The internet provides the perfect barriers for people to hide their true selves and exploit ill-advised children. Lack of discipline, proper knowledge and education can lead to disastrous consequences. On top of that, there is no guarantee that information on the internet is true. Mis-information can pollute a child 's mind and fill it with false knowledge that can be fairly hard to remove. But this doesn 't mean that we should remove the internet from our children’s life, nor does it mean that we should over-censor the access they do have to the point that having it is pointless. We need to educate the next generation on how to tell fact from fiction, and how to stay safe on the world wide web. Using tools, such as age restriction, and by reporting false or inappropriate content, we can clear up the internet, even if just a little bit, and make it safer and better for children (Livingstone,
The internet provides the perfect barriers for people to hide their true selves and exploit ill-advised children. Lack of discipline, proper knowledge and education can lead to disastrous consequences. On top of that, there is no guarantee that information on the internet is true. Mis-information can pollute a child 's mind and fill it with false knowledge that can be fairly hard to remove. But this doesn 't mean that we should remove the internet from our children’s life, nor does it mean that we should over-censor the access they do have to the point that having it is pointless. We need to educate the next generation on how to tell fact from fiction, and how to stay safe on the world wide web. Using tools, such as age restriction, and by reporting false or inappropriate content, we can clear up the internet, even if just a little bit, and make it safer and better for children (Livingstone,