What are the negative impacts of computer and internet on the society?

Answer 1

Computers and the internet allows society to communicate with each other quickly and easily, provides society with a huge information database and multiple sources to get information and allows humanity to do things that were not possible before the invention of both the computer and the internet.

Answer 2

One bad effect is some people spend more and more time entertaining themselves via the computer, which means less and less quality time with family and friends.

Another bad effect is businesses rely so much on computers these days, whenever something goes wrong with the computer it literally paralyzes the business until the problem is corrected. This can cost the business financially, and in customer satisfaction.

Answer 3

First of all computer are very helpful when it comes to our everyday's life, especially for our kids who are in school. But the negative side of it is obvious, chatters, dating site, things that you can make when it comes to hurting people, and identity theft.

Computers are a tool and like any other tool they are essentially neither positive or negative (just like a steak knife can be used either to cut food to make it easier to eat or as a weapon to murder another person with). Whether they are used for positive purposes or negative purposes depends on the user, his desires, and his motivations.

Answer 4

The internet is currently leaving an impact on society today, as there are cyberbullies, anti-social people, and others, but there is also a lot more up-sides to the internet, so it shouldn't matter too much.

Answer 5

Opinions on negative and positive effects of the internet on society differ from person to person. The internet can negatively affect society by reducing the time families spend with each other and other social interactions between people. It also increases the amount of electricity used (as opposed to say, going to the park). Reliance on the internet can also be a double edged sword. Relying only on the internet for communication and research is not the preferred way of learning. The internet also sidetracks many people into procrastination. Though the internet has many negative effects, there are plenty of positive effects as well.

Answer 6

how it made people become lazy and fat and don't want to do anything

Answer 7

It could create mountains of waste