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gandreani | 5 years ago

Which blog post?

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jejkfmgmgk|5 years ago

Probably the one by the Mozilla CEO, "We need more than deplatforming"[1]

1: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/01/08/we-need-more-than-d...

arsome|5 years ago

That headline is certainly inflammatory, but I don't think the actual content of the post is nearly as bad - they're not suggesting web browser start flagging/blocking sites or anything similar like it initially made me think.

They're simply suggesting further transparency in algorithmic suggestions and research be conducted. You could even argue that they're suggesting that deplatforming simply isn't the ultimate solution.

ampdepolymerase|5 years ago

It is not particularly surprising considering that the founder of Brave was fired as Mozilla's CEO and replaced by the current one specifically because of politics.

Triv888|5 years ago

Mozilla's current CEO is like the opposite of what Firefox used to stand for... I can't wait to switch for something better. I think that he really likes the Google dollars.

Disabling most add-ons in Firefox Mobile, really? I still use the old engine (Fennec) even if it probably makes me vulnerable. And there's a bunch of other problems that make the new Fenix engine less useful then Fennec... I don't even know what is supposed to make the new engine better.

echelon|5 years ago

And there goes my monthly Mozilla donation.

I'm a liberal. But this is fucking fascism. When you want to take your position and jam it down everyone's throat and police how people can even talk.

Fuck this. Decentralize everything.

Edit: I just re-read the article after skimming and now I feel completely different. The article title is really bad. Mozilla is just calling for more transparency into how advertisers and social media operates.

What a bad headline.

I hope Mozilla never treads into the censorship territory.

They can keep my money. :)