Biz Break: Mozilla CEO steps down after Prop. 8 furor

Posted: 04/03/2014 12:34:13 PM PDT


Updated: 04/03/2014 12:43:26 PM PDT


Today: Mozilla's new leader steps down from the Mountain View nonprofit after a backlash stemming from his financial support of initiative to ban same-sex marriage.


The Lead: Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich steps down after Prop. 8 uproar


Mozilla announced Thursday afternoon that its newly appointed CEO, JavaScript creator Brendan Eich, would step down after his appointment last month sparked a firestorm of criticism for a $1,000 donation to the 2008 campaign for Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage that was eventually overturned by the courts.



'While painful, the events of the last week show exactly why we need the Web. So all of us can engage freely in the tough conversations we need to make the world better,' the Mountain View nonprofit said in its announcement of the move. 'We need to put our focus back on protecting that Web. And doing so in a way that will make you proud to support Mozilla.'


The backlash against Mozilla, which produces the Firefox Web browser, included calls for his resignation from developer groups and Mozilla's employees, as well as a widely disseminated block on Firefox browsers at the dating site OKCupid, which asked users to switch their choice of Web browsers to show their support for gay marriage.


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