Mozilla
Consumer-facing platform accountability — YouTube recommender research (RegretsReporter), *Privacy Not Included, trustworthy-AI advocacy.
- Type
- Nonprofit foundation
- Based in
- San Francisco, US
- Investigations
- 4
- Platforms tracked
- 7
- Active since
- 2024
- Latest report
- Aug 2024
Topics covered
- Platform Compliance & Governance3
- Ad Transparency & Fraud1
- Data Access & Research Tools1
- Election Integrity1
- Misinformation & Disinformation1
Watchdog vs. platform
Publicly documented legal proceedings, access disputes, or other platform pushback. Allegations, findings, and outcomes are labelled separately and linked to their sources.
No sourced legal or practical dispute has been documented for Mozilla yet. Know of one?
Add a sourced caseResearchers
Current
- Claire PershanEU Advocacy Lead3
- Odanga Madung2
Reports
Full database2024
4 reports- Aug 2024TikTokX/TwitterMetaYouTubeGoogleLinkedInSnapchatCross-platformOther
Public Data Access Programs: A First Look
First systematic evaluation of 19 platforms' researcher data-access programs; access varies widely and data quality is poor.
Data Access & Research ToolsArt. 40 — Researcher data accessBy Cameron Hickey, Kaitlyn Dowling, Isabella Navia and Claire Pershan
- Apr 2024TikTokX/TwitterMetaYouTubeGoogleLinkedInSnapchatCross-platformOther
Full Disclosure: Stress Testing Tech Platforms' Ad Repositories
With CheckFirst: tested ad-transparency tools of 11 companies; none rated 'ready,' with major data gaps and inaccuracies.
Ad Transparency & FraudPlatform Compliance & GovernanceArt. 39 — Ad transparencyBy Claire Pershan and Amaury Lesplingart
- Feb 2024TikTokX/TwitterMetaYouTubeCross-platform
Platforms, Promises and Politics: a reality check on election pledges
Finds platforms' election interventions in the Global Majority are template-copied and far weaker than those offered in the US/EU.
Election IntegrityPlatform Compliance & GovernanceArt. 34/35 — Systemic riskBy Odanga Madung, Divij Joshi, Lorena Regattieri, Débora Salles, Eric Mugendi and Rabiu Alhassan
- Feb 2024Cross-platform
In Transparency We Trust?
On platforms' AI-generated-content disclosure mechanisms; finds detection tools unreliable and disclosure approaches inconsistent across platforms.
Misinformation & DisinformationPlatform Compliance & GovernanceBy Ramak Molavi Vasse'i and Gabriel Udoh