<div dir="ltr">Hello Digital Rights Defenders!<br><br>Here is your weekly update on digital rights around the world for the week of October 4 - 8.<br><br>We hope this information will be helpful and informative as we continue working together to protect human rights online.  If you have submissions for the newsletter, or if you’ve been forwarded this email and want to sign up to receive it yourself, please use this link to sign up: <a href="https://www.digitalrights.community/weekly-newsletter">https://www.digitalrights.community/weekly-newsletter</a>    You can also reach us at team@digitalrights.community<br><br>*** Upcoming Virtual Events ***<br><br>@ October 14 | Glitter Meetup: Pluggable Transports<br><a href="https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/October_14_2021_GM">https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/October_14_2021_GM</a><br><br>@October 21 | CKS: Even the Finest of Warriors<br><a href="https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/cks52">https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/cks52</a><br><br>### Community News ###<br><br>*** 7amleh has just launched the campaign #PayPal4Palestine ***<br><br>It is time to hold PayPal accountable for its discriminatory policy in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT). Over 5 million Palestinians cannot use PayPal while Israelis in illegal settlements a few miles away enjoy full access!<br><br>PayPal, the world’s most recognized digital payment service, refuses to provide its services to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, it grants Israelis, including settlers residing in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, full access to its platform.<br><br>PayPal does not provide services in the oPt based on its “Prohibited Countries'' policy, under which Palestine and certain countries are classified as “high-risk” where PayPal claims it is unable to operate therein.<br><br><a href="https://paypal.7amleh.org/">https://paypal.7amleh.org/</a><br><br><br>*** A List of Actors Influencing USA Privacy Debates ***<br><br>The global pandemic has created an increased need for privacy and data protection as we move our social and work lives online. The actors that hold a stake in this conversation are powerful, and it is important to identify and track the contributions made by said actors in order to maintain online privacy. Below you will find a list of actors that are influencing the privacy debate in the USA.<br><br><a href="https://www.digitalrights.community/blog/usa-privacy-debates">https://www.digitalrights.community/blog/usa-privacy-debates</a> <br><br><br>*** PEN Publishes Online Harassment Manual in Spanish *** <br><br>PEN has just released an online resource based on their Online Harassment Field manual, adapted for Latin America. They worked with digital experts and journalists based in Mexico to produce the resource. it provides activists, journalists, writers and marginalized groups targeted by online abuse with tips, tools, and strategies to tackle this issue. <br><br><a href="https://onlineharassmentfieldmanual.pen.org/es/">https://onlineharassmentfieldmanual.pen.org/es/</a><br><br><br>*** Run Your Own Social Media *** <br>Did you know you could run your own social media? Check out this guide created by Internet artist Darius Kazemi.<br><br><a href="https://runyourown.social/">https://runyourown.social/</a><br><br><br>### In the World ###<br><br>*** Facebook whistleblower’s testimony could finally spark action in Congress *** <br><br>The testimony of Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee, is likely to increase pressure on US lawmakers to undertake concrete legislative actions against the formerly untouchable tech company, following years of hearings and circular discussions about big tech’s growing power.<br><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/oct/05/facebook-frances-haugen-whistleblower-regulation">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/oct/05/facebook-frances-haugen-whistleblower-regulation</a><br><br><br>*** Facebook Crisis with John Tye *** <br><br>John Tye, a former U.S. government whistleblower and  founder of Whistleblower Aid, is representing Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. He joined Washington Post technology policy reporter Cat Zakrzewski to discuss the tens of thousands of pages of internal documents that Haugen claims show the company “chooses profits over safety.”