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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

Meta's controversial ad-free subscription is facing scrutiny from EU privacy campaigners
A privacy group is fighting Meta's tactic of only allowing users to opt out of privacy tracking if they sign up for a subscription.
Samsung's Internet Browser Makes Its Way to Windows, but Good Luck Trying to Install It
Samsung’s browser sure looks and feels a lot like Chrome, though, on its store page, Samsung itself seems confused which is which.
Meta sued over violating Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule
A lawsuit against Meta (formerly Facebook) alleges that the company violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA) and state-based consumer protection statutes by collecting personal...
Meta's EU ad-free subscription faces early privacy challenge
Meta's shiny new bid to circumvent European Union privacy rules -- by offering users a false choice between paying it a hefty monthly subscription for ad-free versions of Facebook and Instagram or ...
Italy's privacy regulator looks into online data gathering to train AI
Italy's data protection authority has kicked-off a fact-finding investigation into the practice of gathering large amounts of personal data online for use in training artificial intelligence (AI) ...
Meta Accused Of Violating Children’s Privacy Law In Federal Court
Meta is accused of knowingly keeping the accounts of children under 13 open while harvesting their data without parental consent.
Online privacy NGO files complaint against Meta's paid no-ad subscription service - JURIST
Online privacy NGO files complaint against Meta's paid no-ad subscription service  JURIST
11 things to add to your privacy checklist online asap - Fox News
11 things to add to your privacy checklist online asap  Fox News
What is COPPA? Meta collected children's data, refused to close under 13 Instagram accounts, unsealed court document alleges - WPVI-TV
What is COPPA? Meta collected children's data, refused to close under 13 Instagram accounts, unsealed court document alleges  WPVI-TV
Meta Designed Platforms To Get Children Addicted, Court ... - Slashdot
Meta Designed Platforms To Get Children Addicted, Court ...  Slashdot

Featured News Stories

They Loved Your G.P.A. Then They Saw Your Tweets. - NYTimes.com
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...
Colleges looking at applicants' social media in admissions process
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...
Are teenagers really careless about online privacy Technology The Guardian
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...