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Mozilla Tech Policy Fellows continue to lead policy conversations around the world.<\/h3>\n

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[Note: For the latest information about Mozilla Fellowships, visit https:\/\/foundation.mozilla.org\/fellowships\/<\/a>]<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

When Mozilla rolled out a new fellowship<\/a> focused on tech policy this past June, the goal was to gather some of the world\u2019s top policymakers in tech to continue advancing the important initiatives they were working on in government as fellows with Mozilla.<\/p>\n

We rounded up 10 fellows from the U.S., Brazil, India, and Kenya as part of the initial cohort. Fellows are spending the year keeping the Internet open and free both by furthering the crucial work they had already been leading, and by finding new ways to add to forward-thinking policy efforts.<\/p>\n

Fellows are urging policymakers to keep net neutrality in the United States and to adopt it in India, they\u2019re promoting data privacy and security in East Africa and Brazil, and they\u2019re encouraging increased access to high-quality broadband in vulnerable communities in rural, urban, and tribal areas everywhere. The fellows have all described their work in depth on Mozilla\u2019s network blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n

— Alan Davidson<\/a> is advancing policies and practices to support building the field of public interest technologists<\/a> — the next generation of leaders with expertise in technology and public policy who we need to guide our society through coming challenges such as encryption, autonomous vehicles, blockchain, cybersecurity, and more.<\/p>\n

— Amina Fazlullah<\/a> is exploring policies that will help lower the cost of broadband access, support broad adoption<\/a>, ensure that applications are developed with the most vulnerable users in mind, promoting a fair and open Internet, and identifying and highlighting the good work of digital inclusion organizations around the world.<\/p>\n

— Camille Fischer<\/a> worked on policies that support legal protections for privacy rights<\/a> in the U.S. Camille completed her fellowship and recently joined<\/a> the Electronic Frontier Foundation as a fellow working on free speech and government transparency.<\/p>\n

— Caroline Holland<\/a> is working to promote competition<\/a> for a healthy Internet to make sure consumers have access to affordable and competitive high speed broadband and equal access to the lawful content they desire.<\/p>\n

— Amba Kak<\/a> is moving policies forward on net neutrality, zero rating and the open Internet in India<\/a>, including supporting the country\u2019s recent commitment to comprehensive net-neutrality protection.<\/p>\n

— In East Africa, Linet Kwamboka<\/a> is working to promote policies that support data protection and privacy<\/a> as well as data literacy for the public.<\/p>\n

— Terah Lyons<\/a> explored the global role of stakeholders from public, private, civil society, and academic stakeholder communities on AI policy<\/a> to address issues related to ethics, accountability, the future of work, and safety and control. Terah recently completed her fellowship and joined<\/a> the Partnership on AI as its first Executive Director.<\/p>\n

–From Brazil, Mar\u00edlia Monteiro<\/a> is working to analyze tech policy issues from a consumer protection<\/a> perspective to ensure that policy makers are balancing consumer interests with technology and innovation advances.<\/p>\n

— Jason Schultz<\/a> is exploring AI\u2019s impact on open technologies<\/a> including the need for new methods both to measure the negative impacts of AI closure and to adapt alternatives in meaningful technological, economic, and social ways.<\/p>\n

— Gigi Sohn<\/a> is continuing her nearly 30-year fight for fast, fair, and open networks<\/a>, including working to keep net neutrality in the U.S.<\/p>\n

The Tech Policy Fellows gathered at MozFest<\/a>, Mozilla\u2019s annual festival for the open Internet movement, in October. They led workshops, roundtables, and panels, and — of course — met Foxy.<\/p>\n

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Mozilla Tech Policy Fellow Amina Fazlullah meets Foxy at MozFest.<\/p><\/div>\n

Fellows are also contributing to the upcoming 2018 version of the Internet Health Report<\/a> (you can get involved<\/a> with that project, too!) and they are working closely with a dedicated Advisory Board<\/a>, made up of seven top experts and supporters of a free and open Internet located in six different countries.<\/p>\n

Mozilla will begin recruiting for a new cohort of fellows in 2018 — keep an eye out for our announcement and help us bring together even more amazing tech policy leaders to advance this crucial work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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