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The internet has greatly increased our access to information. To what extent do you think this is a good thing? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

#internet #access #information
The impact of the
internet
 on all our lives has been amazing. It has made our lives much easier and eliminates the extensive efforts of researching and fact-checking.
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nalyze its effects on our lives and correspondingly shed light on my view in conclusion.
First
, the
internet
 had a huge impact on the collection of
information
. Earlier, when
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someone wants to obtain knowledge on any particular topic, they had to spend hours in libraries to research and collect the data, whereas today
this
 can be done in mere seconds.
For instance
, Google is a popular web search engine website can retrieve
information
 within
second
 based on keywords typed in a search bar.
Hence
, It can search and produce results based on our keywords.
Similarly
, the storage of data has been easier. Earlier to preserve data, people used to write and print books and to store these books we were required libraries. But, since the invention of
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nternet, all data stores in huge cloud servers , a service provided by the website's host to keep all our
information
 in one place. A popular example of
this
 kind of server in Dropbox. Dropbox is commonly used by people to store their work on a cloud, which they can retrieve and have access within seconds.
Therefore
,
this
 helps us to reduce the cost of maintaining and running libraries.
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nternet is open and less regulated medium, everyone can post their views that means there is all kind of
information
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nternet for our perusal. people usually do not enough skills to determine which news is accurate or not.
For instance
, In 2016 American presidential elections, there were lots of fake news surfing around the
internet
, more commonly on Facebook pages specifically curated to misinform the general public and create chaos. To conclude, the
internet
 has been the greatest invention of mankind. It has made our lives effortless and conducting research so accessible but a user needs to be mindful of the source of
information
.
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