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Mozilla public policy works with other teams at Mozilla and with our community of users and developers to provide products and services that make the Web more robust, and to take action when there are opportunities to protect and strengthen the Web’s DNA.
Mozilla public policy works with other teams at Mozilla and with our community of users and developers to provide products and services that make the Web more robust, and to take action when there are opportunities to protect and strengthen the Web’s DNA.


==Issues and Activities==
==Activities and Issues==
We maintain a running list of our filings and blog posts by issue, starting with 2014, [[Netpolicy/actions|here.]]
 
The Internet policy issues we engage with fall into two broad pillars of activity: trust and openness.
The Internet policy issues we engage with fall into two broad pillars of activity: trust and openness.
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===Trust + integrity===
===Trust + integrity===
Our work on trust and integrity policy begins with the established external contexts of surveillance reform and privacy, working to develop the values of control, transparency, and privacy. Active issues in this pillar of our work include:
Our work on trust and integrity policy begins with the established external contexts of surveillance reform and privacy, working to develop the values of control, transparency, and privacy. Active issues in this pillar of our work include:
* Surveillance reform - touching on a multifaceted set of geographic and legal contexts, and a range of active, unresolved issues
* [[Netpolicy/actions#Surveillance|Surveillance reform]] - touching on a multifaceted set of geographic and legal contexts, and a range of active, unresolved issues
* Security public policy - finding opportunities for change advocacy that go above and beyond information sharing and risk management, including fighting for the continued freedom of users to communicate securely, without backdoors
* [[Netpolicy/actions#Cybersecurity|Cybersecurity]] - finding opportunities for change advocacy that go above and beyond information sharing and risk management, including fighting for the continued freedom of users to communicate securely, without backdoors
* Privacy - continuing leadership on raising public awareness of privacy to build a better, more open Internet future
* [[Netpolicy/actions#Privacy|Privacy]] - continuing leadership on raising public awareness of privacy to build a better, more open Internet future, and evangelizing and advocating for better data privacy policies
* Data collection and use - evangelizing and advocating for better data stewardship and management
* Engaging with other issues as they develop globally


===Openness + innovation===
===Openness + innovation===
Our work on openness and innovation includes, but goes beyond, net neutrality and intellectual property, centering around the values of competition, interoperability, and innovation. Active issues in this pillar include:
Our work on openness and innovation includes, but goes beyond, net neutrality and intellectual property, centering around the values of competition, interoperability, and innovation. Active issues in this pillar include:
* Net neutrality - protecting the Internet’s status quo of a level playing field to promote innovation, competition, and user choice
* [[Netpolicy/actions#Netneutrality|Net neutrality]] - protecting the Internet’s status quo of a level playing field to promote innovation, competition, and user choice
* Copyright - taking part in U.S. and E.U. conversations with the objective of strengthening fair use and safe harbors for intermediary liability to promote technology innovation
* [[Netpolicy/actions#Copyright|Copyright]] - taking part in U.S. and E.U. conversations with the objective of strengthening fair use and safe harbors for intermediary liability to promote technology innovation
* Patent - supporting process reforms to discourage excessive and anti-innovation litigation, paired with targeted advocacy efforts around software patent scope
* [[Netpolicy/actions#Patent|Patent]] - supporting process reforms to discourage excessive and anti-innovation litigation, paired with targeted advocacy efforts around software patent scope
* Interoperability - advocating for interoperability (including but not limited to in the context of IP) in a world of technology silos and new gatekeepers
* [[Netpolicy/actions#IntGov|Internet governance]] - engaging with ever shifting global Internet governance forums and structures, seeking potential for impact despite glacial pace of change
* Internet governance - engaging with ever shifting global Internet governance forums and structures, seeking potential for impact despite glacial pace of change
* [[Netpolicy/actions#Access|Access]] - developing strategies to connect new Internet users to the global open Web, and engaging with telecommunications policy issues as applicable
* Access - developing strategies to connect new Internet users to the global open Web
* Telecom - monitoring a variety of issues in spectrum, competition, IP transition, and over-the-top services


==Forums==
==Forums==
The primary open forum for Mozilla public policy and Advocacy Community engagement is [https://discourse.mozilla-advocacy.org/ Discourse]. Discourse includes open discussion of policy issues, along with project and job opportunities and other engagements.
The primary open forum for Mozilla public policy and Advocacy Community engagement is [https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/advocacy/246 Discourse]. Discourse includes open discussion of policy issues, along with project and job opportunities and other engagements.


We also have a [https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/netpolicy mailing list], open to any Mozillian or invited guest. Archives are viewable by list members. Historically, this mailing list was the primary place for discussion of policy issues.
We had an mailing list. Historically, this mailing list was the primary place for discussion of policy issues.


==New Ideas==
==New Ideas==
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==Join us==
==Join us==


To learn more about how you can help us take action, visit our [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Netpolicy/advocacy Advocacy] page.
To learn more about how you can help us take action, visit our [https://advocacy.mozilla.org/ Advocacy] page.
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