MozFest House: Amsterdam

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MozFest House: Amsterdam

In June 2023, MozFest House: Amsterdam harnessed our collective power to better our digital landscape, build transformative systems, and sustain momentum within our community towards positive human and digital rights progress.

Main Stage Highlights

Technology of the Living

Toshi Reagon, Kosisochukwu Nnebe, Ethel-Ruth Tawe Tawe and moderator J. Bob Alotta

The Intelligence of Voice and Volition. Examining the humanness of technology, and how it first starts with us.

Navigating Deceptive Design and Regulation

Constanta Rosca, Dries Cuijpers and moderator Kush Amlani

Delve into the policy landscape of the EU, discussing existing regulations and initiatives aimed at curbing these practices.

Race, Class, Fame & Harm

Seyi Akiwowo, Symeon Brown and moderator Carys Afoko

Has exploitation expanded and adapted from offline to online? What is the cost of pursuing fame and influence online?

Voice of financial [in]exclusion

Mohamed Bahm, Savannah Koolen and moderator Lawil Karama

Centered around the experiences of the digital finance system for marginalized and excluded groups, specifically undocumented persons.

Keynote by Frances Haugen

The keynote at MozFest House Amsterdam featured Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower who further exposed the platform's ability to incite hatred, spread misinformation, and foment political unrest.

Frances walked us through historical examples of social change, and emphasized how social and collective change starts at an individual level. Following the keynote, we had a moderated conversation between Mark Surman, President of the Mozilla Foundation and Frances. The conversation touched on themes like journalism, democracy, and social media content moderation.

Frances Haugen on stage at MozFest House Amsterdam

Session Highlights

A more ethical but adaptive podcasting format you control

Ian Forrester

Participants explored a future for podcasting that's both personalised and adaptive, aimed at subverting surveillance capitalism as well as the ethical decisions made by the podcast industry.

Tech We Trust

Craig Steele and Daniel Devine

This session explored Tech We Trust, a learning pack that shows young people how their personal data is used to make decisions as well they can spot and tackle biased algorithms.

Data Degrowth: cleaning a ‘home’ in our hands

Szy Hernik, Soyun Park and Leo Scarin

In this workshop participants explored a theoretical framework for file management, cloud services & data footprints inspired by Marie Kondo's psychological tidying techniques.