Mozilla, the foundation that runs the Firefox browser, is in trouble. It has just laid off 30% of its employees. While its workforce is already not very strong, this is a turning point for the organization based in the United States.
A succession of bad news for Mozilla
The bad news was confirmed by Techcrunch by the communications manager of the Mozilla Foundation, Brandon Borrman, who says:
The Foundation is reorganizing its teams to increase agility and impact as we accelerate our work to ensure a more open and equitable technical future for us all. This unfortunately means ending some of the work we have historically pursued and eliminating associated roles to focus more on the future.
Our colleagues estimate that Mozilla had around 120 employees before these layoffs and this is especially the second wave of job cuts this year, after the foundation decided to let go of ten employees.
The non-profit organization, however, still seems attached to its founding values of protecting privacy and the idea of putting the interests of Internet users above the search for profit. But in any case these missions will have to be carried out with fewer personnel. In an email to staff, Mozilla Foundation Executive Director Nabiha Syed noted:
Our mission at Mozilla is more important than ever. We find ourselves in a relentless onslaught of change in the tech world (and more broadly), and the idea of putting people before profit seems more and more radical.
Mozilla continues to launch new services
However, the Mozilla Foundation is not resigned and is increasing its projects. At the start of the year, we told you about Monitor Plus, which is presented as a shield against the exploitation of users’ personal data. Paid, the latter monitors data broker sites and takes care of the deletion of any information on behalf of the Internet user.
The organization thus underlined last February: “This may include information such as your name, current and previous home addresses and telephone numbers. It could also go deeper with information, such as the names of family members, criminal history, your children’s school district and even your hobbies.. More information in our previous article here.
