Keywords: Internet gambling‚ problem gambling‚ gambling regulation Paper presented at the 2008 EBEN-UK ANNUAL CONFERENCE‚ Cambridge 2 April 2008 Please do not quote without permission. (10.03.08 CJ & SG) Abstract Gambling online is growing exponentially‚ without the protection of reliable regulatory structures that ensure age and identity verification‚ the integrity/fairness of the games‚ or that responsible gaming features are included on a site. In a poorly regulated Internet environment
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“Research Paper” “Nobody is Safe on the Internet” Many people view the internet as an ultimate resource for anything they desire. The people who say that the internet is a brilliant invention for the best have reasons backing up their idea. For example‚ Sherry Turkle writes about such ideas explaining how the internet is an excellent tool for the better in her essay‚ “Can You Hear Me Now?” Turkle believes strongly that the invention of the internet is an innovation for the better and emphasizes
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2013.11.26 Internet addiction Internet addiction is a growing problem for the whole world: estimates show that from 5 to 10 % of world population have this problem. Internet addiction is defined as any online-related‚ compulsive behavior which interferes with normal living and causes severe stress on family‚ friends‚ loved ones‚ and one’s work environment (Johnson‚ 2009). Internet addiction has been called Internet dependency and Internet compulsivity. On one hand‚ Internet should not
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should keep online piracy? Seventy percent of people find nothing wrong with online piracy.(Miller) Do you think we should have law for piracy?Online piracy is the unauthorized reproduction or use of a recording‚ trademarked product‚ television programs‚copyrighted books‚and patented invention..The importance of this issue is that many people want to be able to keep getting access to music‚movies‚ and tv shows for free. People who want to get rid of piracy want to get rid of piracy because it ruin
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popular in past and Internet changed it since 1990. The fountain of information on the Internet provides us an easier way to find the information that we want. The article of “An Opposite View” wrote by Winn Martin talks about the effects of the mass media and the high technology. He mentioned that the effect is unpredictable so we should not reject it. However‚ some elders are rejecting the Internet that they prefer to receive the information from the mass media rather than Internet. No doubt‚ mass
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Internet has been the fastest source of all kinds of information nowadays. We can just visit the net‚ type‚ click search then we can get what we need and learn what we consider as necessary in our life. Some even look up the latest news neither in the television nor in radio but instead in the internet already. Yes indeed it is one of the easiest and quickest ways to get news. But‚ the question is‚ is it accurate enough to believe? People in this generation are very dependent on the web because
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In today’s society‚ the internet plays a massive role in society. The advance of internet technology in the past two decades has brought a rise in the access of internet pornography. Currently Internet pornography is readily available to any individual that can use the internet. There are no legal frameworks internationally that can regulate internet pornography (Joyce 2008). The laws against internet pornography differ from country to country‚ thus making the regulating it challenging. This
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Internet Security Tiffany Q. Mitchell CMGT/579 September 17‚ 2012 Mark Stewart Abstract Over the last decade‚ the Internet has put the rest of the world at reach because of computers. In the same way it also made computers more reachable by the rest of the world as well. The Internet is subject to widespread attacks ranging from worms‚ hackers‚ spoofing‚ spam‚ and phishing; just to name a few. Every computer
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background of the study The Internet was initially developed by the U.S Defense Department and was at one time only popular within the research community. Its ability to share information across organizations and to interact with the people at low cost has gradually enticed other sectors to explore its use. Today‚ the Internet has an impact on every side of our life including business operation‚ education‚ communication‚ entertainment‚ social activity‚ shopping‚ and so
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Internet Marketing: An Overview 1. Introduction During the past decade‚ the popularity of the Internet has been growing explosively. This trend is manifested in several ways. First‚ according to Cyberatlas.com (2002)‚ the Internet in the United States is growing at a rate of 2 million new Internet users each month; 143 million Americans (54 percent of the population) used the Internet in September 2001‚ a 26 percent increase over August 2000
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