Firefox browser maker to allow users to share data with scientists for "better Internet"

Mozilla, the not-for-profit powering Firefox browser, has launched a platform to enable users to contribute their browsing data to scientists and researchers to study the web and create a "better Internet". The 'Rally' platform aims at "enabling unprecedented studies that hold major online services accountable," Mozilla said in a statement. To kickstart, Mozilla has launched an initiative with a research group at Princeton University to examine how people engage with news and misinformation about politics and COVID-19 across online services. Rally is currently available for Firefox desktop users over the age of 19 in the U.S., and will be available for other web browsers in other countries in the future, Mozilla noted.