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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

But the single most popular usage of a VPN is to enhance privacy by hiding your internet activity. Many wonder though, will using a VPN keep your activity completely private online? I’ll make ...
A University of Iowa student who feels his online security and that of all UI students who ... “The university also offers support services for any student who may experience a privacy violation.” ...
How the video was cut, leaving out the e-cigarette and only showing Marc Muklewicz blowing out smoke, implied to some that he was using drugs during class, Muklewicz said.
On April 21, 2025, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law the Arkansas Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (Act), which will become ...
New COPPA Rule to take effect in June  K-12 Dive
WorkComposer employee monitoring app leak exposes 21 million screenshots online  TechSpot
Growing Concerns Over Children's Online Privacy Revealed  Evrim Ağacı
Travel Tips, Online Privacy & Nintendo Switch 2 Preview - Rich On Tech  iHeart
The world might feel like a sh*t show right now, and maybe the internet does too, but you can still get what you need online without losing your privacy — or your mind. Most of the things we love ...
For most people, the answer is "not very far." The cost of privacy is not only the knowledge it takes to navigate safely and invisibly online, but often also the inconvenience that comes with...

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...