The internet connects humanity like never before. It offers a bright future for everyone. But it can be a wild and dangerous place for unsuspecting individuals of all ages. These organizations offer education and safety tools for becoming an informed internet user.

Alliance For Universal Digital Rights

AUDRI exists to explore ways of creating a digital future in which everyone can enjoy equal rights to safety, freedom, and dignity. The group’s focus is on women, girls, and other people from discriminated-against groups.

Clinic To End Tech Abuse

CETA works directly with survivors to determine if someone is using technology to harm them - and what they can do to stay safe. CETA advocates for laws and policies that include better protections from technology abuse, and publishes resources for others.

Coalition Against Online Violence

This hub against online violence is a resource center where women journalists can come to find the latest information on online abuse and harassment.

Common Sense

The mission of Common Sense to ensure digital well-being for kids everywhere has never been more vital than it is today. Common Sense education supports K–12 schools with everything educators need to empower the next generation of digital citizens. They partner with policymakers, business leaders, and other advocates to ensure that all kids have the opportunity to succeed.

ConnectSafely

ConnectSafely is dedicated to educating users of connected technology about safety, privacy and security.

Cyber Civics

Cyber Civics was designed to solve a problem: How to teach kids to use digital technologies ethically, thoughtfully and wisely. Cyber Civics offers a comprehensive digital literacy curriculum.

Cyber Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI)

CCRI fights nonconsensual pornography and other forms of online abuse by providing victims with support and referral services, advocating for legislation to address such abuse, collaborating with the tech industry to develop design-based solutions and educating the courts, lawmakers, law enforcement, and the general public about the nature and prevalence of online abuse.

Cyber Civil Rights Initiative/ Online Removal Guide

The organization works with all of the major social media and tech companies to provide you with guidance on how to report violations on their platforms and get your power back.

CyberWise

From CyberWise you can learn about everything from social media to cyberbullying, sexting, digital reputations and more--so you can help kids embrace technology safely and wisely.

Etag End Tech Abuse Across Generations

eTag is a national resource center on tech abuse. The organization offers toolkits for survivors, digital evidence collection, non-consensual sharing and more. eTag, a project of Break the Cycle and California Coalition Against Sexual Assault, addresses the use/misuse of technology in sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (including cyber stalking) cases.

Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI)

FOSI is working to make the online world safer for kids and their families through enlightened public policy, industry best practice and good digital parenting.

Internet Safety 101

This is a multi-media internet safety resource designed to educate, equip and empower parents, educators and others to protect children from internet dangers including pornography, predators, cyberbullies, threats related to online gaming and social networking.

MISSING KIDS

Missing Kids is a national clearinghouse and comprehensive reporting center for all issues related to the prevention and recovery from child victimization. The organization works with families, victims, private industry, law enforcement, and the public to assist with preventing child abduction, recovering missing children, and providing services to deter and combat sexual exploitation.

Need Help Now/ Removing Pictures/Videos

Information, resources and tools to help you remove sexual pictures and videos from the internet. Select the site and follow the directions.

NetSmartz

NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational program of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) that provides age-appropriate resources to help teach children how to be safer on- and offline.

NetSmartz Teens

NSTeens was created through a partnership between Sprint® and the Internet safety experts at NetSmartz® Workshop, a program of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children®. Through animated videos, short films, games, and interactive comics, NSTeens teaches tweens and teens about making safer choices online.

State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA)

The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) is a membership association launched by state education agency leaders to serve, support and represent their emerging interests and needs with respect to the use of technology for teaching, learning, and school operations.

Stay Safe Online

Stay Safe Online’s mission is to educate and empower our global digital society to use the internet safely and securely.

Take It Down

This service is one step you can take to help remove online nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit photos and videos taken before you were 18. This is a service of the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children.

Technology Abuse Evidence

How to gather evidence that can be used in court.

Technology Safety

Technology Safety explores technology in the context of intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and violence against women. It offers toolkits for survivors, agencies, app safety, confidentiality and legal systems.

Technology Safety/Documentation Tips

Documentation tips for survivors of technology abuse and stalking. TechSafety is managed by the Safety Net Project at the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV).

Thorn

Thorn is a full-time team of nearly 40 staff and contractors, working from 12 different states to unleash the power of technology on behalf of vulnerable children. The organization works to eliminate child sexual abuse from the internet and child sex trafficking.

Women’s Media Center/ Speech Project Targets online harassment and abuse

WMC-Speech Project is dedicated to raising public and media awareness about online harassment and abuse. The organization works closely with civil society advocates, technology companies, researcher, academics, lawmakers and activists. It is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization working to raise the visibility, viability and decision-making power of women and girls in media and, thereby, ensuring that their stories get told and their voices are heard.