We enthusiastically welcome Liad Wagman as our newest Advisor to Internet Safety Labs.
Introducing Our Newest ISL Advisor: Dr. Liad Wagman
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Introducing Our Newest ISL Advisor: Dr. Liad Wagman
We enthusiastically welcome Liad Wagman as our newest Advisor to Internet Safety Labs.
In Defense of Cyber Product Safety for Civilians (or Something)
It's cybersecurity season in Las Vegas and I'm inspired to write an overdue post on why I hate the phrase "cyber civil defense"....
Do SDKs Represent Actual Network Traffic in EdTech Apps?
1. Background In 2022, Internet Safety Labs (ISL) conducted an extensive benchmark of EdTech apps used in schools across the United...
We Need to Talk About Product Labels
This week, US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has called for warning labels for social media platforms. If you know anything about...
ISL Finds Location-Based Advertising on Kids’ Site CoolMathGames.com
Last year, Internet Safety Labs (ISL) observed that CoolMathGames.com website (from CoolMath.com, LLC [referred to as “Cool Math”], owned by Sandbox Group) contained location-based behavioral advertisements. Using the Federal Trade Commission’s guidelines on a “child-directed” website, ISL believes CoolMathGames.com may fall under the protections afforded by the US Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA).
ISL Unveils Cutting-Edge Data Privacy Research Tools
ISL is pleased to announce the publication of the following research tools: Company Risk Dictionary, SDK Risk Dictionary, and ...
ComScore Cross-Site Tracker Found in PBSKIDS.org
Updated 1/22/24 We’re happy to report that the ScorecardResearch tracker has been removed from the PBSKids.org website. We...
ISL Provides Requested Comments to NTIA for Docket NTIA-2023-0008
Last month, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) requested public comment regarding docket...
Another School District Hacked
Two of the districts covered in our 2022 benchmark find themselves victims of recent data breaches at the hands of the same entity,...
Facebook, Instagram and Twitter Harms Wrap-up
One of the things we measured in our 2022 US K12 EdTech Safety Benchmark was the presence of risky trackers within the school’s...
42 States vs. Meta: Schools are Unwitting “Pushers” – 91% of Schools Have Facebook Accounts
Prompted by the news of this lawsuit, we tallied how many of the schools in our 2022 EdTech benchmark had Facebook, Instagram or...
ISL Provides Comments to the FCC’s IoT Cybersecurity Label
Internet Safety Labs provided our comments to the FCC’s IoT Cybersecurity label. Among the comments and recommendations we made, the...