The bipartisan Congressional Encryption Working Group just released an end of year report after spending much of the last year looking into the decades-long encryption debate – and have squarely … Read more
Despite the amount of technology in a shiny new smartphone, it’s hard not to feel a bit of sticker shock when buying one. Here’s something that may be even more … Read more
We may have to do it again. Importantly, we can and we will. President-Elect Trump has picked his members of the “agency landing team” for the Federal Communications Commission. Notably, … Read more
Mozilla and Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society recently hosted the first in a series of discussion events about government hacking. From the San Bernardino case, in which the FBI … Read more
Last week’s cyber attack on Dyn that blocked access to popular websites like Amazon, Spotify, and Twitter is the latest example of the increasing threats to Internet security, making it … Read more
Last week, we wrote about the shared responsibility of protecting Internet security. Today, we want to dive deeper into this issue and focus on one very important obligation governments have: … Read more
Millions of people in developing nations think that Facebook is the Internet. This is not a matter of mere confusion. It means that millions of people aren’t able to take … Read more
Over the past 18 months, the debate around the free and open Internet has taken hold in countries around the world, and we’ve been encouraged to see governments take steps … Read more
We’re thrilled to see the D.C. Circuit Court upholding the FCC’s historic net neutrality order, and the agency’s authority to continue to protect Internet users and businesses from throttling and … Read more
Twenty four months from now, a new piece of legislation will apply throughout Europe: the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Broadly speaking, we see the GDPR as advantageous for both … Read more
Today, Mozilla released our transparency report. Transparency and openness are among Mozilla’s founding principles and a key part of who we are and how we operate: from our open, auditable … Read more
In today’s policy discussions around intellectual property, the term ‘rightsholder’ is often misconstrued as someone who supports maximalist protection and enforcement of intellectual property, instead of someone who simply holds … Read more