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Alternative Business Models for the Web: a #DialoguesAndDebates
Featuring @HKingaby, &
🗓️ Save the date for our #DialoguesAndDebates
Tues Oct 13th, , & explore how memes can influence and misinform ahead of the U.S. election. Moderated by .
Read more ➡ mzl.la/3jHskol
Today’s social media status quo isn’t cutting it, so Mozilla is exploring an alternative. In early 2023, Mozilla will be testing a publicly accessible instance in the Fediverse at Mozilla.Social (1/3)
🚨 This is not a drill 🚨 This week will be another big one in the long battle for #NetNeutrality.
Listen (& share) this bonus ep of IRL with to get up to speed:
“My whole story doesn’t exist without a free and open Internet.” — of in our special #netneutrality episode of IRL:
(It’s a good story, Matt.) mzl.la/2kY0Gu2
Today Mozilla is joining 🚨 RED ALERT for #NetNeutrality because you deserve to know what YOU stand to lose if the FCC repeal of net neutrality becomes the law of the land.
Life as we know it could change pretty quickly in a net neutrality-less world…
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Author of the best-selling book “Algorithms of Oppression” ’s academic research focuses on the design of digital media platforms on the internet and their impact on society. Read her book and her curation:
In our next #DialoguesAndDebates
Panelists @HKingaby, & interrogate the web’s reigning business model: digital advertising.
Mark your calendars, watch on our Twitter or YouTube
Aug 25, 8am PT | 11am ET | 4pm BST
bit.ly/34ePSfp
"If the internet is going to evolve into a more organized, sophisticated and compassionate place...we are going to have to fight, fight, FIGHT for net neutrality."— mzl.la/2jRWxUL
This week we saw the culmination of a four-year disinformation campaign orchestrated by the President. We have to acknowledge how the internet was misused to get here.
And we have to change it.
Today we're releasing the biggest changes to Firefox since it launched 13 years ago. And it's fast.
Get the new Firefox: fast, for good.
mzl.la/2jolNon
Today! 8am PT / 11am ET / 4pm BST
In our Dialogues & Debates, @HKingaby, & interrogate the web’s reigning business model, digital advertising, and explore alternatives.
Send questions using #DialoguesAndDebates
Dabble in ? HODLing some #Bitcoin & #Ethereum?
We’re using to accept donations in #cryptocurrency
bitpay.com/100257/donate?
We made a new add-on for called Facebook Container in response to the growing demand we see for tools that help manage privacy and security.
Misinformation is a threat to a democracy… but not in the way you might think.
Hear from Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and others in our documentary short: mzl.la/2PbinAi
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Assoc Professor of African American Studies at Princeton & founder of JUST DATA Lab, ’s book "Race After Technology" looks at how tech was designed to marginalize & disenfranchise Black people, with ways we can use speculative design to imagine & build abolitionist tech.
In a world of biased algorithms and broken recommendation engines, art and ideas that educate internet users about AI are more important than ever.
Today, we're announcing $225,000 for projects that help people better understand the impacts of AI:
In keeping with our mission to foster a healthy internet, we’re announcing our latest collaboration:
“Grant for the Web,” a $100m program with and to empower individual #creators online. Want to learn more? 👇
France’s new SREN bill requires browsers like to build powerful censorship tools & sets a dangerous precedent.
Sign the petition, tell the French government:
Remove Article 6 from the SREN bill!
Facebook uses two-factor authentication phone numbers to target ads.
This affects more than Facebook users — it erodes trust in 2FA. That's bad news for the whole web. 🔓
We're urging Facebook to stop immediately. Will you sign the petition?
Today we’re excited to announce Mozilla.ai
We’re creating a company — and gathering a community — to build a trustworthy, open-source AI ecosystem.
Learn more ➡️mzl.la/3JzcMl2
Our friends at Wikipedia have been showing the world the true power of collaboration on the open internet for the past 20 years. Thank goodness there's something to celebrate.
Happy birthday, ! 🎉 #Wikipedia20
We champion platforms and technologies that are good for the web *and* for people. We stand up for transparency & user control because they make the web healthier for us all.
That’s why we’re taking a break from Facebook.
More here:
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"Automated Inequality" by is a study of how public policies in the U.S. are designed to further marginalize people living in poverty. She looks at three case studies in which software/algorithms were used by local government and their (terrible) effects.
Dear : Do your part against disinformation.
Today, Mozilla and *32* of our allies are publishing an open letter to Facebook. We’re demanding they make good on their promise to combat disinformation before the 2019 EU elections.
