Mendoza: Think before you click

Mendoza: Think before you click

INTERNET-BASED modality through the digital module is one of the modalities where students or their parents can choose if they have an internet connection and have gadgets at home. However, young learners shall be guided in the proper use of the internet where multifarious information can be found anywhere.

According to Pixabay.com, the Internet gives us better communication with the whole world. It is a great way of communication and transaction with any business or any personal thing and the internet is one of the advantages of communicating with people who are far from us is social media sites.

The website further said that the internet has great help for education; because of this, you can easily do some research using the internet and internet is not just for communication with the other people because of the continuous development of our technology you can work at home using the internet with smartphone or computer.

Consequently, we are the content of Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, etc. We can say that the internet has a great help in the development of various aspects of knowledge and education.

The website reminded us that it is important to note that it should be used correctly and not to allow ourselves to abuse technology because they may have caused bad effects on us when it is used improperly or in a good manner.

On the other hand, https://www.change.org/p/anti-cybercrime-group-think-before-you-click mentioned that though there are many positive aspects of the internet and social media, there are also risks. Some of them are:

Pornography - It is one of the most ignominious uses of the internet as it has made it a child’s play to access pornographic stuff. Exposure of such stuff to minors has a negative influence on their young minds.

Cyberbullying - People use the internet as a platform for fulfilling their evil desires and to hurt others. In other words, they use the Internet to harass and embarrass people. It’s done on purpose and is usually ongoing.

Identity Theft - It is an easy platform through which criminals using malware can have all our personal information delivered to them at the wink of their eye and we are just helpless. This information can be used anywhere in any format. The pictures that we post can be squandered in multiple ways like being posted on porn sites and fake advertising sites.

Moreover, https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/scitech/content/226420/think-before-you-click-gma-urges-responsible-tweeting/story/ mentioned that the power of social media is a great responsibility. If you think about how the Philippines is famous for “People Power" — that necessary ingredient that toppled presidents in peaceful revolutions — it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the country is also among the top countries in the world in terms of presence in the social media space.

GMA website said that there’s no doubt about it: even online, Pinoys are a force to be reckoned with. But as the popular saying goes, power puts a great responsibility on the shoulders of those who wield it. This thesis statement was born “Think Before You Click" — a campaign by GMA News to promote the responsible use of social media.

This Corner hopes that with the opening of classes on August 24, the learners shall be properly guided by their teachers, their parents, or guardians on the proper use of the internet given the situation where their exposure to the said information superhighway is longer than they used to have before.

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