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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

As we look back at 2024 and what the new year might bring in the data privacy space, one particular aspect stands out as a focus: youth online ...
This week, a new policy paper from a group close to the Trump administration proposed a high tech solution to the knotty problem of making the internet safe for kids without disrupting the adult ...
This secure messaging app is becoming more popular with federal employees — and there might be a case for everyone else to use it, too.
Privacy advocates say the state shows the way to stop data brokers from mining your personal information. California this week sued to fine a data-harvesting company, in a rare step to put muscle ...
We live in a world where privacy feels like both a right and a luxury. On one hand, we want to stay anonymous, to control what others know about us. But on the other hand, we willingly share so much...
Privacy campaigners have called Google's new rules on tracking people online "a blatant disregard for user privacy." Changes which come in on Sunday permit so-called "fingerprinting", which allows ...
The European Commission on Wednesday scrapped draft rules regulating technology patents, AI and consumer privacy on messaging apps, saying it did not expect them to receive the green light from EU ...
Critics say online privacy bill concerning minors actually undermines parents  The Center Square
Children’s Online Privacy: Recent Actions by the States and the FTC  Mayer Brown
Want to delete yourself from the internet? Here’s how you can hide your identity online  The Economic Times

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...