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The Mozilla Foundation works to ensure the internet remains a public resource that is open and accessible to us all.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and European Digital Rights and

14 May 2025 · Democratic Tech Alliance

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Apr 2025 · Digital privacy, PETs and the ePrivacy Directive

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Apr 2025 · Mozilla Mornings on Online Advertising

Meeting with Marco Giorello (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and Apple Inc. and

13 Mar 2025 · Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 3

Meeting with Marco Giorello (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and EuroCommerce and

6 Mar 2025 · Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 2

Meeting with Rita Wezenbeek (Director Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

11 Feb 2025 · Opening Session: DSA roundtable discussions on online advertising (Article 46 DSA)

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Feb 2025 · Recommender systems

Meeting with Anna Vernet (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez), Sean Mernagh (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez)

4 Feb 2025 · Enforcement of competition rules and the DMA, and ensuring fair competition in the AI space.

Meeting with Matthias Ecke (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Jan 2025 · Digitale Infrastruktur

Response to Delegated Regulation on data access provided for in the Digital Services Act

10 Dec 2024

Mozilla Foundation welcomes the European Commissions draft Delegated Regulation on how outside researchers will be able to access data from Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines under the EU Digital Services Act, in accordance with Article 40, paragraph 4. Our enclosed comments aim to ensure that non-academic and non-EU based researchers in particular will not face undue challenges in accessing data. We make recommendations in five areas, with a view to: 1. Allow applicants to amend proposals 2. Ensure data inventories are fit for purpose 3. Relieve the burden on the DSCE 4. Balance out the mediation mechanisms 5. Empower intermediary bodies to ensure security and equity
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Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament) and Internet Society

16 Oct 2024 · Encryption (staff-level)

Meeting with Kim Van Sparrentak (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Sept 2024 · DSA, DMA enforcement, AI & privacy

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Jun 2024 · Staff Level: MozFest

Meeting with Ana Gallego (Director-General Justice and Consumers)

17 Apr 2024 · Implementation and enforcement of the GDPR

Meeting with Marcel Kolaja (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion) and Red Hat Limited and

30 Nov 2023 · discussion about the implications of the Cyber Resilience Act for Free and Open Source Software, its communities, and business models building on Free and Open Source Software

Meeting with Damian Boeselager (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Nov 2023 · Exchange on Data Act

Response to Performance of independent audits provided for in the Digital Services Act

2 Jun 2023

The Digital Services Act is poised to shape the platform auditing ecosystem for years to come, in the EU and beyond. This is therefore a critical window within which to foster a trusted and healthy auditing ecosystem, and to ensure the functioning of this key compliance measure. In our attached recommendations we encourage the European Commission to: 1. Build the foundations for a healthy, diverse and competent auditing ecosystem 2. Encourage the use of evidence from non-academic civil society experts 3. Ensure appropriateness of "audit criteria" and "benchmarks" 4. Ensure sufficient transparency and accountability of the auditing process itself
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Response to Delegated Regulation on data access provided for in the Digital Services Act

30 May 2023

The DSA must ensure public data for public interest research Our online environment today suffers from enormous information asymmetry: online platforms assemble information about us, while we know little about them. And while they share data with commercial third parties, the researchers who would hold them accountable to society or monitor societal concerns have had limited data access at best, and at worst, have faced technical barriers and legal threats. On April 26th, the Mozilla Foundation and a group of civil society experts gathered to discuss the implementation of the Digital Services Acts public data sharing scheme in practice. Together we put forward the attached recommendations in relation to Article 40, paragraph 12. This therefore pertains in particular to question 4 of this consultation.
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Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament) and interface - tech analysis and policy ideas for Europe e.V.

26 May 2023 · CPDP: The DSA and algorithmic ranking

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová), Wojtek Talko (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

9 Mar 2023 · disinformation, access to data