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Mozilla Information Trust Initiative Announced

posted by martyb on Saturday August 12 2017, @01:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the what-if-there-were-addons... dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Mozilla, the developer of the Firefox web browser and other open source projects, has announced its Mozilla Information Trust Initiative. This initiative involves Mozilla "developing products, research, and communities to battle information pollution and so-called 'fake news' online."

Although the announcement from Mozilla claims that the "spread of misinformation violates nearly every tenet of the Mozilla Manifesto", this initiative does raise some concerning questions. Should a web browser vendor be actively patrolling content on the web? Is such patrolling of content harmful to a truly open web? Is this merely the first step toward web browsers censoring or controlling the dissemination of information available on the web? Would the resources expended on this initiative be better spent improving the performance and efficiency of Firefox?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 12 2017, @02:12AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 12 2017, @02:12AM (#552700)

    Huh???

  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 12 2017, @07:14AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 12 2017, @07:14AM (#552787)

    [ n\\\ f\crption ztemmp on agaaaaaain] Second in command, still in command, Special Social Justice Warrior Surveillance Squad, reporting to Big Giant Head. We found another one. Start tracking this AC by his IP address, the MAC address of his modem, or other internet device, or from Microsoft's generous and expansive database of ACs who post on SoylentNews. His naivete does make him a potential target for Radicalization. Soon he could believe that being a racist, sexist, homophobic ass is actually how either Moses/Jesus/or Mohammed wants him to live his live. But really, this is only because his response to jmorris being tagged, is "huh?" What kind of idiot responds to the SJW Special Squad monitoring jmorris with "Huh?"? I feel his mind going. "Daisy, daisy, tell me your feelings true. I'm half crazy, sniffing the jmorris glue!" These are the ones we have to watch out for, the young, the naive, the disenfranchised, the mighty buzzards. Further reports will be made once the commanding officer regains consciousness. Lt. Francis saying: don't touch my stuff, or I will kill you. [ntp////: overtime iuptime code rejected, insecure]