Internet Health Report 2022
An annual compilation of research and stories explaining what’s key to a healthier internet. In this edition we are narrowing our focus to artificial intelligence.
Overview
Because of the internet, machine learning and automation are opening up entirely new ways to make sense of the world and its data. As it happened with the internet, we see powerful entities tightening their grip on AI, dominating who profits from it, how it is built, and what it is used for.
Amid the global rush to automate, we see grave dangers of discrimination and surveillance. We see an absence of transparency and accountability, and an overreliance on automation for decisions of huge consequence. But we also find champions insisting there is a better way to build, deploy, and comprehend AI’s potential.
Who has power over AI? Who is shifting that power? These are the central questions of this report. We set the scene with a compilation of research and data visuals about the current state of AI worldwide. And we explore concrete answers via the firsthand stories of innovators who exemplify how to build AI systems in more equitable ways (as well as when not to build).
Our target audience is AI builders and people who develop or influence AI policies. We seek to build bridges of understanding between tech and policy sectors to inspire more collaboration and action. Our recommendations are based on the input of more than 150 people over many months. They build on a larger body of work by the staff, fellows, and grantees of the Mozilla Foundation to pursue more trustworthy AI in tech products, policies, and code.
This year, we brought back Mozilla’s award-winning podcast, IRL, in partnership with colleagues at Firefox, so we could center the voices of AI builders and policymakers, in real life.
In five biweekly episodes, we travel the world and dive into an array of topics, including surveillance, labor, healthcare, geospatial data, and disinformation in social media. Altogether in this season, we speak to 19 people in a dozen different countries.
For previous editions of the Internet Health Report, see: 2020, 2019 + book, 2018, 2017.
Project leads
Collaborators
Abeba Birhane, Ahmed Medien Aída Ponce del Castillo Alex Argüelles Alex Hanna Alice Fleischmann Alice Munyua Amanda Gartrell Amanda Lee Gaffar Amy Maoz Amy Raikar Andy Kochendorfer Angeline Chen Anil Kanji Anna Jay Anna Niedhart Annalise Nielsen Arlette Labat Asa Dotzler Ashley Boyd Astha Kapoor Astrid Rivera Audrey Hingle Aurelia Moser Avery Smith Becca Ricks Bernard Koch Bitange Ndemo Bogdana Rakova Brandi Geurkink Britney Crooks Byron 'glob' Jones Carys Afoko Celia Herrara Chad Sansing Champika Fernando Chenai Chair Christian Prohom Christian Reich Christina Hug Christina Lang Christopher Arnold Dallas Card D'Andre Walker Damiano DeMonte Dan Brown Dan Calacci Dan Misener Danica Yu Daniel Kessler Denise McKenzie Desigan Chinniah Divij Joshi Eduardo Meneses Ella Jakubowska Ellen Canale Ellery Biddle Emily Denton Erin Pettit Fieke Jansen Freddy Braun Funda Ustek-Spilda Hanan Elmasu Hannah Yoon Jackie Lu Jacob G. Foster Jan Rydzak Jason Rotolo Jen Caltrider Jen Cohoon Jenn Beard Jennifer Boscacci Jennifer Hanrath-Balaco Jennifer Hodges Jesse McCrosky Jodie Gatlin Jon Lloyd Jonas Woost Juan Barajas Julia Reinhardt Julie Ricard Justin Arenstein Kaili Lambe Karen Burgess Karolina Pietrzyk Kathy Pham Kenrya Rankin Kevin Zawacki Khanh Nguyen Kofi Yeboah Konstantina Papadea Kristie Chan Kristina Shu Kunal Modi Laura Nolan Leonie Czycykowski Lindsay Dearlove Lindsey Shepard Lori Regattieri Lucile Vareine Lyall Bruce M.J. Kelly Madeleine Maxwell Manoush Zomrodi Mark Angly Mark Surman Matilda Sisättö Max Gahntz Medha Patki Meg Trowbridge Melissa Thermidor Michael Harris Michael Feldman Michael Running Wolf Michelle Thorne Mike Nolan Miriam Johnson Moctar Yedaly Nancy Tran Neema Iyer Nick Velazquez Noémie Hailu Nwachukwu Egbunike Odanga Madung Owen Bennett Paul Bone Paul McLanahan Peter Guest Petra Molnar Pratyusha Kalluri Raashi Saxena Radhika Radhakrishnan Raegan MacDonald Raesetje Sefala Rafael Grohmann Ramak Molavi Ravit Dotan Rebecca Lam Rebecca Smith Reem Hamoui Remy Muhire Renata Avila Richard Whitt Robert Karanja Robin Karash Robyn Edgar Robyn Simon Roselyn Odoyo Rosemary Ajayi Sabrina Ng Sahar Massachi Saiph Savage Sam Foster Samantha Rachel Bradshaw Sarah Kiden Sarah Vasquez Sascha Collet Sean McGregor Shandukani O. Mulaudzi Shawn Cole Shmyla Khan Siddharth Rao Sives Govender Stefania Delprete Steffen Hänsch Steve Song Sylvestre Ledru Tarcízio Silva Tarunima Prabhakar Tim Hönig Tracy Kariuki Tyler Denton Udbhav Tiwari Umang Bhatt Veszna Wessenauer Xavier Harding Yashika Khurana Yeshi Milner Yves Moreau