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Everyday we all read and hear stories about people who have done serious damage to themselves, to their future, or to others online. It’s almost impossible to keep track of these daily horror stories.

This avalanche of negative press we see, are the result of people doing what people have always done, except now it’s being done in front of the entire digital world.

Here at the Institute for Internet Safety, we are working tirelessly to help you safeguard and enhance your online identity.

The Institute for Internet Safety: Catching Mistakes Before Mistakes Catch You!

Online Privacy Daily News Feed

Turns Out We're All Googling the Same Privacy Fixes  Lifewire
AI Browsers : The Future of Productivity or Privacy Nightmare?  Geeky Gadgets
Online child safety guidelines; privacy-first age-verification app unveiled by EU  MLex
Online ticket marketplace to pay $85K to settle CT data privacy law violations. It also does more.  Yahoo
Privacy risks are hiding in plain sight, as your personal data is likely being collected, tracked, and sold without your knowledge.
Congress must act to bring privacy protections in line with the demands of the First Amendment and the realities of the digital age.
Tech 11 easy ways to protect your online privacy in 2025 From AI chat tools to smart devices, here’s how to stop tracking, safeguard your data and stay private without getting overwhelmed ...
Internet of Things devices are collecting an increasing amount of information, creating a web of data harvesting that ensnares people all around them.
Vermont has joined the list of states attempting to regulate the use of children’s information collected online, passing an Age-Appropriate Design Code Act.
As another revolution reshapes software, Congress can pass the next generation of privacy law. COPPA 2.0, which patches COPPA’s greatest weaknesses in the era of social media, has shown ...

Featured News Stories

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Facebook Will No Longer Protect Teens From Their Own Bad Judgment - Forbes
On Wednesday, Facebook announced a present for its teen users: the gift of greater publicity. Moving forward, Facebook’s many under-18 users will be able to kick their privacy to the curb just as...
Opinion Should parents be criminally liable for kids' cyberbullying - CNN.com
Two girls in Florida, 14 and 12, have been arrested and charged with aggravated stalking -- cyberbullying. They allegedly tormented a 12-year-old girl named Rebecca so relentlessly that last month...
The selfie syndrome Why teens use social media for validation and how parents can counteract it - TODAY.com
Young celebrities do it. So why are we surprised when a typical teen Instagram post goes something like this: Teen (girl or boy) posts a cool/pretty/pouty selfie. What follows is a watch to see how...
They share, like, everything. How they feel about a song, their maths homework, life (it sucks). Where they'll be next; who they're with now. Photos, of themselves and others, doing stuff they quite...