Many people believe that the internet has made life much easier for most people. However, others fear that it might also represent a threat. Discuss both views and state your opinion.
Opinions are divided on whether the
internet
has made life easier, or whether it may threaten some aspects of our lives. I believe that, although
it has improved the lives of countless people
, it is also
a threat, particularly to our privacy.
The internet
has improved people
's lives in many ways, but especially by giving access to knowledge and by providing a means of communication. With regard to the former, people
who have an internet
connection can now educate themselves on virtually any subject that takes their interest. For example
, anyone who is interested in learning English can do so for free by using the many teaching sites as well as
by being able to watch instructional videos on Youtube. The other major contribution that the internet
has made is to revolutionize our ability to communicate. More specifically, it has enabled people
to keep in touch with friends and to make contact with similar-minded people
throughout the world.
However
, these benefits do have a potential cost with regard to privacy, as everything that internet
users
do is recorded by companies like Google and Facebook and their users
are powerless to prevent it. It follows that anonymity on the internet
is an illusion and internet
users
should bear in mind that all of their emails and searches are saved and that Google knows more about their activities than their families do. The same applies to social networks like Facebook, whose users
seem happy to reveal the identities of their friends and families, as well as
their daily activities, to a company that is
known to sell its users
' information.
In conclusion, even though the internet
brings tremendous benefits to many people
by providing knowledge and improving communication, it does also
threaten our privacy because we cannot control who has access to our private information.Submitted by NHD
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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately
Linking words are very important in your essay.
To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.
Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.
In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.
Linking word examples:
- firstly
- secondly
- thirdly
- in additional
- moreover
- also
- for example
- for instance
- therefore
- however
- although
- even though
- despite
