“The Mozilla Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the Firefox browser maker Mozilla, has laid off 30% of its employees as the organization says it faces a “relentless onslaught of change.””
The Foundation had about 120 people before the cuts, and advocacy and global programs are gone from the org chart. Executive director Nabiha Syed told staff that putting people before profit feels “increasingly radical” while cutting the advocacy team. After publication, a spokesperson insisted advocacy is still “a central tenet” and offered no specifics. A privacy nonprofit without an advocacy division is a browser company’s PR office.