There are major panics and concerns that come with the development of online technology. You are now able to publish your own details online through websites such as Bebo and MySpace. On these websites you can publish personal details as well as post pictures and videos of yourself. You can either set your profile to be publicly viewed or privately viewed, where you select who your friends are on the website. This is all ok however anyone can create a website and pretend to be another person, and if your profile is set to be publicly viewed anyone can view it which is a major concern.
Second Life is a virtual world where you can create your own character (an avatar) and be whatever you like. This is a major development in technology as people are even setting up businesses on Second Life and making it part of their lives. There have been major problems in Second Life with censorship. There are no Police in this virtual world so you are literally able to do anything you want so this is causing a major concern over who should be able to create an Avatar and what should be in this world. Also as there are no rules in the virtual world there is no way of controlling what happens as you are free to do what you like. All this online technology is however only available to people who can afford it. People who are in the less economically developed parts of the world may be left behind as the technology develops companies may put more into the virtual world as it becomes bigger and as the less economically developed countries will be unable to access this economy.
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