Looking to learn more about or engage with Mozilla Fellows and Awardees around the world? Keep your eye on the Mozilla Foundation blog to stay up-to-date with regular updates about these leaders and their work by reviewing the current and upcoming news and announcements below.
AI and internet health
News from current fellows and awardees
- Melalogic app hopes to shine light on Black skin concerns—featuring CMA awardee Avery Smith in NPR Baltimore
- New Evidence of Thriving “disinformation industry” on Twitter is worrying as Kenya gears for election in August 2022—featuring fellow Odanga Madung AfricaCheck and Maldita.es.
- Dissent in Mexico, from identity to journalism - featuring fellow Alex Argüelles in animalpolitico.com
- A profile of the TikTok Observatory, a Mozilla Technology Fund awardee: A New Way to Keep TikTok Accountabl
- A profile of Digital Democracy, a member of Mozilla’s Data Futures Lab 2022: Mapeo Helps Marginalized Communities Collect Data, Reclaim Land Rights
Fellowship and Awardee Alumni News
- Exclusive: Biden's new power player on broadband and Big Tech —featuring alum Alan Davidson in Axios
- That can't be real! — featuring alum Frederike Kaltheuner in Netzpolitik
Events and Launches (recent and upcoming)
- Join us for Mozfest, 7-10 March. Secure your ticket here.
- Odanga Madung’s latest research, “Exporting Disinformation: How Foreign Groups Peddle Influence in Kenya Through Twitter.”
- Fellow Tarcizio Silva launched his book: “Racismo Algorítmico: inteligência artificial e discriminação nas redes digitais” (Algorithmic Racism: artificial intelligence and discrimination in digital networks). Learn more here.
Program Updates
- Mozilla adds four privacy-centric orgs to Data Futures Lab, awards each with $100,000—featured in ZDNet
- A profile of the TikTok Observatory, a Mozilla Technology Fund awardee: A New Way to Keep TikTok Accountable
- A profile of Digital Democracy, a member of Mozilla’s Data Futures Lab 2022: Mapeo Helps Marginalized Communities Collect Data, Reclaim Land Rights
- Mozilla Foundation welcomed seven new Senior Fellows, selected to help fuel the movement for Trustworthy AI. Learn more here
Mozilla Foundation job postings
- Program Associate, Fellowships and Awards
- Program Officer, Alumni Engagement, Fellowships and Awards
- Program Officer, Data Futures Lab
- Advocacy Lead, EU
- Advocacy Lead, US