The World Wide Web has greatly changed the way people exchange and use information. Although many benefits are drawn from the use of this service, it has brought new issues as well. One such problem is the exposure of children to inappropriate media and a possible solution would be the governmental intervention in censoring such content.
To begin with, one of the major drawbacks associated with the internet is the exposure of young children to unsuitable media, such as adult content with no restrictions. This is caused by the unavailability of rules and regulations in the cyberspace. As a result, anyone, irrespective of age, can access a multitude of such materials with no limitation which is largely detrimental to the psychological development of youngsters. For instance, a study conducted in the UK in 2015, revealed that over 50% of the members of pornographic web sites are under 15 years of age, where they could access such sites by just clicking a button to confirm their age.
One possible way to combat this problem would the implementation of strict censorship of the materials that are being accessed by the children via the internet. In order to do this, the authorities should impose rules and regulations in the cyberspace to suppress unsuitable content for youngsters. To illustrate, in 2015, the British government implemented tough rules on internet providers, requiring them to block the adverts on adultery movies on family channels. This could drastically bring down the number of children, who were addicted in watching such movies.
To conclude, although it is undeniable that the internet brings numerous advantages in providing vital information, it also brings negative impacts for young minds, when are freely exposed to inappropriate media. However, this can be mitigated by the extensive governmental intervention in censoring.
The World Wide Web has
greatly
changed
the way
people
exchange and
use
information. Although
many
benefits
are drawn
from the
use
of this service, it has brought new issues
as well
. One such problem is the exposure of
children
to inappropriate media and a possible solution would be the governmental intervention in censoring such content.
To
begin
with, one of the major drawbacks associated with the internet is the exposure of young
children
to unsuitable media, such as adult content with no restrictions. This
is caused
by the unavailability of
rules
and regulations in the cyberspace.
As a result
, anyone, irrespective of age, can access a multitude of such materials with no limitation which is
largely
detrimental to the psychological development of youngsters.
For instance
, a study conducted in the UK in 2015, revealed that over 50% of the members of pornographic
web sites
are under 15 years of age, where they could access such sites by
just
clicking a button to confirm their age.
One possible way to combat this problem would the implementation of strict censorship of the materials that are
being accessed
by the
children
via the internet. In order to do this, the authorities should impose
rules
and regulations in the cyberspace to suppress unsuitable content for youngsters. To illustrate, in 2015, the British
government
implemented tough
rules
on internet providers, requiring them to block the adverts on adultery movies on family channels. This could
drastically
bring down the number of
children
, who
were addicted
in watching such movies.
To conclude
, although it is undeniable that the internet brings numerous advantages in providing vital information, it
also
brings
negative
impacts for young minds, when are
freely
exposed to inappropriate media.
However
, this can
be mitigated
by the extensive governmental intervention in censoring.