Does the “openness” that made the internet so successful also inevitably lead to harms online? Is an open internet inherently a haven for illegal speech, for eroding privacy and security, … Read more
This is the fourth post in my series on voting systems. Part I covered requirements and then Part II and Part III covered in-person voting using paper ballots. However, paper … Read more
There is no question that social media played a role in the siege and take-over of the US Capitol on January 6. Since then there has been significant focus on … Read more
This is the third post in my series on voting systems. For background see part I. As described in part II, hand-counted paper ballots have a number of attractive security … Read more
This year began like any other year, with our best intentions and resolutions to carry out. Then by March, the world changed and everyone’s lives — personally and professionally — … Read more
Mozilla is publishing its white paper, “Creating Trustworthy AI.” A little over two years ago, Mozilla started an ambitious project: deciding where we should focus our efforts to grow the … Read more
In Part I we looked at desirable properties for voting system. In this post, I want to look at the details of a specific system: hand-counted paper ballots. Hand-counted paper … Read more
Every two years around this time, the US has an election and the rest of the world marvels and asks itself one question: What the heck is going on with … Read more
2020 has been a year like few others with the internet’s value and necessity front and center. The State of Mozilla for 2019-2020 makes clear that Mozilla’s mission and role … Read more
Release of Mozilla’s 2019 Greenhouse Gas emissions baseline, detailing the environmental impact for all three scopes and applicable categories and adding context and a few data visualisations to help make sense of these findings. Read more