News
2025 Press Releases
Brokers and Digital Secondary Markets are Driving up Costs for Concert and Sports Tickets and Other Goods and Services, Digital Citizens Alliance Investigation Finds
A message from Tom Galvin
2024 Press Releases
Digital Citizens Alliance Consumer Alert: Criminals are Exploiting the Copa do Brasil to Spread Malware Through Piracy Sites
Alerta ao consumidor da Digital Citizens Alliance: criminosos estão explorando a Copa do Brasil para espalhar malware por meio de sites de pirataria
Combatting the Overseas Digital Piracy Threat: New Report Shows How the United States Can Deter Overseas Criminals Who Illegally Target Americans
Ozempic Craze + TikTok = Scams: Bad Actors are Dangling Weight Loss Drugs to Con Americans Out of Their Money, Investigation Finds
2023 Press Releases
VPNS: Your Ally or Your Liability? Internet Users Must Choose Carefully when Choosing a VPN Service, New Report Shows
State Attorneys General Warn Consumers: Illicit Piracy Services Cause Harm Through Credit Card Fraud and Malware
Piracy Subscription Services Drive Credit Card Fraud and Other Harms to Consumers, New Digital Citizens Alliance Investigation and Survey Finds
2022 Press Releases
Piracy to Ads to Ransomware: Investigation Finds $121 Million in Dangerous Malicious Ads on Piracy Sites Designed to Trick Users into Infecting Their Devices
Google Needs a Zero Tolerance Policy Towards Funding Criminals
2021 Press Releases
Facebook, Instagram & Telegram Are Go-To Sites to Find Illegal Vaccine Cards, Investigation Finds
Advertising Fuels $1.34 Billion Illegal Piracy Market, Report by Digital Citizens Alliance and White Bullet Finds
Domestic Terrorists and Militias Hiding in Plain Sight on Social Media Platforms To Recruit, Organize, and Terrorize
Drugs for Sale Plague Social Media Platforms
COVID-19 Lockdown and Piracy: A Toxic Combination for Cybersecurity, Digital Citizens Alliance Research Finds
Scam Artists Using Social Media To Market Illegal Sales of COVID-19 Vaccines to U.S. Consumers
2020 Press Releases
Pirate Subscription Services Now a Billion-Dollar U.S. Industry, Joint Digital Citizens Alliance-NAGRA Report Finds
As More Americans Turned to Streaming Entertainment During Coronavirus, Cyber Attacks from Use of Piracy Devices Increases, New Survey Finds
Unable or Unwilling? YouTube Fails to Stop Shady Operators Capitalizing on Coronavirus Fears, New Research Finds
Digital Citizens Alliance Calls on U.S. Department of Justice to Halt Advertising of Medical Masks, Coronavirus Test Kits and “Vaccines” on Facebook and Instagram
CBD Levels in Products May Not be What They Say, New Digital Citizens Alliance Research Finds
2019 Press Releases
Facebook and Google Offer Haven for Sale of Illegal Appearance and Performance Enhancing Drugs, Investigation Finds
Digital Citizens Alliance: “Google’s Actions Have Killed the Era of Internet Self-Regulation”
Security Study: EV Drivers Likely to Become Targets for Cyber Criminals if Credit Card Reader Mandates are Approved
YouTube Actions Show Internet Platforms Will Continue to Put People at Risk Until Consumers Fight Back
Boxed In: Hackers Targeting Piracy Devices and Apps to Infect Users with Malware, Report Finds_copy
2018 Press Releases
Jihad Forever?: Despite Promises to Clean Up Sites, Digital Platforms Continue to Enable Terrorists to Spread Hate and Recruit, Investigation Finds
Profits Before Trust: “Digital Platforms in Crisis” Report Details How Facebook, Google and Twitter Put Business Growth Ahead of Consumers
Profits Before Trust: “Digital Platforms in Crisis” Report Details How Facebook, Google and Twitter Put Business Growth Ahead of Consumers _copy
Facebook’s Trust Crisis: Americans Say It Has Harmed Democracy, Only 1 in 4 Believe Positive Development for Society, According to New Survey
2017 Press Releases
Statement by Digital Citizens Alliance on New Security Flaw Threatening Millions of Streaming Device Users
State AGs Warn Consumers About Malware Risks from Pirate Websites in National Public Service Campaign
Americans to Digital Platforms: Take a More Hands-On Approach to Stopping Bad Actors Who Are Undermining Consumer Trust
Digital Citizens Response to Facebook's Actions to Monitor Platform for Violent Videos
The Fake Epidemic: Digital Citizens Report Shows How Everything From Fake News to Fundraising Scams are Undermining Americans Trust in the Internet
Statement by Digital Citizens Alliance on President Trump's Signing of Data Privacy Legislation
Cyber Criminals Sharing Millions of Higher Education Institutions’ E-mails and Passwords on The Dark Web
2016 Press Releases
Under Cyber Siege: Nearly Half of Americans Report Being Victim of Scam or Fraud; Majority Say Internet has Become Less Safe, New Digital Citizen Alliance Survey Finds
Dangerous Partners: Digital Citizens Investigation Finds That Malware Operators and Content Theft Websites – Assisted by U.S.based Tech Firms – are Targeting Millions of Consumers
Digital Citizens Alliance To FCC: Set-Top Box Proposal Lacks Privacy And Cybersecurity Protections
Americans Fear Privacy Intrusion from FCC Set-Top Box Proposal, According to New Survey
Digital Citizens Alliance: Obama’s Support for Proposed Change to Home Television Viewing is “Simply Bewildering”
Why Are My Presidential Candidate’s Ads Showing Up by Jihadist Videos on YouTube?
