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.
Mitigating effects of COVID-19
News from fellows and Awardees
- Responsible Design for Digital Communities launched, by fellow Caroline Sinders
- Isolated communities connect amidst a pandemic featuring former awardee HERMES in the Mozilla Blog
News from fellowship partner organizations
- Digital Freedom Fund is still accepting applications through September 30 for their COVID-19 Litigation Fund
AI and internet health
News from fellows and awardees
- Too Many Questions Remain Unanswered in India's Proposal to Regulate Non-Personal Data by fellows Divij Joshi and Anouk Ruhaak in The Wire
- Sundance Institute Announces Inaugural Women at Sundance Adobe Fellows — Exclusive featuring awardee Lauren McCarthy in Indie Wire
- Mozilla awardee Tomo Kihara’s project TheirTube attracted coverage from across the world in Tenho Mais Discos Que Amigos!, Watson, and Nexo
- Alternate Realities, Alternate Internets: Feminist Research for a Feminist Internet by awardee Neema Iyer on Medium
- Fellow Narrira Lemos de Souza launched her project Caravana Tech, a portal that brings together technology, security and privacy, with a focus on social justice
- Fellow Daniel Leufer launched his project AIMyths.org to tackle 8 of the most insidious myths, misconceptions and inaccuracies about AI The aim is to dissect myths and guide folks to valuable existing work. His work was featured in ZDNet: We've forgotten the most important thing about AI. It's time to remember it again
- A human-centered paradigm for the web by fellow Richard Whitt on Medium
- Machines can spot mental health issues—if you hand over your personal data featuring fellow Piers Gooding in MIT Technology Review
- AI experts doubt Amazon's new Halo wearable can accurately judge the emotion in your voice, and worry about the privacy risks featuring Frederike Kaltheuner in Business Insider
- Wanda: The AI Assistant from the Dark Side featuring former awardee Joe Derry Hall and his Creative Media Award gameA Week with Wanda
News from fellowship partner organizations
- Host partner Consumers International launches Next Generation Leaders Network for International Youth Day 2020
- Host partner Anti-Defamation League launched a tool: Track of Anti-Semetic Incidents
- Host partner Access Now launched A digital rights agenda for 2021 and beyond
- Host partner Access Now featured fellow host organization WITNESS and others on a podcast to discuss Human Rights and Internet Access in Episode 5 of their podvase Kill Switch.
- Beyond Bias: Why we can't just "fix" facial recognition by Digital Freedom Fund
- EDRi demands an open, safe and accountable internet – will you join us? by EDRi
- Fellowship partner Derechos Digitales is still accepting project proposals from across Latin America for their Rapid Response Fund
Events (recent + upcoming)
- July 29 The Responsible Computer Science Challenge’s Virtual Summer Summit featuring Dr. Apryl Williams talking about Race and Technology in the Computer Science classroom, a panel of four industry experts joined us for discussion of ethics and social responsibility in the tech industry
- August 24 Live panel for Mozilla Dialogues and Debates Series: Alternative Business Models for the Web: A MozFest Virtual Panel featuring fellow Harriet Kingaby and fellowship program officer Janice Wait, among others
- September 1 fellow Chenai Chair will be speaking about AI/ML in humanitarian work at the Red Cross event Follow the Sun: A Digital Launch of the Data Protection Handbook (2nd ed.)
- Fellowship host organizations WITNESS and MIT Co-Creation Studio are co-producing a series of events - Deepfakery: satire, human rights, art and journalism in a time of infodemics . Many of the events feature Mozilla awardees and partners. See the series link for the full list of events
- Aug 27 9am PST Faking the Powerful
- Sept 3 9am PST Not Funny anymore: Deepfakes, manipulated media, and mis/disinformation
- Sept 8 9am PST Using AI-Generated face doubles in documentary: Welcome to Chechnya
- Sept 17 9am PST Boundary lines? Deepfakes weaponized against journalists and activists
- Sept 24 9am PST Manipulating memories: Archives, history and deepfakes
- Oct 1 9am PST Still funny? Satire, deepfakes and human rights globally
Program Update
- Mozilla Creative Media Awards request for proposals is open through September 14: Supporting Black Artists Who Are Examining AI
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