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=Public policy and advocacy at Mozilla= | =Public policy and advocacy at Mozilla= | ||
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== | ==Issues and Activities== | ||
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=== | ||
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* 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 | * 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 | ||
* Privacy - continuing leadership on raising public awareness of privacy to build a better, more open Internet future | * Privacy - continuing leadership on raising public awareness of privacy to build a better, more open Internet future | ||
* Data collection and use - | * Data collection and use - evangelizing and advocating for better data stewardship and management | ||
* Engaging with other issues as they develop globally, e.g. “Right to Forget” | |||
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===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 | * Net neutrality - protecting the Internet’s status quo of a level playing field to promote innovation, competition, and user choice | ||
* Copyright - | * Copyright - taking part in U.S. and E.U. conversations with the objective of strengthening fair use and interoperability to promote technology innovation | ||
* Patent - process reforms to discourage excessive and anti-innovation litigation, paired with targeted advocacy efforts around | * Patent - supporting process reforms to discourage excessive and anti-innovation litigation, paired with targeted advocacy efforts around software patent scope | ||
* Interoperability - | * Interoperability - advocating for interoperability (including but not limited to in the context of IP) in a world of technology silos and new gatekeepers | ||
* Internet governance - global Internet governance forums and structures | * Internet governance - engaging with ever shifting global Internet governance forums and structures, seeking potential for impact despite glacial pace of change | ||
* Access - new Internet users | * Access - developing strategies to connect new Internet users to the global open Web | ||
* Telecom - spectrum, competition, IP transition, and over-the-top services | * Telecom - monitoring a variety of issues in spectrum, competition, IP transition, and over-the-top services | ||
== | ==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. | |||
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 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. | |||
==New Ideas== | ==New Ideas== | ||
If you have an Internet policy issue that you think Mozilla should consider intervening in, please submit it for consideration via our [http://mzl.la/policysupport Policy Support form] or [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/form.ipp Bugzilla]. Please consider the 'Purpose' section below, as well as the issue areas of interest above, in making your submission. | |||
If you have policy | |||
==Purpose== | ==Purpose== | ||
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When these building blocks are threatened, the overall health and well-being of the Web are put at risk. For instance, recent attempts to change copyright through SOPA in the US and ACTA around the world undermine the distributed nature of the Web, its interoperability, security, and ultimately the rights of users themselves. Another example is attempts by network operators to block, degrade or discriminate the flow of data across their systems, which threaten to restrict access to the Web and degrade the resilience of the Internet for millions of users. | When these building blocks are threatened, the overall health and well-being of the Web are put at risk. For instance, recent attempts to change copyright through SOPA in the US and ACTA around the world undermine the distributed nature of the Web, its interoperability, security, and ultimately the rights of users themselves. Another example is attempts by network operators to block, degrade or discriminate the flow of data across their systems, which threaten to restrict access to the Web and degrade the resilience of the Internet for millions of users. | ||
'''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.''' We want to empower anyone to join us, and become a champion and steward of the healthy Web, to help ensure its open characteristics remain intact for the next 2 billion people who join. | |||
''' | |||
===So what do we do?=== | ===So what do we do?=== | ||
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We engage in public affairs matters when Mozilla can make a difference by both advancing and defending the web: | We engage in public affairs matters when Mozilla can make a difference by both advancing and defending the web: | ||
* without compromising core code and product efforts | * without compromising core code and product efforts, | ||
* only when Mozilla can add extra value | * only when Mozilla can add extra value, | ||
* directly or indirectly | * directly or indirectly. | ||
===How do we do it?=== | ===How do we do it?=== | ||
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We'll use a variety of techniques, tools and assets depending on the situation and what's at stake to express our voice when and where it matters. The action steps include: | We'll use a variety of techniques, tools and assets depending on the situation and what's at stake to express our voice when and where it matters. The action steps include: | ||
* educate and inform | * educate and inform, | ||
* organize and convene | * organize and convene, | ||
* enable and support | * enable and support, | ||
* advocate and engage | * advocate and engage, and | ||
* hack, code and implement | * hack, code and implement. | ||
We will do these things in concert with Mozilla community members and like minded organizations spread across the globe. | We will do these things in concert with Mozilla community members and like minded organizations spread across the globe. | ||
== | ==Join us== | ||
To learn more about how you can help us take action, visit our [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Netpolicy/advocacy Advocacy] page. | |||