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May 6

✔️32 apps tested ❌29 failed Learn more about the mental health apps that ‘self-help’ themselves to your most personal mental health data. #privacynotincluded🔻

Top Mental Health & Prayer Apps Fail at Privacy, Security

Despite dealing with issues like depression, suicide, domestic violence, and PTSD, these apps share data freely and raise many security concerns

I Am A, where the mundane becomes fascinating and the outrageous suddenly seems normal.

May 9

We reviewed 32 mental health and prayer apps, and awarded 28 our #PrivacyNotIncluded warning label 😲 Got questions? Ask our #PrivacyNotIncluded researchers in a

@reddit_AMA

May 12th, 2022 11:30 AM ET. #AMA

reddit.com

IAmA • r/IAmA

Mental health apps have terrible privacy protections, report finds

May 7

“The vast majority of mental health and prayer apps are exceptionally creepy. They track, share, and capitalize on users’ most intimate personal thoughts and feelings..." #PrivacyNotIncluded lead

@caltrider

@verge

🔻

theverge.com

They’re responsible for deeply personal information.

May 6

The latest #CommonVoice 🗣️ dataset has achieved a major milestone. More than 20,000 hours of open-source speech data that anyone, anywhere can use. Learn more ⤵️

Latest Common Voice Dataset Surpasses 20,000 Hours of Open-Source Speech Data

The April 2022 release also features six new languages, more speech data from female speakers

May 5

✔️ 32 mental health and prayer apps tested ❌ 29 failed Join us today at 2pm ET on Instagram Live when

@iamxavier

interviews our #PrivacyNotIncluded lead

@caltrider

about our latest edition. instagram.com/mozilla/

Privacy and Security of Mental Health & Prayer Apps today on Instagram Live, 2pm ET.

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May 4

Online or in person Join us today and tomorrow at our #CommonVoice Hackathon in Mexico City ⤵️

Join Mozilla Common Voice in Mexico City in May 2022!

Three days of panels, and a cash prize hackathon!

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What 🗣️ #CommonVoice Hackathon Where 📍 #MexicoCity 🇲🇽

@UNAM_MX

When 🗓️ April 29 - May 3 Participants will explore how to represent Mixe, Chatino, and other languages in voice technology. Event features four $20,000 MXN cash prizes ⤵️

Mozilla, UNAM Host Voice Technology Hackathon in Mexico City

Participants will explore how to represent Mixe, Chatino, and other languages in voice technology

Learn more about the mental health apps that ‘self-help’ themselves to your most personal mental health data. #privacynotincluded🔻

Review of mental health and prayer apps

*Privacy Not Included

✔️32 apps tested ❌29 failed

Top Mental Health & Prayer Apps Fail at Privacy, Security

Despite dealing with issues like depression, suicide, domestic violence, and PTSD, these apps share data freely and raise many security concerns

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In the oft-murky world of online privacy and data, one subset of apps you’d *assume* would ensure their privacy policies actually protect their users' interests might be those in the ‘mental health’ category. Right? Wrong.

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Learn more about the mental health apps that ‘self-help’ themselves to your most personal mental health data. #privacynotincluded🔻

Review of mental health and prayer apps

*Privacy Not Included

Despite dealing with sensitive personal data related to our mental health and wellbeing, apps including

@betterhelp

and

@talkspace

routinely and disturbingly failed to protect their users’ privacy and security. All but three ignored our requests for information.

✔️32 apps tested ❌29 failed

Top Mental Health & Prayer Apps Fail at Privacy, Security

Despite dealing with issues like depression, suicide, domestic violence, and PTSD, these apps share data freely and raise many security concerns

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“The AI Act has the potential to make artificial intelligence systems across Europe more trustworthy — and for that change to ripple to other continents and countries. But first, the legislation needs to be more robust..."

How to make sure the EU’s AI Act delivers on its promise

Members of the European Parliament leading on the AI Act in the internal market (IMCO) and civil liberties (LIBE) committees have published a landmark report on what direction they want the Act to...

was honest… WLTM: anyone with a smartphone. There’s nothing more we love than creating lasting, loving relationships 💕 (between us and your private data 😉). Over 30? We charge extra for that. Ur dumped! Lol jk, til’ death do us part, amirite!? 💀

was honest… You know Ring? Those useful cameras on your front door? Great for never missing a delivery (from us, lol) - ALSO great for creating a dystopian network of neighbourhood surveillance that the police use to spy on you (nothing to do with us, wink wink!)

was honest… What! You’ve been seeing political ads on our platform even though we explicitly forbid them in our terms and conditions!!!? We’re really angry now. I mean, not angry enough to actually police this rogue content, no. We just want to ✨dance✨ lol

was honest… We’re not Meta, ok? We’d never promote misinformation - we’re more mature. We do, however, like to allow bad actors to manipulate our trending feature, with the aim of muddying consensus & creating division. That’s different. Because, that’s why.

was honest… Felt cute, might invade your timeline with misinformation AND track everything you do online - and trust us, we won’t be deleting it later 😉 - aren’t we just the worst?!

was honest… You know when you’re happily watching a video about the merits of different types of fishing rods and two recommended videos later you’re watching some political propaganda? Yeah, we invented that. Pretty smart if you ask us (you can’t).

