Internet: The Lawbreaking Proscribe in the Philippines

By: Sheena Marie P. Cuenco

12- Humss 1 – Liberalism

We have all known that many people enjoy of using an Internet or Social Media,
they have no idea what is effect on them, Social media or Internet is our source of
information, facts about what happening to our world. But if you abuse it there’s a back
fight for it. Weaponizing the Internet by Maria Ressa it’s a strategy of death by a thousand
cuts- a chipping away at facts, using half -truths that fabricate alternative reality by
merging the power of bots and fake accounts on social media to manipulate real people.

As you can see people may not aware of this, Social Media is our enjoyment when
we are boring, it’s lot of benefits to us, when we have a calamity we use it to be aware of
our surrounding. We use it to give us information and facts. But somehow this is the one
that causes of death of thousands of innocent people that have no tray. They are trusted
the Social Media or Internet but people may affect to this, like is someone giving a data it
is not truly true and its half- truths because they are fabricated the alternative reality
information or changing it. There’s a lot negative effects brought by Weaponizing the
Internet because we are living in the digital world that full of interventions, we use social
networking sites that is why we should be aware of these things. We are the so called
netizens. We should understand what is happening first, and together let’s separate facts
from fictions. For example: the bot is a program written to give an automated response to
posts on social media, creating the perception that there’s a tidal wave of public opinion,
and the other one is fake accounts is a manufactured online identity, sometimes they all
known as a troll depending on the accounts behavior also they using someone picture to
do something bad and to hide their identity. So that if this kind of situation will be more on
rating people may affected. So that they must pursue it to limit using social media because
its lot of negative effect, manipulating the mind of million citizens. Internet is motivation
for us to research about more facts, have access in different country. It is source of our
information but it had a side effect to all, it is biased or misleading information use to
spread facts.

So that people may aware of this, tell them that know they limitations, because
Social Media or Internet is dangerous for people, it’s had an antagonistic consequence.
People must have a wise thinking, have a lend knowledge to avoid harmful effect of Social
Media/Internet they have to be careful and read the written facts carefully so that they
must apprehensive and mindful. As a student I realize that we must alert using Social
Media or gadgets because we living in the digital world that full of fake news that can
harm, affect the people. Maybe the Social Media/Internet useful for us but not in the end,
so that they must control their self, using this Internet. They must think, people within the
social world and technological world may affect. Lots People engaging to the Internet and
they no idea how to stop it, it is because they exploit their mind and they didn’t know how
to stop it. And that our government must do some actions to avoid this kind of situations
and people were protected.