Taming the Internet – Part 1

Bismillah alhamdulillah.

The internet has gone from being an esoteric experiment by the US Department of Defence to a vital fourth utility for many after water, electricity and gas within the space of around 20 years. As a result the flow of information around the world and consequent interaction has increased tremendously. The available content has grown exponentially fuelled in large part by the advent of Web 2.0 technologies. Web 2.0 for the uninitiated are the wide range of websites that have allowed every day people to add to the growing body of content that constitutes the internet. Examples include blogs (Blogger, WordPress, video blogs through YouTube etc.), micro blog sites (i.e Twitter) and wikis (the most famous being wikipedia). For parents the internet has become an awkward challenge.

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