The+Internet+Boom

Affecting All Ages:
====As the weather in mother nature’s world was tearing apart cities and families, the internet world was springing into popularity and slowly becoming a household staple. The use of computers and the internet as a resource was becoming more and more beneficial to everyone in any area of work. By early 2006, computers had changed the way we bought, sold, shared, and learned information. iTunes became the leader in music retail, and desktop computers were now personal “laptops”. This digital boom, however, was coming at a heavy price. Since internet was in such heavy demand, faster internet was needed to keep users satisfied. This meant that the new computer models were much more expensive than traditional PC’s, because of their increased speed and durability. This boom also hit the younger generations, with the introduction of Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, and many other social networking sites. Starting as fun ways to stay connected with friends both new old, these sites soon became the catalyst for a nationwide awareness of online predators. Most young kids saw nothing wrong with meeting “friends” online until it turned for the worst and their new “friends” turned out to be a stalker or child predator. Many of these problems came from the users in reality. For example, a 14-year old girl and her family sued Myspace for $30,000 because a 19 year old man assaulted her after meeting online. When this girl made the site, she was only 13, and “the rules of Myspace” clearly state you must be older than 13 to create your own site. Many law suits similar to this one occurred with the rise in internet popularity. With more awareness came more control, luckily, and social networking sites upped their safety and security options to help prevent online abuse.==== 