2015 Press Releases
Victims No More: Malware Risk Prompts Internet User to Steer Clear of Content Theft Sites, According to New Survey
Digital Bait: Internet Users At High Risk Of Malware From Content Theft; $70 Million Underground Market
Beware Your Webcam: Digital Citizens Investigation Finds Hackers Peeking Into Bedrooms – And Profiting From It
Digital Citizens Alliance Statement on Ross Ulbricht Sentence
Digital Citizens Alliance Praises Google For Quick Action to Address Problems with Algorithm, Racial Slurs in Google Maps
Big Business, Big Risks: New Study Finds Stolen Movie and Television Sites Pose Danger to Consumers and Their Computers
Illegal Drug Market Operators’ Scam Sends Shockwaves Across DarkNet
Judge Extends Arguments in Google’s Attempt to Stop MS Attorney General’s Fact-Finding Efforts
Victims, Consumer Groups Ask Judge to Allow Attorney General Jim Hood's Fact-Finding Inquiry of Google to Proceed
2014 Press Releases
No Coal in Their Stocking This Year: Online Shoppers Report Their Orders are Timely, And Holiday Shopping is Safe This Year
Advocates, Parents, and Families Weigh In About Online Concerns
Post Silk Road - Another Online Drug Den Now Dominates the DarkNet
New Poll: High Numbers of Americans Leave Themselves Vulnerable to Hackers
Ad Industry Leaders Share Inaugural Digital Citizens of the Year Award
Digital Citizens Alliance Joins Sue Scheff to Combat Cyberbullying
Taking Credit: How to Get Away With Stealing $96 Million Dollars Worth of Movies and TV Shows
FedEx Indictment is a Warning Shot to Corporations: Protect Your Brand Before Online Criminals Do Damage
Your Credit Card Could Be For Sale on YouTube - Right Now
Students in Finals Frenzy Finding Pharmaceuticals Online - and Getting Them Without a Prescription
More Illegal Drugs Now Available on the “Silk Road” than Before Arrests
Digital Citizens Alliance Calls On Google to Stop Profiting from Illegal Activities; Investigation Finds Bad Actors are Back In Business With Youtube
There Is a Way to Stop Content Theft, And Experts Agree New Figures Change the Discussion
New Study Shows Content Theft Sites Hijacking Online Ad Business to Make Hundreds of Millions in Profits
DOJ Does the Right Thing Protecting the Creations of Apps Developers
Time to Shift Gears – When Car Shopping, Consider Protection from Hackers
2013 Press Releases
The Young and the Giftless: Young Adults Most Vulnerable to Online Holiday Failures
Be Afraid! The Scariest Creatures Want More Than Your Candy; They've Gone Online to Steal Your Data!
New Poll: Young People Using Steroids and HGH Reaching Epidemic Status
Counterfeits from China: A Digital Citizens' Camera Goes Into a Beijing Store, Finding Name Brands Stamped on Substandard Goods
Alex Rodriguez Should Spend the Next Two Years Talking to Our Youngest Steroids Users
Before You Invest, Understand How the Rise of Bitcoin Effects Internet Safety
Too Much Braun, Not Enough Brains: MLB Steroid Users Put Pressure on Young Athletes to Keep Up, According to Digital Citizens Survey
State Attorneys General Demand Answers From Google on Why It Profits From Videos Promoting Illegal and Dangerous Acts
Digital Citizens Alliance: It Is Too Easy for Teens to Order Prescription Drugs
Digital Citizens Calls On Google to Better Police Youtube from Being Exploited, Stop Running Ads with Videos That Promote Unsafe Actions
Millions of College Students Rely on Prescription Drugs to Get Through Finals
Who is Watching You? The Digital Citizens Alliance says: This is the Time to Protect Yourself During "Choose Privacy Week"
Preparing Last Minute Tax Returns? It is Important to be Quick and Careful!
Even As Your Team Wins, You Can Still Lose
Cybercrimes Often Carried Out by Disorganized, Loose, Confederation of Contractors
2012 Press Releases
Internet Getting More Dangerous for Children and Seniors, Americans Fear; 1 in 3 Feel the Sting of an Online Scam, New Survey Finds
