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Mozilla Releases Internet Health Report 2020
Racial bias, lack of transparency, gig work play starring roles
Mozilla said social platforms can be used as megaphones to incite violence and spread disinformation
Mozilla January 28, 2021
Mozilla released its Internet Health Report 2020 Thursday, focusing on what it called “an online ecosystem that is increasingly compromised by racial bias, misinformation and anti-worker policies, but one that still has the potential to create a more just, equitable and humane society.”
Wondering about the health of the internet, both globally and in the US? Mozilla the company behind the Firefox browser and more today released its fourth Internet Health Report, which covers topics that impact the internet and big tech companies, such as accountability, labor, and as we ll discuss here racial justice issues.
The hard numbers are above, pulled from tech companies own reports, as charted by
Wired. Among the biggest four Apple, Facebook, Google (Alphabet), and Microsoft (Amazon isn t listed) the stats on Black, Latinx, and Native representation among the workforce in each are practically unchanged after five years (see update below). The only real change is the minimal increase in the number of Asian employees, up 12% at Apple, 11% at Facebook, 9% at Google, and 4% at Microsoft. The report flatly states that even in that case, caste discrimination happens.