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===Policy and Advocacy===
'''Policy and Advocacy''' Task Force, formed in 2015, enables various insitutions to take appropriate policy positions that ensures an open Web and makes netizens aware of the impact these have on their privacy, security, and accessibility on the Web. We deal with all the policy and advocacy issues within the community. We care about the privacy and security aspects of Mozilla, and strive to reach out to more and more people regarding the same.


== About Us ==
== Focus ==
We are a team which deals with all the policy and advocacy issues within the community. Along with this we are also concerned with the Privacy and Security aspect of Mozilla, and strive to reach out to more and more people regarding the same. Some more thing that we are concerned with:
* Spreading awareness on Internet related policy issues to Mozillians and general public by organizing events.
* Spreading awareness on Internet related policy issues to Mozillians and general public by organizing events.
* Addressing and engaging with Govt and Institutional policies related to Internet, Open Source, Open Standards, Accessibility, Privacy etc with a clear focus on Mozilla manifesto.  
* Addressing and engaging with Govt and Institutional policies related to Internet, Open Source, Open Standards, Accessibility, Privacy etc with a clear focus on Mozilla manifesto.  
* Build and run an educational program surrounding internet-related policy issues and increase awareness.  
* Build and run an educational program surrounding internet-related policy issues and increase awareness.  


== Major Topics ==
=== Major Topics ===


* Open Source  
* Open Source  
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* Policies addressing Indian Language computing and Localization
* Policies addressing Indian Language computing and Localization


== Expertise ==  
=== Expertise ===  


* Education
* Education
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* Hack, Code and Implement  
* Hack, Code and Implement  


We will do these things in concert with Mozilla community members and like minded organizations.
We do these things in concert with Mozilla community members and like minded organizations.


== Activities ==
== Activities ==
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* Campaigning
* Campaigning


=== Task Force Team ===
== Task Force Team ==


== [[India/community/owner | Owner]] ==
=== Owner ===
# Anivar Aravind
# [[User:AniVar|Anivar Aravind]]


== [[India/community/mentor | Peers]] ==
=== Peers ===
# Ankit Gadgil
# Ankit Gadgil
# Vishal Chavan
# Vishal Chavan
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# Omshivprakash H L  
# Omshivprakash H L  
# Shreyas N
# Shreyas N
# Sagar Hani


== Contributors ==
== Get Started ==
If you can contribute to these activities (you're awesome!):
* Join us on the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/IRC IRC channel] #advocacy-in or the [https://scrollback.io/mozilla-advocacy-in corresponding scrollback channel]
* Get in touch with any of the people listed above.
* Add your name to the appropriate section in this [https://india.etherpad.mozilla.org/Mozilla-India-TaskForce-Policy-Advocacy working etherpad]
* Start working! :D


== Resources ==


=== Resources ===
=== Privacy ===
 
== Privacy ==  


Learn who’s watching you on the Web — and how to fight back!  
Learn who’s watching you on the Web — and how to fight back!  
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* https://donottrack-doc.com/en/episodes/
* https://donottrack-doc.com/en/episodes/


 
=== Net Neutrality ===
Net Neutrality  
* https://keyboardkat.makes.org/thimble/LTQzNjIwNzM2MA==/net-neutrality-teaching-kit
* https://keyboardkat.makes.org/thimble/LTQzNjIwNzM2MA==/net-neutrality-teaching-kit
Net Neutrality maker Party
* https://laura.makes.org/thimble/LTIwMDkzMzEyMA==/host-a-maker-party-net-neutrality
* https://laura.makes.org/thimble/LTIwMDkzMzEyMA==/host-a-maker-party-net-neutrality


== Security ==  
=== Security ===


== Policies and Advocacies ==
=== Policies and Advocacies ===

Revision as of 16:27, 12 May 2015

Policy and Advocacy Task Force, formed in 2015, enables various insitutions to take appropriate policy positions that ensures an open Web and makes netizens aware of the impact these have on their privacy, security, and accessibility on the Web. We deal with all the policy and advocacy issues within the community. We care about the privacy and security aspects of Mozilla, and strive to reach out to more and more people regarding the same.

Focus

  • Spreading awareness on Internet related policy issues to Mozillians and general public by organizing events.
  • Addressing and engaging with Govt and Institutional policies related to Internet, Open Source, Open Standards, Accessibility, Privacy etc with a clear focus on Mozilla manifesto.
  • Build and run an educational program surrounding internet-related policy issues and increase awareness.

Major Topics

  • Open Source
  • Open Standards
  • Privacy & Security
  • Net Neutrality
  • Privacy-centric Events
  • Digital Inclusion
  • Accessibility
  • Surveillance
  • Internet Governance related developments in India
  • Policies addressing Indian Language computing and Localization

Expertise

  • Education
  • Public speaking
  • Documentation
  • Curriculum development and expansion
  • Public Relations - Press, Media
  • Technical expertise and knowledge
  • Knowledge of legal policies
  • Campaigning

The Action plan

We'll use a variety of techniques, tools and assets depending on the situation and what's at stake to express our voice when and where it matters. The action steps include:

  • Educate and Inform
  • Organize and Convene
  • Enable and Support
  • Advocate and Engage
  • Hack, Code and Implement

We do these things in concert with Mozilla community members and like minded organizations.

Activities

  • Intervention in Policy developments
  • Protecting the open Web starts with understanding
  • Run teach-ins and Maker Parties with advocacy on policy issues
  • Campaigning

Task Force Team

Owner

  1. Anivar Aravind

Peers

  1. Ankit Gadgil
  2. Vishal Chavan
  3. Abid Aboobakar
  4. Akshay S Dinesh
  5. Ankit Mehta
  6. Diwanshi Pandey
  7. Siddharth Rao
  8. Nidhiya V Raj
  9. Hrishikesh
  10. Mayur Patil
  11. Omshivprakash H L
  12. Shreyas N
  13. Sagar Hani

Get Started

If you can contribute to these activities (you're awesome!):

Resources

Privacy

Learn who’s watching you on the Web — and how to fight back!

Net Neutrality

Security

Policies and Advocacies

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