| > malware (studies) Uh huh. > MITI[1] (Ministry of Truth) "Coral is a Mozilla project that builds open-source tools to make digital journalism more inclusive and more engaging." "Mozilla will develop a web literacy curriculum that addresses misinformation, and will continue investing in existing projects like the Mission: Information teaching kit." "Later this year, Mozilla will be releasing original research on how misinformation impacts users’ experiences online." "Imagine: an augmented reality web app that uses data visualization to investigate misinformation’s impact on Internet health. Or, a virtual reality experience that takes users through the history of misinformation online." Terrifying, really. They want to make an ~educational pamphlet~. > DRM (EME) Very reluctantly joining other browsers is 'pushing'? |
Cherrypick much?
> Mozilla’s Open Innovation team will work with like-minded technologists and artists to develop technology that combats misinformation.
Goes hand in hand with:
> ...cognitive bias, belief echos, and algorithmic filter bubbles.
> Mozilla will partner with global media organizations to do this, and also double down on our existing product work in the space, like Pocket...
I would have less of an issue with this if traditional media organizations where less bias and publicly retracted stories or incorrect information. It seems that, in modern times, the bar for what counts as real journalism is quite low and breaks down when journalists and media organizations won't admit when they are wrong. Mozilla is also a bias organization since Brendan Eich was forced to resign[1] just because he donated his own money to an unfavorable organization. As a gay man, I don't want to live in a world where people are not allowed to express how or why they feel a certain way about a given topic. Mozilla* is not the right organization/company/project to combat the problem of "fake news" or assert that they are.
With the long laundry list of issues with Mozilla, they are not* in any position to take the moral high ground when it comes to the issue at hand (tracking/telemetry) or in the case of being the gatekeeper of the truth.
.. > Very reluctantly joining other browsers is 'pushing'?
They were in a position to say no but they always seem to take the "everyone else should stop doing this thing except for us" route. The choice they made sure did not help their market share in any way (since that is what many argue).
[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mozilla-ceo-resignation/m...