Voicebox: Mozilla Festival
Mozilla Festival is a unique experience, bringing the most exciting developments in technology and culture. The festival explores how the two intertwine and is underpinned by advocacy for the open internet movement. Visit mozillafestival.org to experience it 8th to 19th March.
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12 March 2021
Contextualising AI
On the first day of Mozilla Festival 2021, virtual sessions held over Zoom meant that attendees from around the globe were able to see the different workshops and discussions taking place. Find out more about ‘Contextualising AI’ in this article!
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12 March 2021
Censorship vs Moderation: talks with Dr Carolina Are
Dr Carolina Are, blogger, author and self-titled pole-dancing academic speaks out about how to effectively moderate social media content without affecting freedom of speech.
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12 March 2021
Gender diversity in tech and trustworthy AI
With an all-female panel of accomplished women working in the field of technology, Mozilla Festival’s event ‘Gender Diversity in Tech and Trustworthy AI’ aimed to highlight the deep-set inequalities that govern the world of tech.
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12 March 2021
Creativity and the Brain
Art and science are often considered to be polar opposites, but Mozilla Festival’s ‘Creativity and the Brain’ event worked to unite them through the research of neuroscientist Fernanda Pérez-Gay Juárez.
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9 March 2021
Exploring Coding Stitching Culture
One of the first events to kickstart Mozilla Festival 2021 was a celebration of the global community of coding stitchers and embroiderers in a union of technology and art.
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8 March 2021 – 20 March 2021
Mozilla Festival 2021
MozFest is a unique hybrid: part art, tech and society convening, part maker festival, and the premiere gathering for activists in diverse global movements fighting for a more humane digital world.
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11 November 2020 – 23 November 2020
Mozilla Festival 2021 - Call for proposals
The countdown is creeping towards MozFest’s Call For Proposals deadline on 30 November! By submitting a session idea to the first-ever virtual MozFest, you’ll be seizing an opportunity to sharpen your leadership skills, hone your facilitation skills, and gain valuable community contributions to your work. Not to mention you’ll be raising your hand to potentially be a Facilitator at MozFest in March!
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3 November 2020
Submit an interactive workshop proposal for MozFest 2021
Whether you are an expert in your field or just becoming interested in making the internet a better place, Mozilla welcomes your voice in this critical, community-driven experience.
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30 March 2020
Interview with Irtiza Nasar, artist, designer and researcher
"Your consent starts only when you understand.”
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31 December 2019
An insight of our planning approach to events with Mozilla Festival 2019
At the end of October 2019, 12 years since I achieved my Gold Arts Award, I had the pleasure of working on my 4th Mozilla Festival - an international festival of technology and culture; this year with a focus on healthy artificial intelligence (AI).
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8 November 2019
Grant for the Web – Improving monetisation with open standards
The business models for monetising on the web have not kept up with the ways we want to create and share on the internet
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7 November 2019
The onion routing: c'mon join the joy ride!
Ever wondered what Tor is? Here is a simplified explanation
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5 November 2019
Overview: Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence
From demonstrations to discussions, get the low-down on our Artificial Intelligence workshop at MozFest 2019...
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5 November 2019
Mozilla Festival: Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence
Rishi Vaidya shares his experience of our Artificial Intelligence workshop at MozFest 2019.
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5 November 2019
Great Code, Great Responsibility
How do we fix the internet? This panel discussion looks at how we can incorporate ethics into the next generation of coders
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4 November 2019
TechFun4All - Accessibility in Technology and Digital Making
We were led on an exploration around what disability means, how it affects young people, and what we can all do to promote accessibility within technology.
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4 November 2019
Building a Labor Movement for Content Moderators
Moderators are now on the frontline of some of the largest platforms in the world, so why are they such an afterthought?
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1 November 2019
Breaking Down Barriers in Tech Whistleblowing
Whistleblowers are increasingly going to be key in holding tech monoliths to account