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APPLY NOW Democracy x AI Cohort | Mozilla Foundation We are seeking to support working prototypes that prove AI can serve democracy. Apply now.

New grant opportunity available at @mozilla.org!

Mozilla Foundation just launched its Democracy x AI Incubator, looking for tech that’s making a positive impact on democracy.

Know anyone that would be a great fit? Selected projects will be granted $50k USD.

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Our programming is shaped by voices from across 🇨🇦 & across disciplines. With #DXC26 approaching, we spoke with members of our Program Advisory Committee (PAC) about the conversations they’re most excited for at this year’s summit. Read PAC Perspectives at: DemocracyXChange.org/news

This werk’s Brief includes comments on work from @heyitsseher.bsky.social @blairaf.com @jhereia.bsky.social and others who contributed to Part II of the State of AI Ethics Report, Volume 7.

And with that, #mozfest 2025 is officially over.

An insanely intense but beautiful few days. Thankful for incredible colleagues and this community, who make it all worth it in the end 💗🙏🏽

Now, we rest!!

@mozilla.org #mozillafestival #mozfest2025

Hi Marta, a few sessions were cancelled last minute from session hosts that were unable to travel due to illness and other reasons. That's probably why!

Hey from Barcelona, where we are SO READY for you at @mozilla.org Festival 2025! 🇪🇸

Join us alongside 2000+ from across the globe, 500+ session hosts, 275+ sessions/installations/experiences - all centered around creating a better tech future that puts people first #mozfest #mozillafestival

I wrote a piece for the State of AI Ethics Report Vol. 7, published by @mtlaiethics.bsky.social 🌍

For my piece, I married my grassroots work in civic engagement w/ current work in AI: "Reinforcing the Feedback Loop: How AI in Elections Deepens Democratic Inequities."

Read: montrealethics.ai

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”

New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo

“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”

“Alright, we just got to verify that”

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

Mozilla Festival 2025 is Nov 7-9 in Barcelona w/ 500+ session hosts, 200+ experiences, talks, labs, forums, film screenings, & installations.

Keynotes @xychelsea.tv @audreyt.org @ruha9.bsky.social

If you haven't gotten your festival badge, use code MOZSEHER 🎟️ @mozilla.org www.mozillafestival.org

No noise. All signal. Nothing Personal.

Meet Nothing Personal — a new counterculture magazine from the Mozilla Foundation.

We’re handing the mic to the people rebuilding digital culture from the ground up.

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#NothingPersonal #MakeGoodTech

What if the future of the internet relies on us unlearning the "truths" that are holding us back?

Introducing the voices of Mozilla Festival Barcelona's Main Stage🎉 📢

Join us and let's build something better 🧡
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#MozFest #Tech #Barcelona

The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...

A woman tt was just talking about how her summer electric bill is usually $200-$250. A data center was built close to her home and now her bill for August was $600.

None of this is sustainable for anyone.

anyone else experience instant guilt of living a full and safe life at even the smallest reminders that we're living through a genocide

We believe the future of technology can be good.

That’s why Mozilla Foundation is building a better technology future. One built with care, powered by people, open by design.

But we can’t do it alone.

Join us and let’s make some good.
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#MozillaFoundation #MakeGoodTech

The Coder ‘Village’ at the Heart of China’s A.I. Frenzy

The Coder ‘Village’ at the Heart of China’s A.I. Frenzy www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/t...

In 2022, I decided to make a big switch into the tech sector, eventually landing at @mozilla.org. It was not easy!

I was invited to speak on a podcast about my career journey, switching sectors, as well as my thoughts on AI regulation, among other things!

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1JZt...

Brian Eno Calls On Microsoft To Cease Partnership With Israel, Will Donate Windows ‘95 Chime Fee To Victims In Gaza Art-music master Brian Eno is the composer of what might be one of the most-heard pieces of music in history, even if much of the world doesn’t necessarily process it as a piece of music. Eno made the...

