Hi everyone, I would like to propose a 'Birds of a Feather' meeting for anyone interested in discussing how internet researchers and civil society (and Mozilla in particular) can collaborate. I'm currently working in between both of these worlds: I work at the Mozilla Foundation as a research and data analyst for the Internet Health Report (https://internethealthreport.org/) and as an associate researcher at the Weizenbaum Institute. There have been some developments at Mozilla that show a great potential for a more intense collaboration that would benefit both: - Mozilla collaborates with researchers to demand better access to Facebook and YouTube data to improve public oversight. For example, in collaboration with researchers, it developed guidelines for a better Ad Archive API around the EU elections (https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/03/27/facebook-and-google-this-is-what-an...). With the prominence of digital methods at AOIR this year, I’m sure there is a potential for similar campaigns in the future. - The Mozilla Foundation is now concentrating their advocacy efforts on 'Trustworthy AI', a theme that overlaps with much of the research presented at AOIR (https://marksurman.commons.ca/2019/08/28/update-digging-deeper-on-trustworth...). - In addition, the Internet Health Report (where I’m involved) frequently relies on the work of internet researchers, but it targets a non-academic audience. I hope to learn more about how the relationship between Mozilla and academia can be further developed for mutual benefit. Are you interested in discussing how academia and civil society can better collaborate, and perhaps already have some ideas you would like to share? Are you perhaps in a similar position as me and would like to share some experience? Or are you just curious if your research would be interesting for an organization like Mozilla? Whatever your interest is, everyone is welcome to join! Just send a message directly to me and let me know if Thursday or Friday evening is better for you. If enough people are interested, I will organize a venue on the date that works for most people. Best, Stefan -- Research and data analyst | Internet Health Report | Mozilla | Twitter: https://twitter.com/tweetbaack