Advantages and Disadvantages of Internet

• Advantages of Internet:
1. Provide e-commerce facilities.
2. Chat rooms, songs and other entertainment.
3. Telecommuting.
4. Promoting businesses.
5. Online classes for students.
6. Customer services and support.
7. Information on almost every subject imaginable. 
8. Powerful search engines.
9. Ability to do research from your home versus research libraries. 
10. Message boards where people can discuss ideas on any topic.
11. Ability to get wide range of opinions. People can find others that have a similar interest in whatever they are interested in. 
12. The internet provides the ability of emails. Free mail service to anyone in the country. 
13. Platform for products like SKYPE, which allow for holding a video conference with anyone in the world who also has access.
14. News, of all kinds is available almost instantaneously. Commentary, on that news, from every conceivable viewpoint is also available. 
15. It can help parents keep track of their children

• Disadvantages of Internet: 
1. Risk of Virus, Trojan & Other Malware.
2. Leakage of private information.
3. Addiction to Internet.
4. Kids Exposed to Adults-Only Content.
5. There is a lot of wrong information on the internet. Anyone can post anything, and much of it is garbage. 
6. There are predators that hang out on the internet waiting to get unsuspecting people in dangerous situations. 
7. Some people are getting addicted to the internet and thus causing problems with their interactions of friends and loved ones. 
8. There are a lot of unscrupulous businesses that have sprung up on the internet to take advantage of people. 
9. Hackers can use the internet for identity theft. 
10. It can distract children from homework etc.
11. It can help parents keep track of their children.
12. Cyber bullying
13. Paedophiles.
14. Anti social behavior.

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