{"id":62331,"date":"2017-06-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foxtail\/2017\/06\/14\/mozilla-launches-campaign-raise-awareness-internet-health\/"},"modified":"2021-02-03T01:06:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T01:06:58","slug":"mozilla-launches-campaign-raise-awareness-internet-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/mozilla\/news\/mozilla-launches-campaign-raise-awareness-internet-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla Launches Campaign to Raise Awareness for Internet Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, Mozilla unveils several initiatives including an event focused on Internet Health with special guests DeRay McKesson, Lauren Duca and more, a brand new podcast, new tech to help create a voice database, as well as some local SF pop-ups.<\/p>\n

Mozilla is doing this to draw the public\u2019s attention to mounting concern over the consolidation of power online, including the Federal Communications Commission\u2019s proposed actions to kill net neutrality.<\/p>\n

New Polling<\/h3>\n

60 percent of people in the U.S. are worried about online services being owned by a small number of services, according to a new Mozilla\/Ipsos poll released today.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Internet is a vital tool that touches every aspect of modern life,” said Mark Surman, Mozilla’s Executive Director. “If you care about freedom of speech, economic growth and a level playing field, then you care about guarding against those who would throttle, lock down or monopolize the web as if they owned it.<\/p>\n

According to another Mozilla\/Ipsos poll,<\/a> seventy-six percent of people in the U.S. support net neutrality.<\/p>\n

“At Mozilla, we’re fueling a movement to ensure the web is something that belongs to all of us. Forever,\u201d Surman added.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Night for Internet Health\u201d<\/b><\/h3>\n

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On Thursday, June 29, Mozilla will host \u201cA Night for Internet Health\u201d \u2014 a free live event featuring prominent thinkers, performers, and political voices discussing power, progress, and life on the Web.<\/p>\n

Mozilla will be joined by musician Neko Case, Pod Save the People host DeRay McKesson, Teen Vogue <\/i>columnist Lauren Duca, comedian Moshe Kasher, tech media personality Veronica Belmont, and Sens. Al Franken and Ron Wyden via video.<\/p>\n

The event is from 7-10 p.m. (PDT), June 29 at the SFJazz Center in San Francisco. Tickets will be available through the Center\u2019s Box Office<\/a> starting on June 15.<\/p>\n

Credentials are available for media.<\/p>\n

IRL podcast
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On June 26, Mozilla will debut the podcast IRL<\/a>: Because Online Life is Real Life. Host Veronica Belmont will share stories from the wilds of the Web, and real talk about online issues that affect us all.<\/p>\n

People can listen to the IRL trailer or pre-subscribe to IRL on Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Stitcher<\/a>, Pocket Casts<\/a>, Overcast<\/a>, or RadioPublic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Project Common Voice: The World\u2019s First Crowdsourced Voice Database<\/b><\/h3>\n

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Voice-enabled devices represent the next major disruption, but access to databases is expensive and doesn\u2019t include a diverse set of accents and languages. Mozilla\u2019s Project Common Voice<\/a> aims to solve the problem by inviting people to donate samples of their voices to a massive global project that will allow anyone to quickly and easily train voice-enabled applications. Mozilla will make this resource available to the public later this year.<\/p>\n

The project will be featured at guerilla pop-ups in San Francisco, where people can also create custom tote bags or grab a T-shirt that expresses their support for a healthy Internet and net neutrality.<\/p>\n

To get started, you can download the Common Voice iOS app<\/a> and visit the project’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Locations:<\/b><\/p>\n

Pop-ups:<\/b><\/h5>\n