Our full letter: mzl.la/fbopenletter
If you need a last-minute sign to take to the , we've got you! Pass these on: mzl.la/2pNJs3p #MarchforScience
On the 31st, we’ll be 20 years old.
The internet of 1998 was exciting and scary. The internet of 2018 is both—multiplied by a million.
A lot has changed since we released our manifesto. It’s time for a few additions.
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Labor historian ’s book "Programmed Inequality" looks at the early generation of female programmers in Britain, and how they were pushed out of computing jobs after WWII because they were women.
Today, Mozilla is publishing the 2019 #InternetHealth Report — our third annual examination of the internet, its impact on society, and how it influences our everyday lives.
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UCLA professor of Information Studies ’s book “Behind the Screen” is an eye-opening look at the invisible workers who protect us from seeing the worst of humanity on the internet.
Today we’re launching the 2018 #internethealth report. It's a detailed survey of what’s hurting 😞 and helping 😀 the internet, and how that impacts the *billions* of people who rely on it. You can read the report here: mzl.la/2uX4IHq
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For now, we think Mastodon is the best place for us to explore this possibility: mzl.la/3BNXQMQ
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"It is very difficult for a democracy to function when people are operating from different sets of information."
Hear about the real-life impact of fake news from Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and more: mzl.la/2PbinAi
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The results are in.
And they're not good.
We've been watching how handles election misinformation in the run-up to #BTW21
Read the report ⤵️
foundation.mozilla.org/campaigns/tikt
Facebook claims they shut down the researchers accounts due to privacy problems with the Ad Observer. In our view, those claims simply do not hold water. We know this because we reviewed the code ourselves before recommending it. Read more here:
Three quarters of Americans support #netneutrality and Congress is finally catching on.
Call your members of Congress today and ask them to keep the pressure on @AjitPaiFCC & the to delay the vote. advocacy.mozilla.org/en-US/net-neut
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Step 1: Uncap under eye concealer
Step 2: Discuss threat modeling
Step 3: Dab on under eye concealer
Step 4: Switch from passwords to passphrases
Watch these hilarious & really informative beauty/cybersecurity tutorials from
⏲️ Two hours from now! 8am PT / 11am ET / 4pm BST
, and explore how memes can influence and misinform ahead of the #2020Elections.
Get your questions in using the hashtag
👉 #DialoguesandDebates 👈
bit.ly/36Q3Aad
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NYU Vice Provost and Media Professor ’s book “Black Software” tells the story of the online racial justice movement spanning nearly five decades and involving a varied group of engineers, entrepreneurs, hobbyists, journalists, and activists.
As champions of platforms and technologies that are good for the people who use them, we quit advertising in March of 2018, and we're thrilled others are joining the call to #StopHateForProfit from partners and . bit.ly/2APjhRq
We're disappointed—but not surprised—by @AjitPaiFCC today. Our position is clear: the end of #NetNeutrality would only benefit Internet Service Providers (ISPs). mzl.la/2BcuW8e
Are you an iPhone user? Did you know there’s an IDFA, or “identifier for advertisers,” tracking your app activity and sending it to third-parties by default? 😱
More than half of iPhone users don't, according to a new Mozilla-Ipsos poll: mzl.la/34L8C3w
Mozilla built an emoji cipher game to teach web users about encryption. Try it: learning.mozilla.org/codemoji
Platforms have power.
During this time, we're using ours to amplify important voices and messages — to help you get educated, know your rights and take action.
twitter.com/i/moments/1267
Has technology changed the way your brain works? 🧠
We dig into the good, bad and ugly in Season 3 of IRL podcast. Subscribe now so you don't miss an episode: mzl.la/IRL
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#NetNeutraity is not "micromanaging the Internet," @AjitPaiFCC. The is planning on short-circuiting the debate on #NetNeutrality to appease big cable companies. #SaveNetNeutrality twitter.com/b_fung/status/
The battle for the open internet isn't over.
In a special episode of IRL, talks with @MClyburnFCC & about why we should all fight for #NetNeutrality mzl.la/2z25Ycx
Systemic change to address racism is long overdue. That change involves all of us.
To be honest, it's not immediately clear all the actions an organization like ours should take, but it's clear action is required. Here's where we're starting:
Launching today! An #OpenSource tool for tracking #disinformation
The Social Media Analysis Toolkit #SMATapp — co-created by #MozillaFellow — provides a free, open, and intuitive way to scrutinize what’s trending on internet platforms.
