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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Virginia Public Media Interviews ISL
ISL’s K12 EdTech Safety Benchmark — Part 1 published in December continues to receive media attention. Executive Director, Lisa...
2022: Pivot to Software Product Safety
Yet another busy year is winding down and I’d like to share some highlights from Internet Safety Labs. This year, we’ve started...
Internet Safety Labs Research Reveals 96% of School Apps Send Student Data to Third Parties, Including Advertisers
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.
Reuters Breaks Story on Dangerous SDK PushWoosh Found by ISL
Today Reuters broke a long-developing story around a highly risky SDK called Pushwoosh. Internet Safety Labs (ISL) identified this...
Consumer Safety Scorecard for CCPA’s Formal Rulemaking
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.
Introducing the ISL Consumer Safety Scorecard for Regulation
Unveiling a more efficient and practical way to evaluate proposed regulations. The ISL Consumer Safety Scorecard for Regulation compares the text of proposed regulations against our “must have” regulation safety principles to arrive at an overall ISL safety score for the regulation.
We are monitoring and buying dangling domains to keep people and businesses safer online
Dangling domains present massive ongoing safety harm to people, businesses, governments, and institutions. We observed the unique harms of dangling domains during our K12 edtech research last year, and decided to act to raise the issue and encourage others to do the same.
What if people could send legally binding Information Sharing Agreements to businesses
The Research Project Part of our work at Internet Safety Labs is to assess the practicalities of safer technology for the mutual...
Why Location Data Brokers Put All Communities At Risk
In our continued effort to educate people about the risks from data brokers this blog post provides a list of authoritative news...
The FTC announces Ed Tech companies prohibited from engaging in common data collection
On May 19, 2022, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revealed that they are “committed to ensuring that educational technology tools...
The Me2B Alliance is now Internet Safety Labs
We are excited to announce the Me2B Alliance is now Internet Safety Labs. We’ve changed our name but not our core mission. Here’s our...
Our Input to the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Pre-Rulemaking Stakeholder Sessions
California is a major center of new privacy law and regulation, creating opportunities for internet safety advocates to help design...