<br><br><br>*** Millions of Africa’s Internet Addresses Stolen *** <br><br>Millions of Internet addresses have been waylaid, some fraudulently, in part by insider machinations linked to a former top employee of the nonprofit that assigns Africa’s Internet addresses.<br><br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-africa-china-uganda-5462f03bbd75bf9724a26623295fbf0e">https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-africa-china-uganda-5462f03bbd75bf9724a26623295fbf0e</a><br><br><br>*** It’s Time to Stop Paying for a VPN *** <br> <br>Many virtual private network services that were meant to protect your web browsing can no longer be trusted. Here are other ways.<br><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/technology/personaltech/are-vpns-worth-it.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/technology/personaltech/are-vpns-worth-it.html</a><br><br><br><div>### Calls for Proposals ###<br><br>*** Pluggable Transport Implementers' Meeting ***<br><br>Internews is hosting a Pluggable Transport Implementers’ Meeting (PTIM) October 19-21, 2021. Like last year, the event will be 100% virtual and will allow lots of time for direct interactions with other developers and beneficiaries of your work. By bringing together members of the PT community, Internews aim to provide a space of interaction in the world of Pluggable Transports.<br><br><a href="https://www.pluggabletransports.info/blog/ptim2021-announcement/">https://www.pluggabletransports.info/blog/ptim2021-announcement/</a><br><br><br>### Grants, Fellowships, & Awards ###<br><br>Send us your opportunities, and we will include them in our newsletter<br>and in our Fundraising Opportunities page!<br><a href="https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Fundraising_Opportunities">https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Fundraising_Opportunities</a><br><br>Internet Freedom Fund<br>Open Technology Fund<br>Deadline: Rolling Basis<br><a href="https://www.opentech.fund/funds/internet-freedom-fund/">https://www.opentech.fund/funds/internet-freedom-fund/</a><br><br>Rapid Response Fund<br>Open Tech Fund<br>Deadline: Rolling Basis<br><a href="https://www.opentech.fund/funds/rapid-response-fund/">https://www.opentech.fund/funds/rapid-response-fund/</a><br><br>Rapid Response Fund<br>Derechos Digitales<br>Deadline: Rolling Basis<br><a href="https://www.derechosdigitales.org/sobre-el-fondo-de-respuesta-rapida/">https://www.derechosdigitales.org/sobre-el-fondo-de-respuesta-rapida/</a><br><br>Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights<br>Deadline: Rolling Basis<br><a href="https://urgentactionfund.org/">https://urgentactionfund.org/</a><br><br>-------<br><br>### Events Calendar ###<br><br>Virtual School of Internet Governance<br>+ September 6, 2021 - November 14, 2021<br><a href="https://www.virtualsig.org/2021/01/17/group-e-registration-sept-6-2021/">https://www.virtualsig.org/2021/01/17/group-e-registration-sept-6-2021/</a><br><br>Escuela Virtual de Gobernanza de Internet<br>+ 13 de septiembre, 2021 - 3 de diciembre, 2021<br><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4TZUhNmlb6FpJ4FpggeYGIxw3kiDrXMCeNjeUeI_kiHQjew/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4TZUhNmlb6FpJ4FpggeYGIxw3kiDrXMCeNjeUeI_kiHQjew/viewform</a><br><br>APAC DNS Forum 2022 First Pre-Event Webinar<br>+ September 2021 - February 2022<br><a href="https://apacdnsforum.my/">https://apacdnsforum.my/</a><br><br>Conference for Truth and Trust Online<br>+ 7, 8 October, 2021<br>Online Event<br>More info: <a href="mailto:admin@truthandtrustonline.com">admin@truthandtrustonline.com</a>.<br><a href="https://pheedloop.com/register/tto2021/attendee/">https://pheedloop.com/register/tto2021/attendee/</a><br><br>Glitter Meetup: Pluggable Transports<br>+ 14 October, 2021<br>9am EDT / 1pm UTC<br><a href="https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/October_14_2021_GM">https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/October_14_2021_GM</a><br><br>CKS Even the Finest of Warriors<br>+ October 21<br>11am EDT / 3pm UTC / 5pm Cairo Time<br>Online Event<br><a href="https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/cks52">https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/cks52</a><br><br>Pluggable Transport Implementers' Meeting<br>+ 19 - 21 October, 2021<br>Online Event<br><a href="https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/xcj8ordQ48MiCBHlqQjGIQg1tb6bmAFzB3FNiQiD6UQ">https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/xcj8ordQ48MiCBHlqQjGIQg1tb6bmAFzB3FNiQiD6UQ</a><br><br>Community Health Village<br>+ October/November 