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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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Every internet-connected device has an IP address, which is used to identify it online. There are 2 types of IP addresses- public and private. Public IPs reveal information like ISP and geolocation.
Trillion-dollar digital behemoths like Google and Amazon tower over us. They’re too big to fail. They’re also too big to care – about user privacy, competition, government regulations or ...
A shift from data protection as a burdensome obligation to a framework of privacy by design delivers three big results: less costs to adapt to new legislation, growth in consumer confidence and trust...
Online services may be enormously beneficial for people with substance use disorder. But they may also collect very sensitive data.
Advani ’s candid revelation during an interview with Film Companion about Malhotra’s deeply private nature and their musings over sharing their personal moments online illustrates a contemporary ...
Do you have any advice as we navigate this new teen territory of more privileges, waning technology supervision and increasing privacy?
Childhood is the crucible in which our identities and ambitions are forged. It’s when we sing into our hairbrushes and confide in our diaries. It’s when we puzzle out who we are, who we want to be...
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA) into law. The CAADCA takes effect July 1, 2024, and brings vast changes ...
The American Civil Liberties Union called on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) not to pass a bill strengthening restrictions on child sexual assault material on the basis that the ...

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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...