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Mozilla Threatens to Go Beyond Deplatforming in Creepy Statement
thenationalpulse.com ^ | January 9, 2021

Posted on 01/10/2021 9:57:19 AM PST by Lera

The “siege” against the Capitol – which mostly amounted to a group of dressed up LARPers walking around after being let in by police – prompted the failing web browser brand to claim:

“Changing these dangerous dynamics requires more than just the temporary silencing or permanent removal of bad actors from social media platforms.”

The newly defined goals of the company include exposing who advertisers are; and revealing networks of people who are guilty of wrongthink.

Mitchell Baker also wants to make default across his systems the amplification of corporate news voices over third party or entry-level providers.

Their full list of changes to made includes:

Reveal who is paying for advertisements, how much they are paying and who is being targeted. Commit to meaningful transparency of platform algorithms so we know how and what content is being amplified, to whom, and the associated impact. Turn on by default the tools to amplify factual voices over disinformation. Work with independent researchers to facilitate in-depth studies of the platforms’ impact on people and our societies, and what we can do to improve things.

In the past, critics of Firefox have urged the company to show independence from Google, despite their financial ties. The business model of Mozilla heavily relies on external funding, specifically on search engines.

According to Computer World, 91 percent of Mozilla’s funding in 2018 came from Google (as they secured being Mozilla’s default search engine). This deal was renegotiated in 2020 and extended for three more years, with approximately $400-450 million more landing in Mozilla’s lap.

(Excerpt) Read more at thenationalpulse.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: mozilla; tyrants
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1 posted on 01/10/2021 9:57:19 AM PST by Lera
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To: Lera

Right... fascism and political purging is “creepy”.


2 posted on 01/10/2021 9:58:27 AM PST by Common Sense 101
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To: Lera

Guess what mozilla/firefux, I’m deplatforming you.


3 posted on 01/10/2021 9:58:48 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from the inside? Check! WTH? Screwed, blued and tatooed.)
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Hurry, download the latest JavaScript spec before it’s too late !!!


4 posted on 01/10/2021 10:00:16 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: rktman

I’ve used Brave and have enjoyed it.


5 posted on 01/10/2021 10:00:54 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: Lera

You can save Twitter videos to your computer using this

https://www.savetweetvid.com/


6 posted on 01/10/2021 10:01:03 AM PST by Lera (1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
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To: Lera

Brave Browser
https://brave.com/


7 posted on 01/10/2021 10:02:25 AM PST by Lera (1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

On it now. Seems to block more ads too. All the bookmarks have been moved over so in a day or two I’ll uninstall ff/mowzilla.


8 posted on 01/10/2021 10:03:16 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from the inside? Check! WTH? Screwed, blued and tatooed.)
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To: Lera
Changing these dangerous dynamics requires more than just the temporary silencing or permanent removal of bad actors from social media platforms.

Nothing ominous in that one, Herr Gauleiter. What sort of "more" do you have in mind, exactly? Crematoria?

9 posted on 01/10/2021 10:03:21 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: rktman; dp0622

Just deleted it from my phone. Deleted it from my PC yesterday.

More than just typing about it.


10 posted on 01/10/2021 10:03:51 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Hope is not a plan. -- Matthew Bracken)
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To: Lera

Thanks for the link. I’ve been looking for a way to do it. :)


11 posted on 01/10/2021 10:04:00 AM PST by amorphous
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To: Lera

You go right ahead, Firefacist. I deleted you off my computer.


12 posted on 01/10/2021 10:04:44 AM PST by EinNYC
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To: rktman
And GAGLE as well. Hit these SOBs in the wallet. You may not hurt the billinaire CEOs, but the left minded drones they employ will find them selves out the door with no marketable skills when the tables turn.
Sacking the heck out of the publicly traded companies will hurt the CEOs et al because stock price does not equal money. Remember 1928? How about 1987? The dot.com bubble? or 2008? - poof, you're poor.
13 posted on 01/10/2021 10:05:33 AM PST by Semper Vigilantis (Bernstein & Woodward ruined journalism)
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To: rktman

It also blocks the ads on YT. I love that feature.


14 posted on 01/10/2021 10:05:41 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: Lera
Thanx...discussed on this thread too: https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3923622/posts?page=84#84
15 posted on 01/10/2021 10:06:20 AM PST by amorphous
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

I’m on Brave and only use Firefox for playing a video game. I segment much of my activity across different browsers, different VPN services, and I also use some fairly new darkweb (non TOR) services.


16 posted on 01/10/2021 10:07:30 AM PST by MercyFlush (Donald Trump is my President and Free Republic is my social media!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Off my phone already. Want to make sure it stays stable then off the PC.


17 posted on 01/10/2021 10:07:41 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from the inside? Check! WTH? Screwed, blued and tatooed.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Off my phone already. Want to make sure it stays stable then off the PC.


18 posted on 01/10/2021 10:07:41 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from the inside? Check! WTH? Screwed, blued and tatooed.)
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To: MercyFlush

What are the best VPNs?


19 posted on 01/10/2021 10:08:50 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: MercyFlush

Can you list the darken sites?


20 posted on 01/10/2021 10:14:03 AM PST by Fai Mao (Biden is a pedophile, Kamala is a s*ut.)
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