Fellowships & Awards Blog

Meet Brian Obilo: Helping Civil Society Adapt to Online Threats

Civil society is not as it was 10 years ago: activists and researchers around the globe now face privacy and security risks they couldn’t have imagined one decade prior.

Mozilla Fellowship & Awards News: July 2022

Looking to learn more about or engage with Mozilla Fellows and Awardees around the world? Stay up-to-date with regular updates about these leaders and their work by reviewing the current and upcoming news and announcements below.

The Proposed EU AI Act and The Case of Biometrics

Biometrics in the proposed EU AI Act have been primarily considered from the perspective of face recognition technologies. The proposal thus does not consider the specific contexts and associated risks of voice-based systems differently to those of facial recognition systems.

Fellowship Learnings: The Importance of Sustainability

This is our third installment in a series reflecting on Mozilla’s Tech + Society Fellowship, a program which launched in October 2020. The program embeds technologists from the global majority within local civil society organizations, in order to bridge two worlds that have traditionally been siloed.

Intersections of Digital Rights and Environmental and Climate Justice

Through a series of reports supported by Ford Foundation, Mozilla Foundation, and Ariadne, new research explores the intersections of climate justice and digital rights

Mozilla Fellowship & Awards News: June 2022

Looking to learn more about or engage with Mozilla Fellows and Awardees around the world? Stay up-to-date with regular updates about these leaders and their work by reviewing the current and upcoming news and announcements below.

Fellowship Learnings: Understanding Movement and Power Complexities

This article is part two in a three-part series sharing lessons learned as we “decolonize tech” in the Global South through the Tech and Society Fellowship.

Meet Odanga Madung: Holding Tech Platforms Accountable in Kenya

As a Mozilla Fellow, Odanga Madung has exposed a flourishing disinformation industry in Kenya, and pushed social media platforms to confront it. But Madung’s fellowship almost didn’t happen.

Fellowship Learnings: 3 Things We’ve Learned About Unpacking Silos

As we work to further the movement for a healthy internet, we are sharing the lessons we learn so others can apply them to their own contexts.

Mozilla Is Seeking Senior Tech Policy Fellows - Apply Today

We are recruiting fellows who develop innovative policy and regulatory solutions that can make trustworthy AI a reality.

New Fellows Start Work To Fuel Trustworthy AI Movement

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New Anthology: Political Violence in Mexico Weaponizes Digital Spaces Against Civil Society

The newly-translated anthology ‘Digital Violence in Mexico: The State Vs. Civil Society’ explores the increasing usage of digital surveillance for oppressive practices — and its impacts on human rights. Mozilla Fellow Alex Argüelles contributes to the anthology