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Internet Health Report 2019 Mozilla Foundation Internet Health Report 2019 Established in 2003, guided by the Mozilla Manifesto, the Mozilla Foundation believes the Internet is a global public resource that must remain open and accessible to all. The Mozilla Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that exists to support and collectively lead the open source Mozilla project. It views its work as part of a global movement for a digital environment that aims at putting people in charge of their own data and that makes the internet a more democratic place by mobilizing a critical mass of consciouus internet users. Mozilla Foundation Internet Health Report 2019 Many researchers, fellows, writers and allies of Mozilla generously contributed data and ideas alongside countless readers who participated. The report was edited by Solana Larsen. Kasia Odrozek is the project manager. Jairus Khan is the outreach coordinator. Stefan Baack is the data and research analyst. Eeva Moore is the editorial as- sistant. Bibliographic information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Na- tionalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data are available in the Internet at http://dnb.d-nb.de This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (BY) license, which means that the text may be be remixed, transformed and built upon and be copied and redistributed in any medium or format even commercially, provided credit is given to the author. For details go to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons license terms for re-use do not apply to any content (such as graphs, figures, photos, excerpts, etc.) not original to the Open Access publication and further permission may be required from the rights holder. The obligation to research and clear permission lies solely with the party re-using the material. First published in 2019 by transcript Verlag, Bielefeld © Mozilla Foundation, chapters by respective authors Cover layout: Maria Arndt, Bielefeld Typeset by Michael Rauscher, Bielefeld Printed by Majuskel Medienproduktion GmbH, Wetzlar Print-ISBN 978-3-8376-4946-8 PDF-ISBN 978-3-8394-4946-2 https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839449462 Content Introduction | README �������������������������������������������������������������������� 7 Spotlight �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 13 Let’s ask more of AI ��������������������������������������������������������������������� 13 The power of cities ���������������������������������������������������������������������� 19 Rethinking digital ads �������������������������������������������������������������������24 Is it safe? �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������29 Understand the issue: Privacy and security ���������������������������������������29 23 reasons not to reveal your DNA ��������������������������������������������������� 31 In defense of anonymity �������������������������������������������������������������� 35 Ransomware payments add up �������������������������������������������������������37 Coordinating complaints for data privacy in Europe ���������������������������� 39 Your mobile apps are tracking you ���������������������������������������������������40 How open is it? ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� 43 Understand the issue: Openness ���������������������������������������������������� 43 Show me my data, and I’ll tell you who I am ����������������������������������������45 Internet slowdowns are the new shutdowns ���������������������������������������48 Taxing social media in Africa ��������������������������������������������������������� 51 Tracking China’s censorship of news on WeChat ���������������������������������54 Inside Germany’s crackdown on hate speech �������������������������������������55 Wikidata gives wings to open knowledge �������������������������������������������57 “Deepfakes” are here, now what? ����������������������������������������������������59 Who is welcome? ������������������������������������������������������������������������� 63 Understand the issue: Digital inclusion �������������������������������������������� 63 Recognizing the bias of artificial intelligence �������������������������������������65 More than half of the world is online, but … ����������������������������������������67 Technology’s inhumane underbelly ��������������������������������������������������68 A global push to identify everyone, digitally ���������������������������������������70 Tech employees power up �������������������������������������������������������������72 Women journalists feel the brunt of online harassment ������������������������75 Codes of Conduct now guide open source communities ������������������������77 The world’s slowest internet is the least affordable �����������������������������79 Who can succeed? ������������������������������������������������������������������������ 81 Understand the issue: Web literacy �������������������������������������������������� 81 Sex education in the digital age ����������������������������������������������������� 83 Who babysits your children’s data? ��������������������������������������������������85 Decoding images of war in Syria �����������������������������������������������������87 The challenge of democracy in the digital era ������������������������������������89 Spot the surveillance with virtual reality �������������������������������������������92 Breaking free of the addiction machine ������������������������������������������� 93 Who controls it? ���������������������������������������������������������������������������97 Understand the issue: Decentralization ��������������������������������������������97 When a hurricane zaps the internet �������������������������������������������������99 The new investors in underwater sea cables �������������������������������������102 What if Facebook were owned by its users? ��������������������������������������104 How do the biggest internet companies make money? �������������������������106 An open source alternative for “the cloud” ���������������������������������������108 Participate ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 113 Feedback ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 117 Introduction | README Is the internet unhealthy? We planted this question in your mind with the title of this report and in the questions we ask throughout. But you will not be getting a simple yes or no answer. As you may have gathered, this publication is neither a country-level index nor a doomsday clock. We invite you to join us in assessing what it means for the internet to be healthy, and to participate in setting an agenda for how we can work together to create an internet that truly puts people first. Our intention with this compilation of research, interviews and analysis (designed with input from hundreds of readers in collaboration with over 200 experts) is to show that while the worldwide consequences of getting things wrong with the internet could be huge – for peace and security, for political and individual freedoms, for human equality – the problems are never so great that nothing can be done. More people than you imagine are working to make the internet healthier, and getting things right, by apply- ing their skills, creativity, and even personal bravery, to business, technology, activism, policy and regulation, education and community development. This annual report is a call to action to recognize the things that are hav- ing an impact on the internet today through research and analysis, and to embrace the notion that we as humans can change how we make money, gov- ern societies, and interact with one another online. Part of the trouble in explaining how to make the internet ‘healthier’ is that so much goes unseen. As internet users, we tend not to think about fibre optic cables beneath the seas, or the men and women who assemble our elec- tronic devices, let alone about the decision processes coded into “intelligent” machines. Many of us don’t even know how our favorite internet companies profit, or how our personal desires and traits are tracked as we go about our lives. 8 Internet Health Report 2019 If we’re completely honest, a lot of us would probably prefer not to know. Why ruin the magic of the instant gratification we get at thepush of a button, hiding all technological processes behind the scenes. The downside is that we often don’t recognize the things in need of systemic change before the dra- matic news headlines assault us. We prefer to imagine that we are protected: by high tech internet companies, by governments, by other more savvy users. We make choices all the time: about what software to use, what security risks to take, what steps to take to protect the privacy of our children and genetic relatives. As advocates for a healthier internet, let’s now make better choices. Let’s fight to change what is wrong and join with others to make things right. In reading the Internet Health Report, let’s cast a glance at the seen and unseen opportunities of the internet, and consider this rich, diverse, complex ecosystem as one that adapts to our collective actions and changes over time. Our “spotlights” this year invite you to consider three topics that in each their way are ‘hidden in plain sight’ and deserve special attention if we are to improve
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