It’s #NationalHonestyDay, what better time to hear from a few of the leading voices in Big Tech on what they really think of some of the issues plaguing their platforms… 🤔 ⬇️

Our recommendations on how to further strengthen the #AIAct as it moves through the EU’s legislative process. 🔻

How to make sure the EU’s AI Act delivers on its promise

Members of the European Parliament leading on the AI Act in the internal market (IMCO) and civil liberties (LIBE) committees have published a landmark report on what direction they want the Act to...

Apr 29

What 🗣️ #CommonVoice Hackathon Where 📍 #MexicoCity 🇲🇽

@UNAM_MX

When 🗓️ April 29 - May 3 Participants will explore how to represent Mixe, Chatino, and other languages in voice technology. Event features four $20,000 MXN cash prizes ⤵️

Mozilla, UNAM Host Voice Technology Hackathon in Mexico City

Participants will explore how to represent Mixe, Chatino, and other languages in voice technology

Apr 28

📢 Attention #MexicoCity We're calling all technologists, data scientists, & people who speak the languages of Mexico. Join us for a #CommonVoice hackathon & explore how to represent Mixe, Chatino, and other languages in voice tech. 🗓️ April 29 - May 3

Mozilla, UNAM Host Voice Technology Hackathon in Mexico City

Participants will explore how to represent Mixe, Chatino, and other languages in voice technology

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📢☕️Today's the first day of The Ethical Dilemma Cafe! If you're in Manchester, swing by the

@FeelGoodClub3

today (or tomorrow) to explore our emergent installations, gallery & workshops to learn more about your personal data in the digital world.

mozillafestival.org

Ethical Dilemma Cafe, Manchester

Join us at the Ethical Dilemma Café in Manchester from 26-27 April to explore and understand more about the power of your data and algorithms and how they shape our world today and will do even more...

URGENT: Congress is trying to sneak through copyright censorship filters

Apr 25

Automated censorship chokepoints across the internet? We don't think so. We're joining

@EFF

and

@FightForTheFtr

in demanding #NoCensorshipFilter now.

nocensorshipfilter.com

If this bill goes to a vote, Congress is going to have a SOPA moment on their hands. Anyone who streams or creates content online knows that copyright laws are broken and regularly abused.

THIS. Watch

calling out the lack of transparency and oversight of social media companies. 🔻

0:45

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TikTok created an alternate universe just for Russia

Apr 23

A murky story starring China, Russia & TikTok.

@trackingexposed

in the

@washingtonpost

⤵️

washingtonpost.com

With Russia cracking down on social media, Chinese-owned TikTok has managed to stay online there by banning all new content, even as loopholes let Russian propaganda through.

Apr 22

Hey Siri, do you read me? 🗣 No? You’re not alone. Insufficient diversity in data training means voice-based AI may be ignoring you… ⬇️

Breaking Bias — Diverse Speech Training? For Virtual Assistants It’s Virtually Non-Existent

Virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa don't understand us all equally, even when we're speaking the same language

Apr 22

Enjoy contributing to #OpenSource projects? Connected to #CommonVoice contributors? Want to learn from other language communities? 🫵 YOU could be the next Common Voice Language Rep.

Common Voice language Reps 2022/2023

Looking for volunteers who are interested in advocating for their languages experience on Common Voice

🔎 Notes on my journey of trying to interpret

@OpenAI

's #dalle2 Content Policy. >>> Let’s engage in co-creating a new trustworthy social imaginary for improved transparency and human agency in the contractual agreements between people and AI. 👇🧵

Mozilla Fellow Bogdana Rakova examines how to make AI transparency a reality.

Computer Says No

🌍 Sustainability & Climate Change is one of several important issues that our #MozFest community addresses regularly through their work & in their local neighborhoods. ✅ Check out how with an On-Demand ticket to MozFest (watch list below!)

Invest in our Planet | The Intersectionality of Climate & Tech

Sustainability and Climate Change is one of several important issues that the MozFest community addresses regularly through our work and in local neighborhoods.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Community Funding Workshop . After registering, you...

Apr 19

We’ve curated a workshop to support community members in getting funding for #CommonVoice events and initiatives 💪 Find out the many ways you could receive help by registering here ⬇️

mozilla.zoom.us

We have curated a workshop to support community members in getting funding for Common Voice events and initiatives. At the workshop, you will hear from community members who have secured funding for...

TikTok created an alternate universe just for Russia

Apr 19

What do you get when you cross a super-popular Chinese social media platform and Russian propaganda? A gripping study.

@trackingexposed

in the

@washingtonpost

⤵️

washingtonpost.com

With Russia cracking down on social media, Chinese-owned TikTok has managed to stay online there by banning all new content, even as loopholes let Russian propaganda through.

reasonstobecheerful.world

Apr 14

After losing his wife to Melanoma, #MozillaAwardee Avery Smith launched

@getmelalogic

, an app that provides skin health resources to people with dark skin that is working to tackle racial bias in diagnostic AI. Read more in

@RTB_Cheerful

🔻

Can We Build Less Biased Medical Bots?

“She had very long locs that would go all the way down to her waist,” Avery Smith describes, his fingers making imaginary strokes from his head across the shoulders as he attempts to paint a vivid...