This is a profile of Mozilla Technology Fund awardee CheckFirst. Through their CrossOver project, they have been investigating disinformation peddled through algorithmic content recommendations on platforms such as Google News, Twitter, and YouTube in eight French-speaking countries and regions.
Mozilla’s expansion of the Responsible Computing Challenge in East Africa is ready for take-off. Eight universities embedding ethical studies in their computer science curricula will receive a cumulative sum of USD $200,000 in grants.
Despite progress in a category dealing with highly sensitive personal data, 19 out of 32 mental health apps are still slapped with *Privacy Not Included warning labels.
Our grantmaking embodies the Africa Mradi’s non-extractive, collaborative approach. Local organizers, technologists, builders, educators, artists, and others are already exploring how technology impacts the lived realities of Africans. Mozilla wants to do this important work with them, rather than starting anew next to them.
MozFest’s Funder Track series is harnessing the collective power of philanthropy to fuel the movement for positive human and digital rights progress, and the actualization of trustworthy AI.
MozFest's Dialogues & Debates will take place March 20 through March 24, covering topics around collective power of people through movements, labor unions, the Fediverse and regulating AI. Here's what you can expect.
Özden is now one of the four Mozilla Common Voice ‘Our Voices’ competition winners receiving the cash prize award of $2,000 USD which asked technologists worldwide to propose innovative solutions for making voice technology less biased and more inclusive.
