The internet and its impact on modern society

Abstract

(en) Today, most people cannot imagine their lives without the Internet and it has grown to be more than merely an entertainment. It has become a necessity in the lives of the vast majority of Earth's population. According to statistics, the Internet is used by 85% of people in America and by 65% of Ukraine's population. Every seventh person uses Facebook. By the end of 2016, the number of Internet users will be about three billion, and that's almost half of all people who inhabit our planet (1).