Facts and Statistics about Internet:

Although, we believe, as many around us, that the web includes a lot of defects which affects the world around us, we didn't think that these defects can reach stages that make someone feels great threat to his identity, culture, and loyalty. It encounters us with sweeping flow of coordinated invasion- which has effects on a son more than his father effects on him-to the extent that someone stands as a mere recipient to changes come about in his family and society without having an impact to prevent them.
This problem fuels the feeling of fear to many, to such an extent that we now admit and confess of the bulk of danger lied in the web.Thus In a study conducted in Saudi Arabia, 58% of female users of the internet said that its negative effects more greater than its positives,while feeling of fear was bigger among male users in one of the Arabian Bay countries, as 84% said that the internet includes ordeals,risks,and problems that should be taken into consideration.
Doubtless,no one can deny that the internet world has no limits as well as its dangers and benefits. The danger of the internet emerges from the absent of management of someone or a certain authority, as it (only) follows some technical laws, which provide (absolute) freedom to broadcast all types of ideas through the web, what can gather extent of vice Unprecedented in the history of the world!
This fear that we talking about doesn't haunt us only, but everyone all over the world talking about it frankly, and some countries begin to enact systems to ease its risk.
Also some specialized authorities in Saudi Arabia initiate thankfully a drive to encourage every effort serves this case, by announcing Competitions and prizes for the best technology can be devised to guarantee a block to such dangerous sites.
We will go together in a tour around the world to review what we are complaining of and what other socities complaining of, to stand on the fact of the case and its danger.

Family Life:

During an American Academy of of Matrimonial Lawyers meeting in 2003, two thirds of the 350 divorce lawyers who attended said the internet played a significant role in the occurrence of divorce cases, specially the excessive interest in online porn which contributing to more than half of divorce cases.
Seven or eight years ago, the Pornographic materials weren't playing such a role in these countries. Now in (2006), after three years of the meeting, it is expected that this proportion is increased, specially in light of growing interest in the Pornographic sites among people of these countries.
We were believed that our countries would be away from these imaginary numbers, specially we are new users of the internet and its presence in our country considers very few in comparison to others. Also the ratio of its users to total population considers less large in comparison to some other arabic countries around us.
But in spite of the short term, moderate numbers, and our powerful religious inclination, the returns are catastrophe-like to our society.
In this regard, a Saudi researcher finds through a study about the causes of divorce that the main cause of family dispute that leads to divorce in 57.4% of male samples (divorced husbands) and 63% of female samples (divorced wifes) was paticipating in chat rooms, while accessing to Pornographic sites presents 29.7% among (divorced husbands). At the meantime accessing to internet forums causes the divorce of 2% of male samples and 37% of female samples, according to the study.

Kids & Teenagers and Pornography:

Pornography is the predominant evil of the internet and the disease which originates the rest of sicknesses. It is the cause of family ties brokenness, children cimes, and now the main way to untrue emotional bound or what is called "internet marriage". Pornography, moreover, causes self-preoccupying or what is called "addiction" and also causes widowhood that termed as "Cyber widows". Some describe the internet as the most great sin. So let's make a tour around our arabic countries to stand on the dimensions of the proplem.
In Egypt, for example, studies discover that 70% of the internet users during daytime access to the Pornographic sites although it is the time of work, earning, and learning, while the proportion rises to 90% at night.
In Saudi Arabia, the studies, that presented by the security committee in King Abdulaziz City after a year of Screening and follow-up, finds that 92% of of the internet users attempt to log into sites blocked in Saudi Arabia but 85% of them seek Pornographic sites.
In Khaliji,studies discover that 70% of the users of internet cafes,which is a hotbed to teenagers and youth,log to Pornographic sites. The gravity of the matter can be more clarified if we know the range occupied by such sites on the web. In 2004,profligacy pages on the internet reached 342 million pages and the total numbers of Pornographic sites came to 4.5 million,what equals about 12% of the total internet sites.
From 1998 to 2003 the rise of Pornographic sites reached more than 1800% (eighteen fold). In consequence of the increased demand of Pornographic materials,its dealers turn the approach of most news groups into news groups concerned with Pornography, away from its primary aim to exchange knowledge,convey new information,and elevate culturing.
Last year, it was found that 84% of common images in the news groups were Pornographic. The seven countries located in south east Asia (Philippines, Brunei,Singapore,Thailand,Indonesia,Malaysia,Vietnam) emphasized at a special conference about the internet on the importance of admitting the existence of a genuine danger lied in the web.
It should be notified that paying attention to control using of the internet is not limited only to conservative societies, there are many bodies that adopt measures to the internet using, in the USA, 11 states approved "Axon Act" which ordered restraining to the use of internet to ensure decency, but this legislation, that approved by the congress and signed by the US former president "Bill Clinton" in 1995, abolished later by many courts considering that it is anti- freedom and violates the first provision of the US constitution which ensuring freedom of expression.
Carnegie Mellon University and Oxford put restraint measures to the internet using, and in addition the University of Oxford bans some Pornographic news groups.
European Parliament calls for international act to control exchanging of Pornographic and racial materials through the internet. Also it urges to form an "Internet Police", draw up international conventions to punish anyone who misuses the internet, and put certain standards to identify the unwanted materials.
It is noteworthy that Germany was the first European country to monitor the internet under what it called " positive supervision".
In Malaysia, users of the internet should be over 25 years old, while in United Arab Emirates, a joint committee of police,information ministry,communications foundation and United Arab Emirates university has been formed to make a national strategy for purposes of using the internet and asked Dubai police publicly for better control on the internet, what led to set a (proxy server). Also Bahrain adopted a similar method.
In Singapore,internet is classified as one of the means of mass media, so it submits to " Media Censorship" when broadcasting political or religious information.
In Saudi Arabia, King Abdulaziz City For Science And Technology is the body assigned to be the web gate and a filter to prevent passing of Pornographic,and Inappropriate materials to the computers inside Saudi Kingdom. But although it is the best in the field of refining and filtering, we can find great numbers seek to log to Pornographic sites, according to the general director of King Abdulaziz City.