2021<br>Online Event<br><a href="https://www.digitalrights.community/chv21">https://www.digitalrights.community/chv21</a><br><br>Bread & Net 2021<br>+ 24 - 26 November, 2021<br>Online & Offline Event<br><a href="https://www.breadandnet.org/">https://www.breadandnet.org/</a><br><br>Internet Governance Forum 2021<br>+ 6-10 December, 2021<br>Katowice, Poland<br><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2021">https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2021</a><br><br>Glitter Meetup<br>Every Thursday<br>9am EDT | 1pm UTC | 10pm UTC+8<br>Mattermost - IFF Square Channel<br><a href="https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Glitter_Meetup">https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Glitter_Meetup</a><br><br>Check out a list of our virtual events here:<br><a href="https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Calendar_of_Events">https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Calendar_of_Events</a><br><br>--------<br><br>### Job Opportunities ###<br><br>We have a lot of job listings this week. If you know someone who may be a fit for any one of these jobs, please forward them this email. Or better yet, have them sign up to receive this email week: <a href="https://www.digitalrights.community/weekly-newsletter">https://www.digitalrights.community/weekly-newsletter</a><br><br>To view the complete list of jobs or post a job, visit the Team<br>CommUNITY Job Board: <a href="https://www.digitalrights.community/job-board">https://www.digitalrights.community/job-board</a><br><br>✎ Multiple positions | Tunnel Bear<br>+ Remote or Toronto, CA<br><a href="https://www.tunnelbear.com/jobs">https://www.tunnelbear.com/jobs</a><br><br>✎ Multiple positions | Wikimedia Foundation<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/jobs/">https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/jobs/</a><br><br>✎ 6 job positions open! | EngageMedia<br>+ Remote (Asia-Pacific)<br><a href="https://engagemedia.org/jobs/">https://engagemedia.org/jobs/</a><br><br>✎ Web Team Intern | Journalism Development Network, INC.<br>+ Remote<br><a href="http://www.occrp.org/en/occrp-jobs/web-team-intern">http://www.occrp.org/en/occrp-jobs/web-team-intern</a><br><br>✎ Interim Executive Director | OpenMedia<br>+ Canada<br><a href="http://openmedia.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=28">http://openmedia.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=28</a><br><br>✎ Communications Associate | Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law<br>+ Washington, DC, US<br><a href="http://www.law.georgetown.edu/privacy-technology-center/jobs/">http://www.law.georgetown.edu/privacy-technology-center/jobs/</a><br><br>✎ Deputy Director, Operations | The SecDev Foundation<br>+ Ottawa, ON, Canada<br><a href="http://secdev.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=25">http://secdev.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=25</a><br><br>✎ Head of Technology & Human Rights | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre<br>+ Remote / Global South Preference<br><a href="https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/jobs/head-of-technology-and-human-rights/">https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/jobs/head-of-technology-and-human-rights/</a><br><br>✎ Researcher & Project Manager | Eticas Consulting, S.L.<br>+ Remote<br><a href="http://adventures.freshpeople.team/jobs/1154033-researcher-project-manager">http://adventures.freshpeople.team/jobs/1154033-researcher-project-manager</a><br><br>✎ Partnerships Coordinator | University of Michigan<br>+ Michigan, USA / Remote<br><a href="https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/203773/partnerships_coordinator_stpp">https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/203773/partnerships_coordinator_stpp</a><br><br>✎ Regional Education and Communities Coordinator - Southeast Asia | Access Now<br>+ Southeast Asia / Remote<br><a href="https://accessnow.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=82&source=aWQ9MjA%3D">https://accessnow.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=82&source=aWQ9MjA%3D</a><br><br>✎ RightsCon Program Coordinator (Speakers) | Access Now<br>+ Locations Options/Remote<br><a href="https://accessnow.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=84&source=aWQ9MjA%3D">https://accessnow.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=84&source=aWQ9MjA%3D</a><br><br>✎ Grant Writer | Access Now<br>+ Locations Options<br><a href="https://accessnow.