{"id":71818,"date":"2023-03-31T08:26:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T15:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=71818"},"modified":"2023-03-31T08:26:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T15:26:15","slug":"mitchell-baker-mozilla-25-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/mozilla\/mitchell-baker-mozilla-25-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"A quarter century of Mozilla"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>March 31, or \u201cthree thirty-one,\u201d is something of a talisman in the Mozilla community. It\u2019s the date that, back in 1998, Mozilla first came into being \u2014 the date that we open-sourced the Netscape code for the world to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, \u201cthree thirty-one\u201d is especially meaningful: It\u2019s Mozilla\u2019s 25 year anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot has changed since 1998. Mozilla is no longer just a bold idea. We\u2019re a family of organizations \u2014 a nonprofit, a public benefit-corporation, and others \u2014 that builds products, fuels movements, and invests in responsible tech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And we\u2019re no longer a small group of engineers in Netscape\u2019s Mountain View office. We\u2019re technologists, researchers, and activists located around the globe \u2014 not to mention tens of thousands of volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But if a Mozillian from 1998 stepped into a Mozilla office (or joined a Mozilla video call) in 2023, I think they\u2019d quickly feel something recognizable. A familiar spirit, and a familiar set of values.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Mozilla open-sourced our browser code 25 years ago, the reason was the public interest: We wanted to spark more innovation, more competition, and more choice online. Technology in the public interest has been our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/about\/manifesto\/\">manifesto<\/a> ever since \u2014 whether releasing Firefox 1.0 in 2004, or launching <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/mozilla\/introducing-mozilla-ai-investing-in-trustworthy-ai\/\">Mozilla.ai<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right now, technology in the public interest seems more important than ever before. The internet today is deeply entwined with our personal lives, our professional lives, and society at large. The internet today is also flawed. Centralized control reduces choice and competition. A focus on \u201cengagement\u201d magnifies outrage, and bad actors are thriving.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right now \u2014 and over the next 25 years \u2014 Mozilla can do something about this.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mozilla\u2019s mission and principles are evergreen, and we will continue to evolve to meet the needs and challenges of the modern internet. How people use the internet will change over time, but the need for innovative products that give individuals agency and choice on the internet is a constant. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/browsers\/\">Firefox<\/a> has evolved from a faithful and efficient render of web pages on PCs to a cross-platform agent that acts on behalf of the individual, protecting them from bad actors and surveillance capitalists as they navigate the web. Mozilla has introduced new products, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/relay.firefox.com\/\">Firefox Relay<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/products\/vpn\/\">Mozilla VPN<\/a>, to keep people\u2019s identity protected and activity private as they use the internet. Mozilla is contributing to healthy public discourse, with <a href=\"https:\/\/getpocket.com\/en\/pocket-and-firefox\">Pocket<\/a> enabling discovery of amazing content and the <a href=\"https:\/\/mozilla.social\/home\">mozilla.social<\/a> Mastodon instance supporting decentralized, community-driven social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re constantly exploring ways to apply new technologies so that people feel the benefits in their everyday lives, as well as inspire others to responsibly innovate on behalf of humanity. As AI emerges as a core building block for the future of computing, we\u2019ll turn our attention in that direction and ask: <em>How can we make products and technologies like machine learning work in the public interest? <\/em>We\u2019ve already started this work via <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/mozilla\/introducing-mozilla-ai-investing-in-trustworthy-ai\/\">Mozilla.ai<\/a>, a new Mozilla organization focusing on a trustworthy, independent, and open-source AI ecosystem. And via the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/mozilla\/mozilla-launches-responsible-ai-challenge\/\">Responsible AI Challenge<\/a>, where we\u2019re convening (and funding) bright people and ambitious projects building trustworthy AI.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And we will continue to champion public policy that keeps the internet healthy. There is proposed legislation around the world that seeks to maintain the internet in the public interest: the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act (PATA) in the U.S., the Digital Services Act (DSA) in the EU. Mozilla has helped shape these laws, and we will continue to follow along closely with their implementation and enforcement.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this \u201cthree thirty-one,\u201d I\u2019m realistic about the challenges facing the internet. But I\u2019m also optimistic about Mozilla\u2019s potential to address them. And I\u2019m looking forward to another 25 years of not just product, but also advocacy, philanthropy, and policy in service of a better internet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 31, or \u201cthree thirty-one,\u201d is something of a talisman in the Mozilla community. It\u2019s the date that, back in 1998, Mozilla first came into being \u2014 the date that we open-sourced the Netscape code for the world to use. 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