Sounds of Mozilla's 2020 Internet Health Report

"Data rights are labor rights, especially when it comes to the platforms  of the gig economy. Leveraging data for the collective good is essential  for the future of work and internet health."

"In a challenging year for the world, the internet helped us and harmed us like never before. With 2020 in the rearview, we combine research and stories about what can be done."

"Transparency is often described as a first step towards holding social  media companies accountable. But what does meaningful transparency look  like and how could it spark real change?"

"Technology has never been colorblind. Since the beginning of the  internet, calling out racial inequities of data and algorithms means  facing denials and backlash. It’s time to abolish notions of “universal”  users of software and beneficiaries of digital rights."

Cuando nos dispusimos a reunir historias y momentos de internet que fueran saludables o preocupantes en 2020 nos tocó conversar y reflexionar con las personas que colaboraron en el Informe sobre cómo se ven y se reconocen los momentos saludables en internet. Los momentos preocupantes sí se vieron con claridad (y además, nos llovieron). Con las historias que mostraran momentos saludables la cosa fue un poco más complicada. 

Por eso, en esta conversación exploramos las diferentes maneras en las que se manifiesta la salud de internet. 

Para expandir nuestros horizontes llamamos a Marianne Díaz, a Erick Huerta, a Julio Gaitán y a Fátima Valdivia a que nos contaran qué era para ellos un internet saludable. 

Subhashish Panigrahi comments on initiatives to  include indigenous and oral languages online, as well as caste  discrimination in India, Silicon Valley and the internet. An problem of  ancient origins that still impacts today’s digital world.

Soledad Magnone describes interesting  initiatives made by and for Uruguayan youth, and how despite their  efforts, new public policies for the internet in Uruguay did not take  their rights into account.

Tetyana Bhodanova speaks about the story behind  her research on political campaign ads in Ukraine and big tech policies.  Spoiler alert: big tech does not apply the same transparency principles everywhere.

Catherine Muya expands on her contributions to  the 2020 Internet Health Report and describes what can happen when  internet shutdowns interrupt your daily life online (and offline).

Julia Schneider reads and comments on her contributions about the potential for AI to improve internet health, and  the importance of recognizing online hate speech as a major challenge.

Hamzoz shares his idea to make the internet healthier in 2021 and beyond.

Mohamed shares his ideas around open knowledge and healthy online communities.

Ian Forrester from the the BBC’s R&D team  speaks on the need to build real technology alternatives that are  decentralized for the sake of the internet and for humanity.

Uffa Modey reflects on both the beauty and the  fear of protests online and offline in the aftermath of #EndSARS  protests against police brutality in Nigeria. It’s the kind of story  that shows how the internet can be healthy and unhealthy at the same  time.

Bhuvana Meenakshi goes over the stories she  shared and how the internet could be more inclusive for neuro-divergent  people, and why communities should strive to include all genders in  their online spaces.