1. Background In 2022, Internet Safety Labs (ISL) conducted an extensive benchmark of EdTech apps used in schools across the United States. We sampled 13 schools in each state and the District of Colombia and identified 1,722 unique apps which were in use In K12...
In late 2022 and throughout 2023 ISL has published ongoing findings and data from the first of its kind US K12 EdTech Safety...
Internet Safety Labs, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent software product-safety testing, released its newest...
Pierces the technology fog to show what is really going on with children’s private and personal data inside EdTech applications SAN...
There’s a popular parable about five blind men touching various parts of an elephant to identify what they are unable to see. One,...
Who’s Responsible for Student Data: Data Controller Confusion in EdTech In Spotlight Report #4, we introduced the problem of “data...
Internet Society Foundation grant strengthens Internet Safety Lab’s efforts to uncover potentially harmful data collection/sharing...
Familiar with Elizabeth Renieris’ keen mind and exceptional writing skills, I was excited to read her recently published book,...
ISL’s K12 EdTech Safety Benchmark — Part 1 published in December continues to receive media attention. Executive Director, Lisa...
Yet another busy year is winding down and I’d like to share some highlights from Internet Safety Labs. This year, we’ve started...
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Me2B Alliance, a non-profit standards and advocacy organization focused on safe and respectful technology, today announced that it has been awarded a $100,000 grant by the Internet Society Foundation. The foundation funds initiatives that strengthen the Internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people.
Today Reuters broke a long-developing story around a highly risky SDK called Pushwoosh. Internet Safety Labs (ISL) identified this...
Our first application of the ISL Consumer Safety Scorecard for Regulation is for the California Consumer Privacy Act regulations recently proposed by the CPPA. It was a bit unusual to apply the scorecard to rulemaking—and not to the entire regulation—but we hope you’ll find it helpful.