend to work as well as Toyota's accelerators, so is it worth restricting children's internet access? If some sites are blocked then it may just make them more and more curious, meaning as soon as they find a way past the filter, and they will, they may start looking for some of the most gruesome content imaginable (2 Girls 1 Cup).
Continued at http://whatsworsethanbeingablogger.blogspot.com/2010/03/when-is-it-safe-to-becom...
People’s attitudes to the internet can be just as irrational as my own to dogs, but does the internet pose a real threat to people who reveal details online about themselves? Most news sources would have you believe that the internet is full of sick strange people who live in their parent’s basement waiting to find their next cyber victim. This statement may be partly true but by no means represents the majority of people online today, probably. This irrational fear is starting to make some parents scared to let their own children explore the internet which asks the question 'What age should children be allowed to find their own way around the internet?'.
The internet can be a sick and strange place where people are uploading completely over the top, racist, sexist and bewildering comments every second of every hour of every day. There is almost no Youtube video you can view without seeing a torrent of abuse from one desperate user or a troll writing about how much he hates black people. It can be safely assumed that children should not be allowed to see these kind of sick and twisted comments. Child filters tend to work as well as Toyota's accelerators, so is it worth restricting children's internet access? If some sites are blocked then it may just make them more and more curious, meaning as soon as they find a way past the filter, and they will, they may start looking for some of the most gruesome content imaginable (2 Girls 1 Cup).
Continued at http://whatsworsethanbeingablogger.blogspot.com/2010/03/when-is-it-safe-to-becom...
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