Mozilla Foundation, mother of Firefox, lays off 30% of its staff, marking the end of an era

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Mozilla, the foundation that runs the Firefox browser, is in trouble. It has just laid off 30% of its employees. With its workforce already stretched thin, this is a turning point for the US-based organization.

A series of bad news for Mozilla

The bad news was confirmed by Techcrunch by the Mozilla Foundation's communications manager, Brandon Borrman, who said:

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 all of us. Unfortunately, that means ending some of the work we’ve historically done and eliminating associated roles to focus more on the future.

Our colleagues estimate that Mozilla had about 120 employees before these layoffs, and this is the second round of job cuts this year, after the Foundation decided to let go of ten employees.

The nonprofit, however, appears to still be committed to its founding values ​​of protecting privacy and putting the interests of Internet users above the pursuit of profit. But in any case, these missions will have to be carried out with fewer staff. In an email to staff, the executive director of the Mozilla Foundation, Nabiha Syed, stressed:

Our mission at Mozilla is more important than ever. We’re in the midst of a relentless onslaught of change in the tech world (and more broadly), and the idea of ​​putting people before profit seems increasingly radical.

Mozilla continues to launch new services

The Mozilla Foundation is not giving up, however, and is multiplying its projects. Earlier this year, we told you about Monitor Plus, which is presented as a shield against the exploitation of users’ personal data. The latter, which is paid for, monitors data broker sites and takes care of deleting any information on behalf of the Internet user.

The organization thus emphasized last February: “This may include information such as your name, current and previous home addresses, and phone numbers. It could also go further 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.

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