Education Decline:

Although education is the cornerstone to rising, the base to development , and the guide to progress, it suffers of internet addiction. And there is no surprise, the time passes rapidly while the young man sweeping his eyes right and left if he doesn't immitate another side captivated his thoughts and mind, and this is often the case. Accordingly, it means that he is unmindful to knowledge and culture. But what is more dreadful is the changing of culture meaning to him from construction to destruction and from elevation to degradation, as you can find him learned, open-minded, and creative only in vicious arenas not others.
A group of social specialists tries to find out negative effects of internet addiction on education, discovers that most internet addicts greatly suffer of education decline.

Financial Losses:

However, losses don't limited to individuals, but go beyond to hit companies sharply, causing grave losses since employees embezzle time to surf the internet, precisely the internet of Pornography and immorality. Studies find that 68 companies of every 100 suffer great losses because of the employees accession to pornographic sites.

Psychological Damages:

Staying for long times on the internet causes accumulation inside its user, specially in sentimental relationships cases, which are the most dominant unfortunately.
You can imagine the narcissistic life in a small box which the two sides exchanging talks through for long times, so how much this will be at the expense of family bondings, how much will it affect his psychology by an inclination to isolation to satisfy his desires with the other side, and how much will be the effect in the case of emotional constraint, when he fails to achieve his desire which is like a small sentimental jail where he tries to satisfy his desires with the other !!
A study, lasted for two years from 1998, about the effects of internet on the psychology of its users, found a certain fact that the increasing use of internet accompanied by declining in social relationships, in addition to falling into isolation and depression.
However, it is noteworthy that the study had been conducted before the current mass spread of internet and internet mania which overwhelming the world nowadays.

Internet Addiction:

We know about alcoholism and drug addiction since decades, but at the present time we are hearing about what is called "internet addiction". Specialists describes this type of addiction as the most dangerous, so we wondered how it could be more dangerous than alcoholism and drug addiction?!!!
A group of british psychological doctors who stood to answer this question, said the most great danger in this addiction is that no one realise it is addiction, unlike drugs and spirits, what makes it spread more rapidly. Moreover, people don't know its time or way or the degree of its impact, so it takes its way as a hidden disease with unknown beginning.
Individuals who are affected by this disease are more devoted to it than individuals who are affected by drugs and other staff. According to a scientific study, there are 6% of internet users all over the world considered as addicts. This conclusion increased concerns of american psychologists about "internet addiction" disease, leading them to call for new clinics specialized to its addicts. Such clinics begin to put in their natural positions, but it may seem exciting that some of these of clinics are online.
It is noteworthy that first clinic specialized in treating "internet addiction" was opened in McLean hospital of Harvard university in 1996.
Some universities in America, in a race against time to reduce addiction effects, begin to explain the nature of "internet addiction" to students through holding research and consult seminars, considering that "internet addiction" is not different from other types of addiction if not the most dangrous.

Robbery Crimes:

Robbery gangs exist online as they are in real life, but what characterises them on the internet is the plenty of stupid and cocksure persons and accordingly, little effort is needed to steal abundant money.
Online theft of cards is growing over time with the rise of users numbers and innovative new ways created by thieves to bluff internet users.
The US internet crimes center said it received 231493 complaints about online robberies in US only between 1 January 2005 : 31 December 2005, what means rising of complaints proportion by 11.6% from 2004. All complaints were about online swindling and fraud operations.

Gambling:

Gambling is a money burning and savings loss. Simple gambler moves by greediness for quick fortune while burnt by international gambling networks. However, in the age of Internet, new forms of gambling has come out all over the world via the international information and communications network, which absorbed what estimated by 200 million dollars a year of gambling practices within past years. Recent studies indicated that money circulation through the internet reached to 10 billion dollars last year !!