After reading “Networked democracy” by Douglas Rushkoff, one statement really stood out to me. “For early internet uses, sitting alone in their homes or offices, connected to one another only by twisted pairs of copper phone lines, the notion of being connected, somehow, in the manner of a fractal was quite inspiring.” This statement really made me wonder what was running through people’s minds when they first heard about the internet. I wonder if some people were skeptical about it. For example, now people are skeptical about “Sexbots,” but perhaps “Sexbots” will actually be invented and become popular. It also made me wonder how the internet inspired people. Is this what inspired people to put porn with children on the internet?
It is a bit disturbing that when the internet first came out people were using it for good reasons and people were able to talk to each other online. However, after a few years, many bad things started to happen with the internet. A lot of adults were posing as children to try and get them to sleep with them or meet them and then kill them. People were putting up porn of children. “It was in fact that U.S. government, concerned about the spread of pornography to minors and encryption technology to rogue nation, that took more direct actions against the early internet’s new model of open collaboration. Pornography on the internet really is disgusting. Some people become so obsessed with it. People order subscriptions to it monthly and become so involved with it. The internet has made it easier for them to look at porn because they do not have to purchase a company and just have to walk a few feet. This humorous YouTube video shows how obsessed people are with pornography. Even though the US government is concerned with the spread of pornography to minors, I don’t think that children pornography is as common as he makes it out to seem. I am not denying the fact that there is children porn but, I am simply saying that I don’t think that it is as big of a deal as Rushkoff makes it out to be. I wonder how long it took for the internet to be around before a lot of people started doing bad things in relation to the internet. The internet really has inspired many people to do many things.
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I think that one of the greatest things and main problems with the internet is the ability to do so many things. The internet is a huge database and people can find almost anything. However, due to this fact, people can also put up very disturbing things. I think it is easier to avoid them if you are not looking for them. I have a pop-up blocker on my computer and I never go to sites such as these, therefore, I never experience a problem with it. If a child, however, starts messing with a computer they may be able to pull up very inappropriate things. Many advances with the internet, too, have made it possible to avoid unwanted sites.
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