G-Rated School presents its device and privacy claims

A presenter said a BYU and Internet Safety Labs review of 100 school apps found that 97 percent broke their data privacy agreements (DPAs). She also cited 52 percent collecting disallowed data and 36 percent sharing data with advertisers. The August 20, 2025 USBE/BYU/Internet Safety Labs report tested 100 selected apps. It found that 44 of the 85 apps with relevant DPAs (52 percent) collected data their agreements did not allow. The report does not give the claimed 97-percent result; its source is unknown.

In another excerpt, the presenter associated a flattening and then decline in reading scores with classroom computers and one device per student. She said the relationship is not known for sure, while calling the data conclusive, and described the chart as Utah data. The slide is labeled "NAEP Test Scores 8th Grade / READING" and ends at 256, with a four-point decrease from 2020 to 2023. The site notes that those values match the national NAEP long-term trend results for 13-year-olds, not a Utah state series.

A presenter said district accounts let students privately email others in the district. She raised concern about that ability but said she had no evidence of such a conversation.

The host thanked the presenters, offered help with lobbying lawmakers and said the group would email the talk to its members.