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As the electoral clock in Kenya “Tiks,” so does disinformation stoking violent, ethnic discriminatory narratives on finds in new research.
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Kenyan election integrity is being challenged by widespread misinfo & disinfo shared across social media platforms like finds in new research.
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TOMORROW! Wednesday, 7/6 @ 9am PT
#MozillaxCHT , will join & Randima Fernando to talk downstream impact of the world wide web & what tech companies can do to build a better internet.
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The #MozFest Plaza - our virtual on-demand festival experience – is officially closed. If you participated, what was your experience?
- I loved it!65.5%
- It was OK...13.8%
- I won't participate again20.7%
29 votesFinal results
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Today, #CommonVoice 🗣️ is launching "Our Voices", a competition to make more diverse and inclusive speech recognition tools.
Technologists around the world can enter to win from a $20,000 prize pool. Learn more ⤵️
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How safe are your voice notes in the cloud? Would you prefer an offline machine transcribe your private voice messages?
shows us how he modified Signal Desktop to become an offline transcription tool using #CommonVoice &
📆 7th July
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"With elections looming, ineffective moderation on the social media platform has allowed it to become a tool of malign actors."
- #MozillaFellow on TikTok in The
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Thrilled to see highlight our Tech & Society fellows.
Hear from our own , and ’s Alberto Cerda Silva on how Public Interest Technologists help power human rights around the globe. #MozillaFellow
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Join us in this conversation with (), (), and () about #DigitalAuthoritarianism in the #Americas.
Streaming here and on our website comun.al on Tuesday 28 at 11:00 GMT-5 👁️👇
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🗓️ Mark your calendars! Wednesday, 7/6 at 9am PT
, , & Randima Fernando talk downstream impact of the world wide web & what tech companies can do to build a better internet.
#MozillaxCHT
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In a forceful open letter, our VP of Advocacy urges the European Commission to uphold their global leadership on #NetNeutrality.
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📢Calling all technologists, engineers, and activists!
Bring your project to the 3rd round of #MozFest Trustworthy AI Working Groups to create and promote solutions to the most urgent issues in Trustworthy AI.
⏩mzl.la/taiwg
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How has tech helped create a global LGBTQIA+ community? How has it harmed it?
This #PrideMonth, we’re hosting a #DialoguesandDebates about the internet and the LGBTQIA+ community with , , , Xin Xin & moderator
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This #PrideMonth, we’re hosting a conversation about the internet and the LGBTQIA+ community with , , , Xin Xin & moderator
❓Ask questions with #DialoguesandDebates
🔗Learn more foundation.mozilla.org/blog/queerness
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This #PrideMonth, we’re hosting a conversation about the internet and the LGBTQIA+ community with , , , Xin Xin & moderator
❓Ask questions with #DialoguesandDebates
🔗Learn more foundation.mozilla.org/blog/queerness
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Update: After our #PrivacyNotInclude guide called out 29 mental health and prayer apps handling privacy poorly we're excited to say...
now allows all users to access and delete their data 🎉 🎉 🎉
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How has tech helped create a global LGBTQIA+ community? How has it harmed it?
This #PrideMonth, we’re hosting a #DialoguesandDebates about the internet and the LGBTQIA+ community with , , , Xin Xin & moderator
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SCOOP 🚨
Facebook have taken down several accounts after an investigation by shared with us uncovered how ISIS and al-Shabaab have thousands-strong networks which they OPENLY use to target Kenyans on the platform!
nation.africa/kenya/news/rev
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“Digital violence is social-political violence” says #MozillaFellow
Learn more about their chapter in the anthology ‘Digital Violence in Mexico: The State Vs. Civil Society’ ⤵️
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#MozillaFellow has identified over 100 TikTok videos featuring hate speech, incitement and other political #disinformation collectively amassing millions of views on TikTok.
Many breach the platform’s own guidelines and policies.
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We're excited to open applications for our 2022 Senior Fellowships in Tech Policy. #MozillaFellow
The fellowship is an opportunity for experts who are advancing a policy ecosystem that supports and promotes #trustworthyAI.
Learn how to apply 🔻
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The Mozilla Foundation has found TikTok's algorithms and inadequate safety systems are inflaming the risk of violence in Kenya.
I can't imagine having to make life or death decisions watching a video at 3x speed.
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🚨 TikTok removed several videos from its platform after an investigation by us showed how it could be turbocharging content containing incitement & attempts to stoke ethnic tensions!
All this flew under the radar despite much of it violating TikTok's terms of service.
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Madung also spoke with TikTok whistleblower Gadear Ayed, who explained that TikTok is deep unfamiliar with the Kenyan political context, which may explain how most of these videos pass undetected.
Read more in the full report:
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Since the release of our latest edition of #PrivacyNotIncluded, in which 29 mental health and prayer apps earned out *Privacy Not Included warning label, 5 have responded and made some positive changes. #PrivacyNotIncluded
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As the electoral clock in Kenya “Tiks” closer to election day, so does widespread disinformation stoking violent, ethnic discriminatory narratives on TikTok, says #MozillaFellow
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Madung also spoke with TikTok whistleblower Gadear Ayed, who explained that TikTok is deep unfamiliar with the Kenyan political context, which may explain how most of these videos pass undetected.
Read more in the full report:
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After reviewing the report, TikTok took down several videos and accounts highlighted by .
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#MozillaFellow has identified over 100 TikTok videos featuring hate speech, incitement and other political #disinformation collectively amassing millions of views on TikTok.
Many breached the platform’s own terms of service, community guidelines, and policies.
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As the electoral clock in Kenya “Tiks” closer to election day, so does widespread disinformation stoking violent, ethnic discriminatory narratives on TikTok, says #MozillaFellow
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🗓️ Mark your calendars! Thursday June 9, 3pm ET
, , , & Mika Shah discuss how the digital policy landscape impacts the way we move online, & what policymakers need to do to ensure a healthy internet. #MozillaMeetups
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We called out 29 mental health and prayer apps for poor privacy practices, and 5 have responded. #PrivacyNotIncluded
Read more ⤵️
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TODAY! Starting in 20. ⏳
Join us for a #MozFest Dialogues & Debates on the privacy and security of mental health & wellbeing apps.
With , , , Misha Rykov &
Ask questions with #DialoguesandDebates
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Alexa: Erinnere unsere Twitter-Follower an den Workshop auf der 22 zum Thema „dezentrale Sprachassistenten“!
Am 9.6. um 17:45 könnt ihr zusammen mit Mike Shorter und E-M LewJong die Welt der Sprachassistenten erkunden. Wir freuen uns auf euch!
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