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“Reimagine Open” is an initiative led by Mitchell Baker acknowledging that the historical, open architecture of the internet has been subdued by the interests of a select few—which few — which has led to many negative experiences online. Mozilla would like to revisit the ways we practice open to imagine better futures for our digital lives. Is the term still getting us where we want to go? How do the challenges of today push our understanding of openness and what we need to build and advocate for?

'''Access, individual opportunity, participation, and empowerment ''' are the driving factors behind why Mozilla has been and continues to be dedicated to championing the open internet.

--- '''Mitchell Baker, Cathleen Berger, Alan Davidson, Amba Kak, Alice Munyua, and Michelle Thorne ''' tested and probed this idea in an open consultation process over the last few months course of 2019 and into 2020 through conversations, speaking engagements, dedicated focus groups, and a broad-based survey. --- In January 2020, Cathleen and Michelle published a recap of the process to date, acknowledging contributions from partners such as the Global Innovation Gathering and the Labmobile, as well as pointing to the many efforts within and beyond Mozilla that sought inspiration from this process. [https://blog.mozilla.org/internetcitizen/2020/01/23/what-came-out-of-reimagine-open/ Read more] about privacy & security in product, radical transparency in advocacy, open principles in public policy, reclaiming openness in fellowships, as well as a new large-scale exploration about the [https://m.wiki.mozilla.org/State_Of_The_Internet State of the Internet]. In addition, Reimagine Open has also contributed to Mozilla's thinking around [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Projects/Micro_Climates environmental sustainability] as well as an exploration of cities as a solution space for inclusive participation and open decision-making.