Mozilla Foundation

EU Legislative Interests

The Mozilla Foundation is actively following a number of files related to artificial intelligence, digital policy, internet health, the rights of internet users, and consumer protection: - The Digital Services Act - The Digital Markets Act - The AI Act and the Code of Practice on General Purpose AI - The EU's Consumer Protection Framework Fitness Check - EU Cloud and AI Development Act - Protect EU Roadmap - Proposal laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse (CSAM) - The Digital Fairness Act - The European Democracy Shield

Communication Activities

CSAM Regulation: https://www.mozillafoundation.org//en/campaigns/tell-the-eu-dont-break-encryption-with-chat-control/ https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/campaigns/defend-encryption-worldwide/ EU regulation broadly: https://www.mozillafestival.org/en/2025-highlights/unlearning-regulation/ Digital Sovereignty: https://assets.mozilla.net/pdf/Open_Letter_Harnessing_Open_Source_AI_to_Advance_Digital_Sovereignty.pdf data centers: https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/what-we-fund/programs/artificial-intelligence-will-clash-with-environmental-justice/ DSA Implementation https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/what-we-do/mobilize/fair-terms-report/ https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/what-we-do/mobilize/request-for-basic-data/ https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/open-letter-to-meta-support-crowdtangle-through-2024-and-maintain-crowdtangle-approach/ https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/dont-be-fooled-by-metas-transparency-display-election-integrity-risks-remain/ https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/digital-services-act-and-platform-accountability/ https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/the-digital-services-act-must-ensure-public-data-for-public-interest-research/ https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/cutting-through-the-jargon-independent-audits-in-the-digital-services-act/ https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/research/library/navigating-the-digital-services-act-exploring-key-elements-and-scenarios/ https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/EU-Digital-Services-Act-and-The-State-of-X-Transparency/ https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/research/library/full-disclosure-stress-testing-tech-platforms-ad-repositories/ https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/new-research-tech-platforms-data-access-initiatives-vary-widely/ AI Act https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/openness-ai-fostering-innovation-accountability-in-the-eus-ai-act/ https://openfuture.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/240618AIAtransparency_template_requirements-2.pdf https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/the-ai-act-foundation-models-from-gridlock-to-go-ahead/ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/internet-policy/eu-ai-act/ https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/the-eus-ai-act-and-foundation-models-the-final-stretch/ Code of Practice on GPAI https://openfuture.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/240618AIAtransparency_template_requirements-2.pdf AI policy more broadly https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/research/library/public-ai/ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/ai/public-ai-counterpoint/ https://blog.mozilla.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/278/files/2024/10/External-researcher-access-to-closed-foundation-models.pdf https://blog.mozilla.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/278/files/2024/10/Stopping-Big-Tech-from-Becoming-Big-AI.pdf

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

Member Of

The Mozilla Foundation is partner of of the European AI & Society Fund, which works to ensure that civil society is an active and effective partner in shaping AI policies. https://europeanaifund.org/our-partners/ Mozilla Foundation supports the Coalition for Independent Technology Research, a coalition of academics, journalists, civil society researchers, and community scientists that works to advance, defend, and sustain the right to study the impact of technology on society. https://independenttechresearch.org/members/ Mozilla Foundation is a member of the Green Screen Coalition, a group of funders and practitioners looking to build bridges across the digital rights and climate justice movements. https://greenscreen.network/en/about/ Mozilla Foundation is a member of Humanity AI, a philanthropic initiative ensuring civil society has real power in shaping the future of AI https://humanityai.ai/

Organisation Members

Each of the entities below is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation with its own board of directors. Mozilla.AI is a research and development lab building a trustworthy open-source artificial intelligence ecosystem. It's mission is to build, commercialize, and open source components and tools that make it easy for developers and users to deploy AI in a trustworthy way to solve real-world use cases. https://www.mozilla.ai/ Board of directors: Mozilla Ventures is a venture capital fund for early-stage startups whose products or technologies advance one or more of the values in the Mozilla Manifesto https://mozilla.vc/ The Mozilla Corporation coordinates and integrates the development of Internet-related applications such as the Firefox web browser. It's EU Transparency Register number is 174457719063-67 https://www.mozilla.org MZLA Technologies Corporation promotes choice and innovation on the internet by hosting the free and open source email client Thunderbird https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/ We note also that the Mozilla Foundation exists in Germany as MZFO GmBH (German lobbying transparency register, number: R006592), which exists to provide services to Mozilla Foundation.

Additional Information

Please note we have received a grant from GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) in 2024 and 2025.