The Internet has both advantages and disadvantages to modern society. The Internet provides a lot of information via websites. There is live news, research, information about companies, various kinds of education. The disadvantages are that children can join in pornography websites, read anything about murders and drugs and so on. It influences their thinking, behaviour and life. Via the Internet people can connect to the whole world. People can communicate with everyone and easily talk to family members overseas. Another disadvantage is that children can communicate with strange people - murderers and perverts and the like. The Internet provides a lot of entertainment as well. It helps people to relax by listening to music, watching TV shows, watching online series. The disadvantage is that people waste their time with this kind of entertainment. The Internet for me is very important because of school and communication with my family members just now, when I am living in the United Kingdom. Generally, the Internet has both advantages and disadvantages to people, it is neither good nor bad.
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