Slack is a hugely popular messaging app, but is missing one of the most basic of messaging features: a block button. Now, on the heels of campaigning by Mozilla, Fight for the Future, Convocation Research + Design, and dozens of ally organizations, that may be changing.
MozFest and the city of Amsterdam’s common goals for progressive, radical change in areas of AI, digital rights and literacy, and community inclusion have been a convening force for supporting a more open and healthy internet for all.
This is a profile of Data Futures Lab awardee, Posmo. Posmo is a data cooperative in Switzerland and an incubatee of Mozilla’s Data Futures Lab rethinking ways in which public mobility data can be leveraged to support active mobility planning, such as walking or biking.
Slack is not taking the safety of its users seriously—refusing to offer end-to-end encrypted messaging and refusing to offer a “Block” button to protect users from harassment. Sign our petition to make Slack safe!
