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The Mozilla Information Trust Initiative: Building a movement to fight misinformation online
Mozilla.org ^ | August 8, 2017 | Katharina Borchert

Posted on 08/20/2018 8:24:37 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Today, we are announcing the Mozilla Information Trust Initiative (MITI)—a comprehensive effort to keep the Internet credible and healthy. Mozilla is developing products, research, and communities to battle information pollution and so-called ‘fake news’ online. And we’re seeking partners and allies to help us do so.

Here’s why.

Imagine this: Two news articles are shared simultaneously online.

The first is a deeply reported and thoroughly fact checked story from a credible news-gathering organization. Perhaps Le Monde, the Wall Street Journal, or Süddeutsche Zeitung.

The second is a false or misleading story. But the article is designed to mimic content from a credible newsroom, from its headline to its dissemination.

How do the two articles fare?

The first article—designed to inform—receives limited attention. The second article—designed for virality—accumulates shares. It exploits cognitive bias, belief echos, and algorithmic filter bubbles. It percolates across the Internet, spreading misinformation.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brave; browsers; censorship; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; firefox; mediabias; mediawingofthednc; miti; mozilla; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine
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Mozilla is getting ready to deploy conservative censorship into their browser. Time to ditch FireFox.
1 posted on 08/20/2018 8:24:37 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: KC_Lion

Ping.


2 posted on 08/20/2018 8:25:34 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: LS

Ping.


3 posted on 08/20/2018 8:25:47 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Try the Opera browser. I have been using it for years and it is great.


4 posted on 08/20/2018 8:26:57 AM PDT by guardian_of_liberty (We must bind the Government with the Chains of the Constitution...GOD, FAMILY, COUNTRY)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

hmmm we need an option here. open source.


5 posted on 08/20/2018 8:27:53 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: guardian_of_liberty

Opera is now owned by the Chinese.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/08/opera_v49_overhaul/


6 posted on 08/20/2018 8:28:40 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=400><p> zXSEP5Z, xnKL3lW, XywCCJd, hGhstl4.)
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To: Blueflag

Mozilla/FireFox is open source.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1034349


7 posted on 08/20/2018 8:29:55 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=400><p> zXSEP5Z, xnKL3lW, XywCCJd, hGhstl4.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yes, that’s what it looks like. Firefox used to be the browser to trust. I wonder if we turn off updating and keep the old versions if it will still work decently.


8 posted on 08/20/2018 8:30:05 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: guardian_of_liberty

will do so ASAP


9 posted on 08/20/2018 8:31:48 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

yeah, but ... now controlled.


10 posted on 08/20/2018 8:32:12 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: Blueflag

You could compile your own version from the source code. That’s the whole idea of open source. Not many people are going to do that, though.


11 posted on 08/20/2018 8:33:21 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=400><p> zXSEP5Z, xnKL3lW, XywCCJd, hGhstl4.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Significant knowledge gap ...


12 posted on 08/20/2018 8:35:12 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Mozilla is the organization that forced out its CEO for backing the anti-queer marriage amendment to the California Constitution.

He know markets his own browser which is far superior to Firefox:

https://brave.com/


13 posted on 08/20/2018 8:35:49 AM PDT by Regulator
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To: Regulator

When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
—YB


14 posted on 08/20/2018 8:39:07 AM PDT by unlearner (A war is coming.)
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To: Blueflag

Hi Blueflag Looks like you and I signed up with FR at the same time.


15 posted on 08/20/2018 8:42:35 AM PDT by guardian_of_liberty (We must bind the Government with the Chains of the Constitution...GOD, FAMILY, COUNTRY)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Mozilla is getting ready to deploy conservative censorship into their browser. Time to ditch FireFox.”

total bullshit. no browser that unequivocally censors the internet can survive ... i see zero reason to dump firefox at this point ... seems like the FReeper nutters are trying to start a new conspiracy here: firefox is/will censor the internet so everybody needs to dump it ASAP ... which is totally foolish as FF is essentially the only browser (or a derivative) in which Noscript works, which is the only thing that actually will bypass paywalls and practically eliminate all other annoyances, including tracking ...


16 posted on 08/20/2018 8:44:42 AM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

btw, here’s a statement from mozilla about FF “censoring” the internet:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1171726


17 posted on 08/20/2018 8:47:07 AM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Imagine people learning critical thinking skills rather than outsourcing them to the cloud.


18 posted on 08/20/2018 8:47:29 AM PDT by unlearner (A war is coming.)
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Mozilla is getting ready to deploy conservative censorship into their browser.

They won't be the only one. Sure wish someone would have been listening when I began calling for a Conservative tech sector back in 2002.


19 posted on 08/20/2018 8:50:29 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I think I’ve got Brave loaded on my main PC. I’ll have to work with it more.


20 posted on 08/20/2018 9:04:48 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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