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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

Protect Yourself From Meta’s Latest Attack on Privacy  Electronic Frontier Foundation
I Spoke With Some of the Most Private People Online, and Here's What They Sacrifice  Lifehacker
Arkansas legislature passes first state version of COPPA 2.0, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act  Transparency Coalition
Marquette Business’ Kellstadt Lecture to discuss online privacy, role of parents in monitoring kids’ internet behaviors, May 2  Marquette University
Online Privacy Doesn’t Exist – It’s a Myth  media-marketing.com
FTC Finalizes Updates to Children’s Privacy Rule…Again  The National Law Review
Arkansas panel advances children's online safety and privacy bills modeled after federal efforts  Arkansas Advocate
11 easy ways to protect your online privacy in 2025  Kurt the CyberGuy
The 20 biggest data breaches of the 21st century  csoonline.com
In the US, 41% worry about online privacy but still use data-hungry apps  Surfshark

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