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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

New Year, New Policy: Privacy Notices Can Be Posted Online  CU Today
H-1B visa: US plan to ‘thoroughly’ vet online presence sparks privacy, delay, denial concerns  BusinessLine
Preteen smartphone users at risk of depression, obesity: Research  The Hill
Bipartisan agreement on kids’ online safety legislation in US House fractures in hearing  MLex
Norton launches Neo browser to boost AI-era online security  IT Brief UK
Pity the poor regulators who must implement online safety policy – it is difficult for the industry to agree on the right approach to many aspects of it. Even so, a recent policy conference airs some...
Apple’s former Chief Privacy Officer Jane Horvath and Palantir’s Siddhant Ekale discuss the current state of AI privacy, and regulatory challenges, while offering insights into how organizations and...
House Republicans on Tuesday defended a slate of bills addressing online safety for children as a “durable” strategy that still protects First Amendment speech. Democrats, meanwhile, called the bills...
Across California, from busy metro areas to suburbs like those in the Santa Clarita Valley, people are relying on the internet for nearly every part of daily life. Work, school […] ...
Half of the country now requires age verification to watch porn or access “harmful” content. Digital rights advocates are pushing back against legislation they say will make the internet less safe.

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...