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What is the World Wide Web?

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The World Wide Web is used every day by millions of people for everything from checking the weather to sharing cat videos. But what is it exactly? Twila Camp describes this interconnected information system as a virtual city that everyone owns and explains how it’s organized in a way that mimics our brain’s natural way of thinking.

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  • Educator Twila Camp
  • Producer Darcy Vorhees
  • Director Tom Beuerlein
  • Script Editor Alex Gendler
  • Narrator Addison Anderson
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Where is the balance between reasonable regulation and restricting our right to have an open and free Web?

The World Wide Web is supposed to be for all of us to enjoy. But a reasonable amount of regulation is needed to keep people safe from cybercrime and other exploitations. How much is too much regulation?

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Avatar for linda liu
Lesson in progress

www is good for searching but don't go on unsafe website and don't go on so long is not good for your eyes



Avatar for Frida Brown
Lesson in progress

The web should be a place for people to feel and be safe.


Avatar for lucinda neal
Lesson completed

I think rules and regulations for games and online businesses wich sell merchandise so no one loses their money or gets scammed. as well as making the ability to hack
games and online shops harder so every one online is safe and able to enjoy the WWW.





Avatar for Claire Lin
Lesson completed

We should use the web for searching not for cyberbulling and be safe online


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