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The Mozilla Foundation laid off 30 percent of its workforce and completely eliminated its advocacy and global programs divisions, TechCrunch <\/em>reports<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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While Mozilla is best known for its Firefox web browser, the Mozilla Foundation \u2014 the parent of the Mozilla Corporation \u2014 describes itself as standing up \u201cfor the health of the internet.\u201d With its advocacy and global programs divisions gone, its impact may be lessened going forward.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cFighting for a free and open internet will always be core to our mission, and advocacy continues to be a critical tool in that work. We\u2019re revisiting how we pursue that work, not stopping it,\u201d Brandon Borrman, the Mozilla Foundation\u2019s communications chief, said in an email to The Verge. <\/em>Borrman declined to confirm exactly how many people were laid off, but said it was about \u201c30% of the current team.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This is Mozilla\u2019s second round of layoffs this year<\/a>. In February, the Mozilla Corporation laid off around 60 workers said it would be making a \u201cstrategic correction\u201d that would involve involve cutting back its work on a Mastodon instance. Mozilla shut down its virtual 3D platform and refocused its efforts on Firefox and AI. The Mozilla Foundation had around 120 employees before this more recent round of layoffs, according to TechCrunch<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In an email sent to all employees on October 30th, Nabhia Syed, the foundation\u2019s executive director, said that the advocacy and global programs divisions \u201care no longer part of our structure.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cNavigating this topsy-turvy, distracting time requires laser focus \u2014 and sometimes saying goodbye to the excellent work that has gotten us this far because it won\u2019t get us to the next peak,\u201d wrote Syed, who previously worked as the chief executive of The Markup<\/em>, an investigative news site. \u201cLofty goals demand hard choices.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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