"Today, I’m compelled to speak, not as a composer this time, but as a citizen alarmed by the role Microsoft is playing in a very different kind of composition: one that leads to surveillance, violence, and destruction in Palestine"

www.stereogum.com/2308906/bria...

We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard. The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.

"By 2028, the researchers estimate, the power going to AI-specific purposes will rise to between 165 and 326 terawatt-hours per year...That could generate the same emissions as driving over 300 billion miles—over 1,600 round trips to the sun from Earth."

www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...

Mozilla Festival Schedule, talks and talk submissions for Mozilla Festival

Good news for everyone who haven't submitted a session into @mozilla #mozfest
The call for proposals/participation has been extended to the end of Monday June 2nd.

http://mzl.la/cfp 👈🏿

You can see all the tracks here - https://www.mozillafestival.org/en/proposals/

Global Dialogues Challenge — The Collective Intelligence Project

The Collective Intelligence Project @cip.org has launched the Global Dialogues Challenge, an open call to explore global perspectives on the future of artificial intelligence.

A $10,000 prize fund will be distributed among the winning entrants.

www.cip.org/challenge

Well, Well, Well: Meta to Add Facial Recognition To Glasses After All Meta previously lost its shit at 404 Media when we reported that someone had paired facial recognition tech with the company's smart glasses. Now Meta is building the invasive technology itself.

Well, well, well: Meta is building facial recognition tech for its Ray-Ban smart glasses. Incredible about-face when last year a Meta spokesperson lost their shit at me for reporting students had married facial recognition to the glasses. My comms with Meta here: www.404media.co/well-well-we...

As India and Pakistan face escalating tensions, a parallel war plays out online.

In this piece, Surabhi Srivastava and Sana Naqvi reflect on the deep impact of digital misinformation and the urgent need to respond. www.rnw.media/index.php/ne...

@mozilla.org is looking for artists, technologists, and innovators to lead sessions at #MozillaFestival!

Submit your idea by May 21 and join us!

📍Barcelona
🗓️ Nov 7–9
🔗mzl.la/cfp
#mozfest

Scam political ads on Facebook take a dark turn as Canada's election looms - The Logic The bogus ads show politicians with black eyes and make claims of major scandals for Pierre Poilievre and Doug Ford.

Scam political ads on Facebook take a dark turn as #elxn45 looms - via @thelogic.co thelogic.co/news/faceboo... #cdnpoli

Long lines at polling stations as Canadians turn up for advance voting | CBC News Canadians reported long lines as polling stations opened for advance voting on Friday. Advance polls will be open again 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. nationwide Saturday through Monday.

Long lines at polling stations as Canadians turn up for advance voting www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnpoli #elxn45

If you're following #elxn45 in Canada, here's where the English language debate will be streamed tonight at 7pm EST #cdnpoli #cdnelection

Our Guide to the Federal Election | Samara Centre for Democracy Navigating a federal election can feel overwhelming, especially with so much happening in politics. From analyzing party platforms and key issues to getting to know the candidates, there’s a lot to…

🗳️ Feeling overwhelmed this election season? From candidates to key issues, there’s a lot to consider. 🤔 @thesamaracentre.bsky.social has top resources to help you vote with confidence! ✅
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#CDNpoli

Ethiopia’s forgotten war is the deadliest of the 21st century, with around 600,000 civilian deaths Estimates by European institutions and academics say over half a million non-combatants have died during the Tigray conflict as a result of a government blockade that kept out humanitarian aid

🔇🔇🔇Announcing new work from DAIR which is very close to my heart, 3 years in the making.

When #TigrayGenocide, the deadliest genocide of the 21st century thus far, started in November 2020, it was 1 month before I got fired from Google. 🧵

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OPINION: Remember when we said we cared about seniors? | TVO Today The pandemic spurred a national conversation about our most vulnerable — you wouldn’t know it from this election.

March marked 5 yrs since COVID. It devastated LTC homes & caring for elders became a top political issue.Ontarians are about to vote in the 2nd election of the year but the issues impacting seniors haven’t gained traction. How come? I wrote about it @tvotoday.bsky.social
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