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Join the Mozilla Responsible AI Challenge

Robert "Bob" Reyes
To show our commitment to building a future where Artificial Intelligence (AI) is developed responsibly in order to serve society, Mozilla is investing US$50,000 to search for top applications and projects under the Mozilla Builders Responsible AI Challenge. The competition is open to all technologists, business leaders, and ethicists who want to build (or are already building) trustworthy AI solutions, which may be ambitious yet ethical and holistic. Participants will be granted mentorship from top industry experts, a chance to… Read the rest
Community News

MozillaPH Community Projects Tracker Launched

Robert "Bob" Reyes
Mabuhay, Pinoy Mozillians! As part of the Mozilla Philippines Community (MozillaPH) goal of continuously finding ways to promote participation across the different projects of Mozilla in the country, we are happy to announce that we are opening our planning repository to the general public. Both members and non-members of MozillaPH will have access to the Planning Repo via Github from this day moving forward. We encourage everyone to share their ideas and comments on existing tasks listed as Github issues.… Read the rest
Community InternetPH News Privacy

MozillaPH Urges President Duterte to Veto the SIM Card Registration Act

Robert "Bob" Reyes
On 02 February 2022, the Philippine House of Representatives and Senate of the Philippines ratified the SIM Card Registration Act aimed for end-users to be accountable for their usage of mobile communications by mandating SIM Card registration — according to the proposed legislation. After several internal discussions between the Mozilla Philippines Community (MozillaPH) and the Global Public Policy team at Mozilla, last 05 April 2022, our colleague Udbhav Tiwari, Mozilla Senior Manager – Global Public Policy, posted this article on… Read the rest
Developer Events News

MozillaPH Hosted a “How to Contribute to MDN Web Docs?” Event

Robert "Bob" Reyes
As part of Mozilla’s commitment to providing the most accurate documentation for web development, the Mozilla Philippines Community (MozillaPH) conducted a “How to Contribute to MDN Web Docs?” session last 13 November 2021 via Zoom Meeting. MDN Web Docs (formerly the Mozilla Developer Network) is the go-to website for information about Open Web technologies to include HTML, CSS, and APIs for both websites and progressive web apps (PWAs). There was a total of twenty-one (21) who showed up in the… Read the rest
Mozilla Reps News Regional

MozillaPH Governance Structure Formalized with the MozillaPH Council Launch

Robert "Bob" Reyes
The Mozilla Philippines Community (MozillaPH) has been operating as the local arm of the global non-profit Mozilla, makers of the Firefox web browser and other awesome web stuff, for more than a decade now. From 2009, MozillaPH had three (03) Community Managers: Regnard Raquedan, Eusebio “Jun” Barrun, Jr., and Faye Tandog. When the last Community Manager left the organization a couple of years ago, the MozillaPH, as a community, has been operating under the guidance of existing Mozilla Reps, active… Read the rest
Firefox News

Firefox 89 Lands in the Philippines

Robert "Bob" Reyes
Mabuhay! Mozilla Firefox 89 landed on the shores of the Philippines last night (please do update your Firefox installation if you still haven’t so). In tonight’s edition of the MozillaPH Office Hours, we discussed what’s new with this latest major release of our favorite browser. Members of the MozillaPH leadership also shared some of Firefox’s features that they love. Firefox 89 sports a fresher look, designed to get users where they want to go even faster. This version of Firefox… Read the rest