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Distilling the EU’s struggle with general-purpose AI

On Tuesday, November 29, the Mozilla Foundation hosted an online debate on the EU's draft Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA).

Alexa, Help Me! Which Smart Speaker Has the Best Privacy?

When comparing Alexa and the Amazon Echo, Apple, Siri and the HomePod and Google's Assistant and Nest devices, it's important to consider these privacy and security aspects

Is Alexa Always Listening? Not If This Mic Jammer Has Anything To Say About It

Webcam covers block webcams from seeing things they shouldn't. How do you stop a microphone from truly listening in? The answer: a mic jammer

Privacy Not Included Spotlight: Euki On How It Gets Privacy Right

Euki is the only app on the Privacy Not Included list to actually get privacy right. Here's what it's about.

How the EU can take on “general-purpose AI" in the AI Act

How the EU can take on the challenge posed by “general-purpose” AI systems in the AI Act

Fellow Research: Platforms Failed to Curb Misinformation After Kenyan Election

Facebook, TikTok, and Twitter fell short of their election integrity promises in Kenya this past August, according to Mozilla Fellow Odanga Madung

Mozilla Will Be Interrogating Deceptive Design

We’re turning our research and advocacy attention to deceitful user interfaces

What Role Does YouTube Play in the Brazilian Election? Mozilla & Partners Will Map Platform’s Impact Using Crowdsourced Research

University of Exeter, Instituto Vero, and Mozilla will study the spread of election disinformation on YouTube

Update: the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA)

When large tech companies remain gatekeepers of the internet, it threatens our access to alternatives, including more secure, privacy-minded options. An…

Sharing our Machine Learning Model for YouTube Video Similarity

The models are highly effective (~93% accuracy) at identifying whether two videos are similar, according to our policy. We hope that these models will prove valuable to other researchers investigating YouTube.

Mozilla Investigation: YouTube’s Dislike Button, Other User Controls Largely Fail to Stop Unwanted Recommendations

YouTube feedback buttons ‘Dislike,’ ‘Not interested,’ and others prevent less than half of unwanted algorithmic recommendations, according to study

In Post Roe v. Wade Era, Mozilla Labels 18 of 25 Popular Period and Pregnancy Tracking Tech With *Privacy Not Included Warning

Most reproductive health tracking apps have opaque privacy protection policies