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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.

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Online Privacy Daily News Feed

Online Tracking is Out of Control—Privacy Badger Can Help You Fight Back  EFF
What’s an email mask? Here’s why tech experts say you should be using one  Fast Company
The Rise of Agentic Browsers – A New Frontier in Online Privacy  Solutions Review
Vivaldi and Proton VPN team up to protect your data from Big Tech, for free  PCWorld
Imagine proving something without showing any evidence — that’s the promise behind zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs), a cryptographic breakthrough now gaining traction in the blockchain world. ZKPs are ...
Sara H. Jodka of Dickinson Wright PLLC discusses state-level data privacy laws, which have sought to impose additional and heightened requirements on certain types of data and data processing ...
Representative Laurel Lee (R-FL) discussed how to protect children online in a recent House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearing, describing how the Childre ...
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 ...
O'Melveny & Myers LLP has stepped in to defend TikTok in one of a barrage of children's online privacy class actions filed this year against the short-form video platform and its Chinese parent...
Los Angeles-headquartered MapQuest has announced the release of Private Maps by MapQuest – the first app fromaleading mapping brand specifically designed to protect users’ privacy.

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...