This document discusses the misuse of the internet and provides methods to prevent it. It outlines common misuses like hacking, pornography, cyberbullying and viruses. It then describes the negative effects of misuse such as limited knowledge, isolation, addiction and exposure to inappropriate content. To prevent misuse, it recommends using filters, internal monitoring tools, education programs, and parental supervision. Companies should implement internet usage policies to balance security, productivity and employee satisfaction when monitoring internet use. Overall, moderate usage guidelines are preferable to excessive restrictions.

1. MORAL STUDIES (MPW 2153) MISUSED INTERNET GROUP MEMBER : TAM HUEI ZHIN LEE YUAN YEE WONG KHAI LING 55203 55441 57446

2. Misused of Internet

3. 1. Hacking: breaking into computer systems. 2. Instant Messaging: a type of communications service that enables you to create a kind of private chat room with another individual in order to communicate in real time over the Internet. 3. Porn: A slang term used to describe e-mail spam specifically of adult content or of a pornographic nature. Such as profane and vulgar language, expletives, revealing attire, adult situations, criminal activity, nudity

4. 4. Viruses/Malicious codes: Malicious code is the term used to describe any code in any part of a software system or script that is intended to cause undesired effects, security breaches or damage to a system. 5. Cyber Bullying: Slang term used to describe online harassment, which can be in the form of flames, comments made in chat rooms, the sending of offensive or cruel e-mail, or even harassing others by posting on blogs, Webpages or social networking

5. 6. Gambling: Sites that promote or practice gambling involving the use of actual money, illegally or otherwise, in the form of online casinos, lotteries, or sports betting. 7. Drug/Alcohol Abuse: Sites encouraging or glamorizing the use of alcohol, tobacco, or illicit drugs, instructions for manufacturing illegal substances, references to drug paraphernalia, “drug culture”, and promoting / selling alcohol and/or tobacco to minors.

6. Uncommon examples Of computer misuse

7. 1. Attempts to gain unauthorized access to a facility 2. Using someone else's username and/or password 3. Giving your password to someone else to use and/or disclosing your password to someone else and/or being otherwise careless with your password 4. Disregarding the privacy of other people's files 5. Generating messages which appear to originate with someone else, or otherwise attempting to impersonate someone else 6. Accessing, storing, creating, distributing or displaying offensive or explicit material especially in a public place 7. Trying to interfere with someone else's use of the facilities 8. Disregard for 'computer etiquette' 9. Being wasteful of computer or network resources 10.Software piracy (including infringement of software license or copyright provisions)

8. The Effects of Misusing Internet

9. 1. Limited Knowledge: With the growing use of internet for research purposes,there is now a decline in the number of books used for research. Also theinformation available on the internet is limited and mostly pertains to thedeveloped nations; a result, the knowledge obtained is limited. Since informationabout developing nations such as Pakistan is scarce. 2. Isolation: Due to spending countless hours on the internet, children now spend avery limited time with family and actual friends. Therefore, there is a weakeningof the family bond and also limited interaction with actual people. As a result, thechildren may miss out on real life interaction with different relatives’ results indistorted social skills & limited real life social network.

10. 3. Feeling of Deprivation: Since most of the information available online is aboutthe developed nations, the people in developing countries, feel that the developednations are much better off and they have a feeling of deprivation. 4. Addiction to the Internet: The children also have an unrealistic feeling of powerand control, when using the internet and as a result, they become addicted to theinternet.

11. 5. Negative Impact of Uncensored Material:In today’s day and age it is harder tokeep a check on the websites, a child is visiting and therefore, a lot of children arenow being exposed to obscene, sexual material online such as pornography. Alsosince the identity of an individual is concealed online, there are a number of sexual predators online, who take advantage of children. 6. Exposure to Violence: With the growing use of the internet by children, there isan increase in online games. These games are very violent and expose children toexplicit content and violent situations thus desensitizing the children and makingthem more prone to inflicting self harm, as well as harm on others.

12. 7. Distorted Sense of Reality: Since the online games are completely cut off fromreality, the children tend to confuse the “real world” from their “game world”. This results in a distorted sense of reality. Can result in Identity Confusion. Besides, online, a person’s identity is concealed and therefore people act likethemselves and have no inhibitions saying how they feel. As a result, racist, sexistpeople have made hate sites. And this is a growing problem.

13. Internet Misuse Prevention Methods

14. Filters : For companies and schools, filters can be set to block access to unauthorized sites. A blacklist of websites that employees and students should not access should also be constructed and employees and students should be required to confirm that they have read the acceptable use policy and that they understand the related guidance and rules. Internal monitoring tools : It can act as the most effective deterrent and are the ultimate shield against misuse. It is legal for companies and schools to monitor and control their employees’ and students’ Internet usage. The facilities belong to them and therefore they reserve every right to safeguard them.

15. Government : -They should ensure that education regarding Internet safety is well reflected in guidance and integrate it into the curriculum. The independent review of the primary curriculum should also be done which must take full notice of e-safety issues. - The TDA should take steps to ensure that new teachers entering the profession are equipped with e-safety knowledge and skills. - They should also encourage school owners and teachers to focus on e-safety by identifying it as a national priority for continuous professional development of teachers and the wider school workforce. -Lastly, in all schools, action must be taken at a whole-school level to ensure that e-safety is mainstreamed throughout the school's teaching, learning and other practices.

17. Spending time online with your child is one of the best ways to monitor them and teach them what is right and what is wrong. This will help a lot in cutting down internet crimes and misuse.- Parents can also ask children to share their favorite Web sites and what they like about them. Help them discover websites that can help them with their homework, hobbies, and other special interests. Doing so will help parents make their children use the internet for the good purposes instead of the bad. -Parents should also consider locating the home computer in a family area where use can be shared and monitored and teach their children "netiquette", how to behave online.

18. Conclusion

19. Companies which are utilizing the Internet as a powerful business tool are now realizing that misuse of the same asset could turn out to be very expensive, eating into their resources such as their bandwidth and time, and compromising on security and employee productivity. Even worse, it could lead to computer-related firings, corporate misunderstanding, distrust and sexual harassment. Though such instances might not be as widespread in India as in the US and Europe, the threats nevertheless exist. Viral Raval, vice president of Network and Systems at Kale Consultants, points out that the Internet is a resource which, if not controlled and monitored, can not only disrupt normal functioning but also seriously impair the more serious business usage when required.

20. With companies, it's about the ability to draw the right line between customer satisfaction, security measures and associate delight when implementing an Internet Usage Policy. A tough balance to arrive at, but nevertheless imperative to ensure that the Internet at the workplace is indeed a powerful business rather than recreational tool. All this while giving employees the freedom to harness its full potential. After all, if there is excessive monitoring on these issues, it may prove to be detrimental to the organization and backfire, thereby defeating the purpose itself. The Internet can be a powerful tool to further knowledge and improve business practices and methods, therefore, sane usage rather than complete restraint is ultimately the best policy. The best check in such a scenario is to see that it is being used as a guideline for effective usage and not as an enforcing memo.