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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

It's a problem the Census Bureau and other federal agencies are facing as privacy concerns rise and online scams proliferate, lowering survey response rates in the past decade. The pandemic ...
Elected officials are considering legislation that would make digital advertising more expensive or useless to small businesses.
GUEST OPINION: Proxies are now a crucial component of online privacy and security in today's digital age. Whether you are an individual who frequently uses the internet or a company that operates ...
Enthusiast founded Dutch startup, Usafe, is setting out to reclaim online privacy from tech giants and give it back to the user Usafe is a tech startup that focuses on managing digital identities to...
Harry's appearance in a London court for a hearing of his privacy lawsuit against publishers of the "Daily Mail" has divided opinion online.
GrapheneOS offers a host of privacy and security benefits over stock Android, but is it worth the hassle? We tested it. Here's what we learned.
The NIL age has opened a vast new world of earning potential for student-athletes the NCAA long insisted were amateurs ...
Oyster Digital Solutions has introduced OysterVPN as an advanced VPN service that enables privacy on the internet and unblocks streaming platforms from anywhere. Oyster Digital Solutions has ...
Homer police tour Alaska urging parents to talk with kids about ...  Alaska Public Media News
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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...