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Learn about Internet Safety Labs' ambitious initiative to create safety labels for over 5 million mobile apps by 2029 through this conference presentation from PEPR '25. Discover how researchers Lisa LeVasseur and Bryce Simpson are experimenting with a hybrid approach combining automation and crowdsourcing to scale privacy inspections for mobile applications. Explore the pilot project Safetypedia, launched in October 2024, which crowdsources mobile app privacy inspections and generates safety labels viewable through the App Microscope platform. Examine the challenges faced by both participants and Internet Safety Labs in implementing crowdsourced privacy evaluations, assess whether this approach merits full-scale deployment, and consider the potential for building a viable grassroots community focused on digital product safety and accountability. Gain insights into innovative methodologies for addressing privacy transparency at scale and understand the practical implications of community-driven safety assessment initiatives in the mobile app ecosystem.
