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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

Walberg's COPPA 2.0 Advanced by Committee  Congressman Tim Walberg
Instagram rolls out restrictive new privacy settings for teenagers  The Daily News Online
Kids' Online Safety, Privacy Bills Move To House Floor  Law360
The dark web demystified: Its role in privacy, crime, and regulation  Observer Research Foundation
House Committee Advances Online Safety, Privacy Bills 09/19/2024  MediaPost Communications
Securing your digital footprint: How privacy tools shape online safety  Digital Journal
Big tech is acting more like Big Brother. That’s according to the latest report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The Thursday release details how major social media and video streaming ...
Top social media and video streaming companies are facing new scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which released a report Thursday morning accusing the platforms of vastly violating ...
After more than four years of litigation, one sticking point remains in a sprawling lawsuit over Google's alleged secret tracking of millions of Americans' internet browser use.
The pair say that as case law under the Video Privacy Protection Act has become unfavorable to plaintiffs, they’ve seen creative attempts to apply other untested laws bearing statutory penalties to...

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...
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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...