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In the year of 2024 where half the world is going to the polls, safeguarding the integrity of elections is a paramount concern for democracies worldwide. This panel delves into the multifaceted challenges posed by mis and disinformation in electoral processes and explores strategies for promoting fairness, transparency, and accountability.

The deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies during war and military conflict presents complex challenges related to accountability. This panel explores the ethical, legal, and practical dimensions of holding AI systems accountable during times of conflict. From autonomous weapons systems to decision-making algorithms, the use of AI raises critical questions about responsibility, transparency, and the protection of human rights.

Members of the Royal Shakespeare Company presented an amazing theatre performance, unique to Mozfest that happened both live and online. Join Sarah Ellis (Director of Digital Development), Ruthie Doyle (RSC Digital Associate) and James Turnbull (Digital Producer) for a provocation on how and why a theatre company are re-engineering their model to meet the needs of the future.

The panel’s composition is an ensemble of journalists and researchers whose work has challenged institutions of power, and probed people to question, who has power over AI and who doesn’t? They’ve pushed the envelope of “traditional tech news” beyond who is wielding its power, to who is on the margins of these developments, and who are the underdogs breaking the mold. Speakers will delve into how to shift the narrative about AI and how to foster plurality of perspectives about the AI ecosystem.

The rapid expansion of data infrastructures, including data centers, telecommunications networks, and cloud computing, presents a growing challenge to global efforts to combat climate change and preserve natural ecosystems. This panel examines the trade-offs between digital expansion and environmental conservation.

The panel explored the role technology plays in shaping the realities of African communities and question tactics of disinformation and misinformation, beyond elections, in amplifying marginalization.

Structural interventions address AI challenges and promote growth. The panel will unpack interventions in Africa, considering over-centralization, resource access, and ethical nuances.

Whistleblower Daniel Motaung, former content moderator and unionizer, working towards a fairer digital future on the African continent. Motaung shared his experience and what’s next after the lawsuit against Meta.

The Intelligence of Voice and Volition. Examining the humanness of technology, and how it first starts with us.

Delve into the policy landscape of the EU, discussing existing regulations and initiatives aimed at curbing these practices.

Has exploitation expanded and adapted from offline to online? What is the cost of pursuing fame and influence online?

Centered around the experiences of the digital finance system for marginalized and excluded groups, specifically undocumented persons.

Who will set the standard in this geopolitical race as Europe and the US race towards big tech regulation – and is this the new frontier of digital colonization? What is the interplay between governments and platforms? How will regulation standards be adopted by and exported to the global majority? Where is the consumer in these conversations?

Rewatch the 'People Make Movements' Panel from #MozFest 2023 and join two remarkable activists, Tara Aghdashloo and Valeriia Voshchevska, for an insightful and interesting discussion moderated by the brilliant journalist Alia Malek.

Mozilla is joining the Fediverse in 2023 to co-create its future. What are its greatest opportunities and limitations? How can we scale methodology and not solutions? What is the public discourse square of the future? Who is building it?

Mozilla is turning 25 this March. In the past year, it has also grown to include Mozilla Ventures and Mozilla.ai. These new entities strengthen the Mozilla manifesto by responding to the current moment and the evolution in technology. What is the future of Mozilla, ethical tech, and open-source AI tools and practices?

If we lay down the burden of a future-only presumption of what technology is and can be, are we more likely to center people and the environment and develop technologies through which we can survive and thrive? How do we develop strategies for the futures we desire and/or will likely face? In this panel we invite artists, activists, movement strategists, and scientists who are deeply rooted in cultural traditions and ancestral technologies while creating robust present and future tenses.

Upcoming generations are growing up in a mixed reality where they develop a powerful command on internet platforms. Tik Tok is a great manifestation of the nuances of existence through short, catchy, layered video content. Gaming is another space where the rules of the real world are interwoven by those of the game. What is then the role of education in this cross-existence: how do these interactions shape young folks in their interactions and interrogations of technology?

In 2022, elections are planned in Lebanon, Kenya, Brazil, Philippines, France, US and beyond. What has become of elections and democracy in the age of digital platforms? Are we entering a new era of governance that will be shaped by the way platforms drive and impact campaigns, movement building, national narratives and political discourse? Will democracy survive AI?

How do we refocus and realign AI as a mechanism for systems thinking and manifestation – revealing the correlation and connectedness of all things. Can AI ever be the people’s tool? Can AI hold the intelligence of abolition or are these machines beholden to learning from/within existing systematic structures? How can we invest in communities who are ensuring that the global majority thrives, that earth thrives? Is it time for an AI reckoning?