Advocacy Blog
Mozilla’s blog features guides to making your online life better, stories from the movement, and critical analysis of issues around internet health.
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Advocacy Sept. 25, 2023
“Is This Even Legal?” Our Top Cars-And-Privacy Question, Answered.
*PNI top cars-and-privacy question answered
Jen Caltrider, Reem Suleiman, Misha Rykov and Zoë MacDonald
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Advocacy Sept. 25, 2023
A Win for Data Access: Voluntary Becomes Mandatory at YouTube
YouTube is finally taking steps to become more transparent. YouTube, required by the EU Digital Services Act, is now opening the doors to independent research — information that will empower regulators and inform YouTube’s viewers.
Ashley Boyd
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Advocacy Aug. 25, 2023
Mozilla Warns of Compliance Theatre, Ahead of DSA Risk Assessment Reports
Today, the “Very Large Online Platforms” and “Very Large Online Search Engines” classified under the EU’s Digital Services Act submitted their first risk assessment reports to the European Commission regulator.
Claire Pershan
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This is not a System Card: Scrutinising Meta’s Transparency Announcements
On June 29, Meta announced transparency and research-related updates for Facebook and Instagram: more details on their ranking system for content in “Feed, Reels, Stories and other surfaces”, improvements to user controls of their feed, and tools for public interest research.
Claire Pershan, Ramak Molavi Vasse'i and Jesse McCrosky