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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

One of the photos was of somebody else. It was from a Mexican news site, and showed a woman with dark skin and dark hair plotting her next move in a local chess tournament. It turns out that AI...
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As online threats grow more pervasive, using a VPN has become essential for protecting personal information, enhancing privacy and accessing content securely.
In July and September, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives moved the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act through each chamber. Although the bi ...
Things got even more messed up in the age of online dating as most of these processes have moved from the offline to the digital world. Right from the very beginning, your privacy is on the line ...
To reclaim this control, we need a paradigm shift—one that empowers individuals rather than centralized entities. Decentralized identity (DID) holds promise here. It’s a vision where users control ...
Digital experts offer advice to Americans to ensure online privacy  WQAD Moline
Ditch the ads and reclaim your family’s online privacy for life for only $19  PCWorld
Ghostery CEO JP Schmetz talks online privacy in the Manifest V3 era with AP  Android Police
Key Questions for Europe’s Commissioners Nominees on Privacy, Security, and Rights  Center for Democracy and Technology

Featured News Stories

At Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Me., admissions officers are still talking about the high school senior who attended a campus information session last year for prospective students. Throughout...
It's junior year and Ellie Likos is ready to start the college process. The first step: changing her name on Facebook. Since the explosion of social media just a few years ago, colleges across...
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...