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The internet has made knowledge immediately available to people through computers and smartphones all around the world. Much of this knowledge is also free. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages.

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The internet allowed people to remotely
access
, free and paid, contents and
information
, from different types of devices, as computers or smartphones, from anywhere.
This
 essay will talk about the advantages and disadvantages of
this
 topic. One of the features of the internet is that users can share
information
 among themselves,
this
 practice allows users to have
access
 to completely free knowledge, and
this
 has many benefits. The
first
 benefits is that people from any financial state can learn about almost everything,
for example
, a person wants to learn programming, but does not have money to buy books or pay a course,
instead
,
this
 individual can look for blogs, communities or videos to learn how to program. Another benefit, is being able to learn remotely, from anywhere, at any time, because it is easier for people with occupied schedules,
for instance
, a student
that is
 studying and working at the same time, wants to learn about how computer, even having a tight schedule, he can learn it when he has some free time.
However
, there are some drawbacks. The ability users have of putting any
information
 online for others to
access
 it has some issues. One issue is the spread of lies and misinformation,
for example
, a certain website makes a page about how to fix a computer, but the page
information
 is wrong, maybe intentionally,
this
 can make many users who visit
this
 page, in hope to fix a computer, to break it even more. Another issue is the
access
 to any content, without any restriction, an instance where
this
 is a problem, is when children have
access
 to pornography. In conclusion, there are both advantages and disadvantages of free, remote
access
 to any knowledge of the web. Advantages as free and remote learning.
Nevertheless
, there are
also
 disadvantages as the spread of false
information
 and unrestricted
access
 to any content from anyone.

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If action is not taken soon on climate change, global warming will get worse.

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