The PYE Team

Taught an adult Bible study about online pornography because the regular teacher was absent. Parents wanted more so I launched a closed Facebook group for youth ministry families called Digital Kids and regularly shared a PDF with app research.

A local teen was almost abducted through the Kik app. Wood TV 8 discovered my app research and included me in a week-long digital dangers report.

Purchased the URL “protectyoungeyes.com” following the advice of a friend who said, “Just call it what you want to do!”

On Friday, May 20, we posted about the new Cosmo After Dark content on Snapchat and it went viral. We had millions of visitors in a week, Cosmo pulled their content down, and as a result, Collin Kartchner launched his “National Delete Snapchat” day in June.

Created and launched the Fix App Ratings movement, leading to testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee in the first Congressional hearing about social media safety.

Began a series of meetings with Snapchat and Apple (ongoing today) about shortcomings in their parental controls.

Earned the Dignity Defense Alert award from the National Center on Sexual Exploitation for our work on Fix App Ratings, the Earn It Act, and ongoing technical support for state level legislation.

Played a leading role in the documentary Childhood 2.0.

Co-authored the Device Filtering bill passed in Utah. The nation’s first legislation to create a path to hold device manufacturers accountable for filtering content for minors.

Was a keynote speaker for over 3,000 gathered for the National Catholic Educator’s Association gathering in New Orleans. “Mental Health, Technology, & our Kids.”

Chosen to join the Human Change movement at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Participated in multiple panel discussions related to phone-free schools, the mental health impact of social media on children, and global solutions.

Co-authored the Child Device Protection bill, which passed in Utah as the nation’s first device-level accountability bill, effective January 2025.

Received the Child Safety Award from the PHASE Alliance at the Coalition to End Exploitation Summit in Washington DC.