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

• Kigali: They are paid to make Kinyarwanda-language computer programs —featuring fellow Remy Muhire in Imvaho Nshya
• What is algorithmic racism? Researcher explains the harm of algorithms in new book —featuring fellow Tarcizio Silva in UOL
• Why AI 'shouldn't tackle disinformation online'—featuring fellow Odanga Madung in the Evening Standard podcast
• TikTok’s Censorship in Russia Is Giving Putin Exactly What He Wants —featuring Mozilla Technology Fund awardee Marc Faddoul in VICE, as well as WIRED and Euractiv
• Facial recognition for police purposes is already born as a humanitarian defeat' —featuring fellow Tarcizio Silva in UOL
• A new project shows how solar power can energize the Internet —featuring Creative Media awardee Tega Brain in Sustainability Times and Environmental Journal
• Senior Fellow Neema Iyer was featured in Counter the Digital Monoculture

Fellowship and Awardee Alumni News

• Afro-Algorithms written and directed by 2021 CMA awardee Anatola Araba premiered at Mozfest. Read more in NewsOne and Animation World.

Events and Launches (recent and upcoming)

• Mozilla’s first cohort of Senior Fellows in Trustworthy AI, and our newest Senior Fellow in Policy, joined us this month. Read more here.
• If you missed MozFest or you simply miss MozFest, you can browse on-demand sessions on MozFest Plaza.

Program Updates

• Mozilla Common Voice announces $400K grants for Kiswahili voice tech projects in East Africa—featured in Tech Trends Kenya, East Africa Business Week and ZDNet
• Koliwe Majama joined Mozilla Foundation as a Senior Program Officer, looking after the new cohort of Senior Fellows

Mozilla Foundation job postings

• Advocacy Lead - EU
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Lead
• Program Lead, Responsible Computer Science
• Currently, conducting interviews for two F&A roles: Program Associate and Program Officer, Alumni Engagement