Mozilla Fellowship and Awards News October 2020

Looking to learn more about or engage with Mozilla Fellows and Awardees around the world? Stay up-to-date with regular updates about these leaders and their work by reviewing the current and upcoming news and announcements below.

Mitigating effects of COVID-19

News from fellows and Awardees

Dispatch from a refugee camp during the COVID-19 pandemic by fellow Petra Molnar in The Conversation
Tackling AI in the Time of Covid by fellow Jonathan McCully in Digital Freedom Fund Blog
Privacy in the time of a pandemic: how is your data doing? by Chenai Chair in Feminist Talk

AI and internet health

News from fellows and awardees

Speech tech and Common Voice at Mozilla featuring fellows Remy Muhire and Josh Meyer on Practical AI podcast
Indigenous wisdom as a model for software design and development by fellow Amelia Winger Bearskin in the Mozilla blog
Indigenous Peoples’ Day: the latest US billboard project to send a message featuring fellow Amelia Winger Bearskin in the Guardian
Women’s Rights Online: closing the digital gender gap for a more equal world by Chenai Chair
Amazon’s palm reading starts at the grocery store, but it could be so much bigger featuring fellow Frederike Kaltheuner in The Verge
We made a realistic deepfake, and here's why we're worried featuring awardee Francesca Panetta in the Boston Globe
Inside Germany's drive to democratize AI featuring fellow Remy Muhire in DevEx
UK passport photo checker shows bias against dark-skinned women featuring fellow Deborah Raji in BBC
The 7 growing threats from AI-powered advertising & how adtech must change featuring fellow Harriet Kingaby in New Digital Age
South Africa’s spectrum ITA, unpacked by top experts featuring fellow Steve Song in TechCentral
Should Robots Be Conducting Job Interviews? featuring awardee Carrie Wang in Slate
Daniel Leufer and AI demystification featuring fellow Daniel Leufer in Državljan D podcast
Advising the future of Openscapes by former fellow Julia Lowndes on the Mozilla Blog
Adbreak for Europe by fellows Harriet Kingaby and Frederike Kaltheuner
Diy canvases to explore the use of Facial Recognition, thermal imaging and Wi-Fi tracking in your city by fellow Fieke Jansen.
These organizations can transform Latin America’s jobs market. But they need investment now by program officer Melissa Huerta in the World Economic Forum blog
Introducing the U.S. Election Twitter Network Graph Tool by fellow Emmi Bevensee on the Mozilla Blog
Rage against the machine: Is our election technology safe and secure? by former fellow Gigi Sohn on Tech on the Rocks podcast
Como os algoritmos das redes sociais são impactados pelo racismo? featuring fellow Tarcizio Silva in Alma Preta
The Decentralized Web of Hate by fellow Emmi Bevensee on Rebellious Data
The Very Human Labor That Powers Artificial Intelligence featuring fellow Caroline Sinders in The Nation
Facebook pulls down 3 ‘love jihad’ pages for violating policies featuring fellow Divij Joshi in Times of India
Augmented reality & augmented risks: why AR is a digital rights issue featuring fellow Daniel Leufer in Access Now blog
Why We Need to Bust Some Myths About AI by fellow Daniel Leufer in CellPress
The Top Myths About AI featuring fellow Daniel Leufer in Let’s Talk AI podcast

News from fellowship partner organizations

Reimagining tech and social justice in the Global South by our Alberto Cerda at Ford Foundation featuring the new Mozilla Fellows Tech and Society track
Automated discrimination: Facebook uses gross stereotypes to optimize ad delivery by AlgorithmWatch
Save the date for the 10th anniversary of RightsCon: June 7-11, 2021 by AccessNow
Content from the European Ai and Deta Ethics Forum 2020 from Data Ethics
How AI is wrapped up in a web of injustice by Digital Freedom Fund
Decolonising Digital Rights: Why It Matters and Where Do We Start? by Nani Jansen Reventlow of Digital Freedom Fund
Report an Antisemetic, Racist, or Discriminatory Incident by Anti-Defamation League
Proyecto de ley especial de ciberdelitos en Nicaragua: una herramienta más para la represión del disenso by Derechos Digitales
Inaugural Indigenous Digital Delegation at MIT: Co-Creation Studio to host leading scholars and artists by MIT Co-Creation Studio
Documenting voter intimidation by WITNESS
Attention EU regulators: we need more than AI “ethics” to keep us safe by EDRi and AccessNow

Events (recent+upcoming)

Dec 10-12 My Data Online 2020 Conference featuring fellow Anouk Ruhaak
Nov 10 Discrimination at the Border: Launch of new UN report and the Migration and Technology Monitor featuring fellow Petra Molnar
Oct 30 Building Better Online Communities panel featuring fellow Caroline Sinders
Oct 30 The Global AI Race. Geopolitical Dimensions of the AI Race and the European Human-Centric Model featuring fellow Francesco Lapenta
Oct 28 IREX summit workshop: Global issues, local action: Inclusion and innovation in public interest technology with program officers Melissa Huerta and Amy Schapiro Raikar
Oct 25 Seminar on Personal Data Protection and Social Impacts featuring fellow Tarcizio Silva
Octr21-22 European AI & Data Ethics Forum 2020
Oct 21 Unity for Humanity Summit featuring fellow Amelia Winger-Bearskin
Oct 20 Carnegie Mellon University Open Science Symposium 2020 featuring fellow Sarah Kiden
Oct 5-6 AHERI Virtual Conference 2020 - African Higher Education Research Institute featuring fellow Sarah Kiden

Program Update

Introducing Our 10 Newest Mozilla Fellows by program officers Roselyn Odoyo and Melissa Huerta
Mozilla Welcomes Two New Fellows in Trustworthy AI by program officer Melissa Huerta
Mozilla Fellowship and Awards News September 2020 by program officer Amy Schapiro Raikar