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Should the Internet Be More Tightly Controlled?

Today, technology has dramatically progressed and it has become very easy for people to live. One of the main reasons is the Internet. It is very useful and everyone who has a computer can use it. On the other hand, the Internet is too open to everyone that there are some problems about it. To decrease these problems, it is necessary to make some rules to manage Internet users.
The Internet is a very useful thing. When you need some information, it is very easy to search. An article which I read few days ago told me that 67.2% of elementary school students, 51.0% of junior high school students and 48.5% of high school students are doing their homework by using the Internet. If there was no Internet, you would need to go to the library or a bookstore and search for books. It would take more time and make you very exhausting.
These days, globalization has succeeded, and this could be the result of the Internet. 　The Internet is connected to the whole world, and it allows people to know what is happening on the other side of the world in real time. Letters would be sent by e‐mail via the Internet and it makes us easy to contact friends. The Internet is making the world very small.
However, there are some bad effects in the Internet too. For example, all information which is on the Internet is not necessarily correct. There may be some incorrect information or things that led people to wrong ways. Actually, it is in peoples mind that there is some information which is wrong, but somehow people believe the information on the Internet. Therefore, when you use the Internet to search for some information you need to think and judge by ourselves whether the information is correct or not.
Another bad thing is the websites. Of course, not all websites are bad, but there are some sites that should be abolished. For example, sites which lead people to suicide, or sites on which you write to speak evil of other people. There are a lot of websites which make people feel bad when you see it and it is not good for children’s education either. The Ministry of Education has discovered that there are about 38thousands of school’s ura-sites and this is twice the number of junior high school and high school which exist in Japan. School’s ura-site is a website which children made to exchange their information about own schools. Children use this website not only to exchange information but also write bad things which leads to bullying. To control these sites, it is maybe important to have some rules.
Taking these reasons under consideration, it is necessary to control the Internet more tightly. However, sever control will make it very inconvenient to use. Therefore, people who use the Internet should take more time to think about the problem seriously. If people do these actions, in the future, it will be more convenient and good environment for many of people to use the Internet.


Works Cited:
ITmedia News <http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/0707/10/news100.html>
Yahoo News