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Policy and Advocacy Task Force is formed in India Task Force Meetup in May 2015. Our work is based upon the belief in Mozilla Manifesto Principles . In pursuing our objectives, we operate collaboratively and inclusively, working with governments, national and international organizations, civil society, the private sector, netizens and other parties to reach decisions about the Internet that conform and advance Mozilla manifesto principles. We also work with netizens and Mozillians to Educate them on the impact of various policy related developments on Internet, interoperability, and free and open source software, and collectively build movements or campaigns when these are under threat.

Policy and Advocacy Task Force will also closely collaborate with other teams such as Webmaker, Marketplace, Technical, Mozilla clubs etc. to spread awareness on Open web related advocacy topics.

Timeline of activities

Focus

• Spreading awareness on Internet related policy issues to Mozillians and general public by organizing events.
• Addressing and engaging with Govt and Institutional policies related to Internet, Open Source, Open Standards, Accessibility, Privacy etc with a clear focus on Mozilla manifesto.
• Build and run an educational program surrounding Internet-related policy issues and increase awareness.

Major Topics

• Open Source
• Open Standards
• Privacy & Security
• Net Neutrality
• Privacy-centric Events
• Digital Inclusion
• Accessibility
• Surveillance
• Internet Governance related developments in India
• Policies addressing Indian Language computing and Localization

The Action plan

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
• Organize and Convene
• Enable and Support
• Advocate and Engage
• Hack, Code and Implement

We do these things in concert with Mozilla community members and like minded organizations.

Activities

• Intervention in Policy developments
• Protecting the open Web starts with understanding
• Building Teaching Kits on advocacy topics
• Run teach-ins and seed Mozilla clubs and Maker Parties with advocacy on policy focus
• Campaigning

Task Force Team

Owner

1. Anivar Aravind

Peers

Name	Location	Mozillians profile
Abid Aboobakar	Bengaluru	ekuttan
Akshay S Dinesh	Mysuru	asdofindia
Anivar Aravind	Bengaluru	anivar
Ankit Gadgil	Pune	ankitgadgil
Ankit Mehta	Pune	MetAnkit
deadrat	Bengaluru	rat
Diwanshi Pandey	Pune	diwanshipandey
Hrishikesh	Kerala	stultus
Mehul Patel	Nashik	rowdymehul
Mayur Patil	Nashik	yomanpatil
Mrinal Jain	Indore	Mrinal
Nidhiya V Raj	New Delhi	Nidhiya
Omshivprakash H L	Bengaluru	omshivaprakash
Sagar Hani	Bengaluru	SagarHani
Shreyas N	Bengaluru	dunebuggie
Shri Subramanyam R G	Tiruchirappalli	sang-froid
Siddharth Rao	Pune	siddhartharao17
Vishal Chavan	Nashik	vishalchavan2508

Get Started

If you can contribute to these activities (you're awesome!):

• Join us on the IRC channel #advocacy-in (web client), explore our discourse category and join the informal telegram group
• Add our Google calendar to yours
• Get in touch with any of the people listed above.
• Go through this working etherpad. Add your name wherever required.
• Join one of our community calls
• Start working! :D

One and Done tasks

Don't have much time, but want to contribute still? Checkout these one and done tasks

Community Calls

Every 2nd Saturday, 10-11pm on Google Hangouts (will be archived on youtube). IRC Back channel: #advocacy-in

• Nov 28, 2015
• July 11, 2015
• June 13, 2015
• May 22, 2015

Resources

• Shape of the web - A checklist of all that we need

Policy

• Open Source policy of GoI
• Open API policy of GoI

Advocacy

• Mozilla Advocacy plan - 2015

Privacy

Learn who’s watching you on the Web — and how to fight back!

• Protecting your data - webmaker curriculum teaching kit
• Your privacy and security on the Web - data permeance, good privacy practices, useful add-ons
• Lightbeam intro
• SmartOn series - 4 easy steps to raising your privacy IQ & protecting yourself online.
• Videos
  • Why Privacy Matters
  • Documentary series on tracking
  • Take control of your personal data
• Privacy Tools - a good set of privacy recommendations

Firefox

• Infographic on new tab ads privacy (pdf)

Net Neutrality

• Net Neutrality teaching kit
• Net Neutrality maker party
• Presentation on #FightForNetNeutrality by Siddhartha Rao
• Teaching kit on Zero Rating by Akshay S Dinesh
• Videos
  • 3.3 minutes intro to net neutrality

Surveillance

• Surveillance in India - Wikipedia entry

Security

• DesiSec - a film on cyber security in India

Firefox

• Opportunistic encryption

Useful Blogs

• Teach The Teachers
• Privacy, Security and Webmaker Workshop

Further

• Mozilla Advocacy discourse - India category
• Webmaker discourse