плюсы: 1) a wonderful source of information. 2) broadens our mind 3) a reflection of the modern world(the news) 4) keeps you informed about  the rest of the world 5) the internet  provide useful topics of conversation.

минусы: 1) takes too much of our free time 2)the internet do much harm to our health 3) distracts children from doinf their homework 4) a lot of advertisitg 5) replaces outdooe activities and hobbies and reading