⌛ Starting now!
, and explore how memes can influence and misinform ahead of the #2020Elections. Moderated by .
Get your questions in using the hashtag
👉 #DialoguesandDebates 👈
bit.ly/36Q3Aad
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Data scientist, AI developer and Global Lead for Responsible AI at Accenture Applied Intelligence, . She coauthored this article calling on Tech companies to listen to researchers wired.com/story/tech-nee
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CEO of , is an investor, cofounder of Project Include and former engineer at Pinterest, USDS, and Quora. She was early to raise awareness about issues with lack of diversity in Silicon Valley.
More than 1/2 the world is still without Internet. Even those with access can be limited by cost or censorship. mzl.la/2kNqHrM
📢 52 on 52!
We just got 52 Senators agreeing to support S.J. Res 52, the resolution to restore #NetNeutrality!
We take #NetNeutrality and the future of the internet really seriously.
@AjitPaiFCC has other ideas.
A unique ID living on your iPhone allows advertisers to track the ads you click, the videos you play & the apps you install.
We’re asking to change these unique IDs monthly — making it harder for companies to build profiles of you over time.
Alongside 6,000 supporters, we published an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg & Dorsey today in the .
Our demand: Turn off ’s Group Recs and ’s Trending Topics ahead of the U.S. elections. #StopGroupRecs #UnTrendTwitter
Are your recommendations sometimes lies? Conspiracy theories? Or just weird as hell?
You’re not alone. That’s why we conducted a study to better understand harmful YouTube recommendations.
This is what we learned about #YouTubeRegrets ⤵️
foundation.mozilla.org/regrets/
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Ending #netneutrality could end the internet as we know it.
That’s why we are committed to fighting the order by filing suit with the today.
When we shipped 1.0 in 2004, we did it with just 902 staff and volunteer contributors. Last year, more than 15,000 people helped bring our mission to life.
This is why we have hope 💗
Will you help us keep up the fight for good in technology? mzl.la/2QCXiRj
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Founder of , ’s book "It's About Damn Time" is about her journey to becoming a venture capitalist.
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Former VC, ex-Reddit and cofounder of , is a strong advocate for women in tech and author of “Reset” — the story of a whistleblower who aims to empower everyone struggling to be heard.
“There was a dream when the internet was born, of a cartoon dog who could be anything he wanted to be when he barked online. That’s a dream worth protecting.” — our beloved
Today is #InternationalWomensDay and we’re celebrating by featuring 24 women over the next 24 hours who are using the web to make the world a better place 🌎
There are many more women who deserve to be celebrated, so use #WWWomen to share your digital heroines and we'll RT.
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The world of video call apps just got a bit more secure.
After Mozilla published our #PrivacyNotIncluded guide assessing apps' security, updated to require stronger passwords.
Thanks for your quick action, Discord!
“If you Google me, you will find me naked.”
At #Glassroom London, talked about the influence of search algorithms—and how little control we have over our online data. Watch her unsettling and eye-opening talk here: mzl.la/2vOV4Hj
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Join us tomorrow for a virtual panel: Building Better Online Communities
Featuring , , , and
🕚 8am PT | 11am ET | 3pm GMT
Tweet questions with #BetterCommunities
Read more ➡️mzl.la/3e5N1bP
bit.ly/3kGiaVw
We can't demand better of the internet if we don't demand better of our leaders, colleagues and ourselves.
We're with the Open Source Diversity Community, Outreachy & the Software Conservancy project in
supporting this petition:
Die Ergebnisse sind da.
Und es sieht nicht gut aus.
Wir haben uns angesehen, wie mit wahlbezogenen Fehlinformationen im Vorfeld der #BTW21 umgeht.
Sieh dir jetzt unseren Bericht an ⤵️
foundation.mozilla.org/campaigns/tikt
The #netneutrality ruling came out this morning. While we wanted to see net neutrality protections restored by the FCC, we’re glad to see states empowered to protect people.
We’re not done fighting, though! We all must have access to an open internet.
mzl.la/2od6j9p
The "only" female
The "only" person without a college degree
The "only" parent on the team
Being the "only" can feel pretty awful, writes Mozilla's Diversity & Inclusion leader . Here's what makes a truly inclusive workplace & why we care:
“Yes, I have a political agenda. Yes, I'm trying to make the world a better place. I'm trying to make technology more accessible to more people but what kind of person opposes politics like that?” —
Hear more on IRL:
