Your Impact on WhatsApp’s Election Safeguards Over the last few months, tens of thousands of Mozilla supporters like you have signed our petition urging WhatsApp to do more to protect the integrity of global elections. We called on WhatsApp to introduce meaningful platform changes like forwarding and broadcasting in order to check the spread of disinformation and other harmful content. These meaningful changes were identified through Mozilla Fellows’ analysis of technology and disinformation during recent elections in Liberia, Brazil and India. The campaign has been successful! WhatsApp responded to our request for more information, and have introduced a number of feature changes that match our recommendations. Read more about WhatsApps’ 2024 election strategy → Our campaigns – and all of our work – identifies and builds public support for best practices in responsible technology. We love technology and want it to work better for all of us. More Of Our Work To Hold Big Tech Accountable | | | Urging TikTok To Add Safety Features to TikTok Lite Our latest research with AI Forensics reveals that TikTok Lite is “light on safety”. We’re calling on TikTok to prioritize safety in countries like India, Brazil and Indonesia where the app is primarily designed to be used. Read the research → |
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| | | Update: Our Work with US Senators to Improve Privacy in Cars We called out cars for being a privacy nightmare in 2023, and asked the sector to do better. Now, a new letter from US Senators Markey and Wyden to the FTC reveals alarming details about automakers' deceptive data-sharing practices. Read more → |
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| | | Fighting For A Federal Privacy Law to Improve Big Tech’s Data Practices A recent, major AT&T data breach exposed the lack of U.S. privacy protections. After the breach, Mozilla testified before a U.S. Senate Committee, and emphasized the urgent need for federal privacy legislation. Join our call for a U.S. federal privacy law → |
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Take Action Sign our petition to help hold Big Tech accountable | | | Calling on Bumble: Don’t Sell User Data Without Permission Together, we can call on Bumble to live up to their values as an ethical alternative to other dating apps by giving its users more control over their personal data – and in turn, setting a new standard for all online dating apps to follow. Learn more & Sign the petition → |
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What We’re Reading: What our researchers, grantees and staff are reading this month: Research: Artificial intelligence in public security and criminal justice systems in Latin America (fairtrials.org) Telegram CEO charged in France for ‘allowing criminal activity’ on messaging app (The Guardian) Bluesky tops app charts and sees ‘all-time-highs’ after Brazil bans X (TechCrunch) Social platform X edits AI chatbot after election officials warn that it spreads misinformation (AP) Senate passes long-awaited bills to boost online safety, privacy for kids (The Hill) Instagram now has AI boyfriends and girlfriends (Business Insider) LOLERCOPTER 🚁🔥posts that made us laugh
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