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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

Everyone has different security concerns, and the best privacy browsers offer various levels of tracking protection to accommodate your preferences. For example, Firefox's default ...
Teach children why protecting personal information online matters and how to manage privacy settings for safer browsing and social media use.
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Sandy Carter, COO of Unstoppable Domains and author of AI First, Human Always, is helping reshape the internet with decentralized identity, privacy-first domains, and AI-powered tools. From launching...
Two Lawsuits Allege The Trade Desk Secretly Violates Consumer Privacy Laws  Adweek
Protect kids online, but don’t trade their privacy for protection | Column  Tampa Bay Times
CCIA Renews Concerns Over Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code Act  CCIA
Autotrader.com Online Privacy Suit Tossed for Lack of Standing  Bloomberg Law News
A new survey from Malwarebytes reveals that most people are worried about their personal data being misused by corporations. But it doesn't have to be a losing battle. Here's how to better protect ...
Ultimately, privacy isn't something we can get by installing a particular browser—it's more of a mindset, and it includes strategies that come with compromises to our convenience. Tor, Brave, and ...

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...