Protect yourself on the Internet
Since the coming of the Internet, no one will deny that Internet is one of the greatest inventions of the 20thcentury, computer brings life convenience, people can share information with each other. With the development of internet , information has become a important part of the social safety . How to protect your privacy on the internet and how to protect yourself from the impact of the network rumors are very important for internet users.
Internet has penetrated into all the aspects of our life and work. We can study and work by it; we can find a job by it; we can communicate by it; we can be entertained by it; we can buy and sell by it. We can do almost everything on the Internet, and almost anywhere anytime. However, at the same time Internet provides services for us, it is inevitably invading our privacy to some degree. The services on most websites require our registering. If we want to enjoy these services, we have to provide much private information, including our names, gender, address, telephone number and sometimes bank account. Due to the poor Internet administration and weak network security, our information might be open, stolen or sold. Even sometimes the information will be misused by the criminals. Considering the above-mentioned, we must enhance the alertness when using the Internet. First, when we need Internet service, we should always log on those big legal websites. Second, if
the service requires important private information, you should think twice before you type in it.
No one can have failed to notice the fact that Internet rumors have been a grave problem confronting us. Groundless allegations flood the Internet. Taking a look around, we can find examples too many to enumerate: scandals of both famous and unknown people, fake forecast of earthquakes and the like. Internet rumors will definitely result in severe consequences if we keep turning a blind eye to them. First and foremost, made-up scandals directly infringe upon citizens' rights, affecting their daily life and ruining their public image. Besides, the dissemination of such rumors as those about social or natural disasters causes panic and disorder among society. Last but not least, the spread of rumors on the Internet will undermine the credibility of the net to such a degree that people will no longer trust it in the future. How should we treat the online rumors? Many experts and scholars are researching it. There have been some countermeasures. First, the government legal departments must improve the legal system. The makers of online rumors and who maliciously spread them have to be punished. Second, internet companies and platforms should strengthen the supervision of network information, establish network mechanism of refuting rumor. There, the government security sector should have the ability to supervise and manage internet public opinion.
