Why Fair Elections Require Responsible Tech
For democracy to thrive in the internet era, we need technology that respects rules and privacy. One of my favorite…
Digital Citizen
A digital citizen refers to a person utilizing Information Technology (IT) in order to engage in society, politics, and government. People characterizing themselves as digital citizens often use IT extensively, creating blogs, using social networks, and participating in online journalism. Although digital citizenship potentially begins when any child, teen, and/or adult signs up for an email address, posts pictures online, uses e-commerce to buy merchandise online, and/or participates in any electronic function that is B2C or B2B, the process of becoming a digital citizen goes beyond simple Internet activity.
Be a voter. Save the web.
The things we all care about — including the health and future of the open web — depend on engaged…
Rapid Fire: Sandy Sage wants to make password management easier with Firefox Lockbox
How many times have you tried to drum up a memorable password for a new account only to give in…
Social Media, Social Lives: Teens Dish on Everything from Cyberbullying to Digital Distraction
In our latest research, teens dish on everything from cyberbullying to digital distraction and share good news about how social…
Why We Need More (and Better!) Research on Kids and Tech
News about gaming disorders, depression linked to social media use, and the right amount of screen time can leave parents…
Rapid Fire: Rebecca Weiss on how data collection can be useful to business and respectful of people’s privacy
Rebecca Weiss, Head of Data Science at Mozilla, is deep in the data and the decisions Mozilla makes about it.…
Franchesca Ramsey tells it like it is (video)
It’s a problem when tribalism divides us, online and in real life. We can and must do better. The status…
From being the “only” to “your whole self” at work: Inclusion, not just Diversity, at Mozilla
What’s it like to be the “only”? Well, it can feel pretty awful. I can remember walking into a room…
The privacy paradox is a privacy dilemma
From the beginning, Firefox was designed to help people experience the internet on their own terms. Mozilla believed that the…
There’s a techlash. The G20 should listen.
The Internet is at risk. Once thought of as the global equalizer, opening doors for communication, work opportunities, commerce and…