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=86&source=aWQ9MjA%3D">https://accessnow.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=86&source=aWQ9MjA%3D</a><br><br>✎ Investor Advocate | Access Now<br>+ Remote - Locations Options<br><a href="https://accessnow.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=85&source=aWQ9MjA%3D">https://accessnow.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=85&source=aWQ9MjA%3D</a><br><br>✎ Researcher & Project Manager | Eticas Consulting, S.L.<br>+ Remote<br><a href="http://adventures.freshpeople.team/jobs/1154033-researcher-project-manager">http://adventures.freshpeople.team/jobs/1154033-researcher-project-manager</a><br><br>✎ Interim Operations Manager | Ranking Digital Rights (New America)<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://newamerica.applytojob.com/apply/Y3T7mlXUf0/">https://newamerica.applytojob.com/apply/Y3T7mlXUf0/</a><br><br>✎ Mobile Developer for OONI Probe | Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://ooni.org/post/2021-job-opening-ooni-mobile-developer/">https://ooni.org/post/2021-job-opening-ooni-mobile-developer/</a><br><br>✎ Software Engineer | Innovation Law Lab<br>+ Remote<br><a href="http://innovationlawlab.org/jobs/software-engineer-2/">http://innovationlawlab.org/jobs/software-engineer-2/</a><br><br>✎ Assistant Professor – Information Security | Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto<br>+ Toronto, ON, Canada<br><a href="https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Assistant-Professor-Information-Security-ON/550439517/">https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Assistant-Professor-Information-Security-ON/550439517/</a><br><br>✎ People Coordinator | AWO<br>+ Remote within UK, Belgium, France, Greece, Ireland, Netherlands, or Switzerland<br><a href="https://app.beapplied.com/apply/gysqdpxlfw?utm_source=[DigitalRights]">https://app.beapplied.com/apply/gysqdpxlfw?utm_source=[DigitalRights]</a><br><br>✎ Member Support Coordinator | One Degree, Alluma<br>+ Remote or Oakland or Sacramento, USA<br><a href="http://about.1degree.org/member-support-coordinator">http://about.1degree.org/member-support-coordinator</a><br><br>✎ Program Associate, Digital Democracy Initiative | Democracy Fund<br>+ Washington DC, USA<br><a href="http://democracyfund.applytojob.com/apply/5y9mQMjyhm/Program-Associate-Digital-Democracy-Initiative">http://democracyfund.applytojob.com/apply/5y9mQMjyhm/Program-Associate-Digital-Democracy-Initiative</a><br><br>✎ Senior Associate, Digital Democracy Initiative | Democracy Fund<br>+ Washington DC, USA<br><a href="http://democracyfund.applytojob.com/apply/EPNNvrmdvL/Senior-Associate-Digital-Democracy-Initiative">http://democracyfund.applytojob.com/apply/EPNNvrmdvL/Senior-Associate-Digital-Democracy-Initiative</a><br><br>✎ Survey Statistician | Avalanche Insights<br>+ Remote<br><a href="http://jobs.lever.co/AvalancheInsights/5262affe-53b0-4ec1-b30e-76b30e227e01">http://jobs.lever.co/AvalancheInsights/5262affe-53b0-4ec1-b30e-76b30e227e01</a><br><br>✎ Manager, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice | BSR (Business for Social Responsibility)<br>+ San Francisco, New York, or Remote<br><a href="https://boards.greenhouse.io/bsr/jobs/5485903002">https://boards.greenhouse.io/bsr/jobs/5485903002</a><br><br>✎ Manager, Technology and Human Rights | BSR (Business for Social Responsibility)<br>+ Tokyo, Singapore (Potential Remote, USA and EU)<br><a href="https://boards.greenhouse.io/bsr/jobs/5306860002">https://boards.greenhouse.io/bsr/jobs/5306860002</a><br><br>✎ Digital Rights and Data Equity Specialist | Thomson Reuters Foundation<br>+ Nairobi, Kenya<br><a href="https://thomsonreuters.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Career_Site/job/KEN-Nairobi-Vienna-Court-Building/Digital-Rights-and-Data-Equity-Specialist_JREQ147703">https://thomsonreuters.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Career_Site/job/KEN-Nairobi-Vienna-Court-Building/Digital-Rights-and-Data-Equity-Specialist_JREQ147703</a><br><br>✎ Regional Coordinator - Southeast Asia | Access Now<br>+ Southeast Asia<br><a href="https://accessnow.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=82&source=aWQ9MjA%3D">https://accessnow.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=82&source=aWQ9MjA%3D</a><br><br>✎ Full stack developer | noyb<br>+ Vienna<br><a href="https://noyb.eu/en/jobs">https://noyb.eu/en/jobs</a><br><br>✎ GDPR lawyer | noyb<br>+ Vienna<br><a href="https://noyb.eu/en/jobs">https://noyb.eu/en/jobs</a><br><br>✎ Infrastructure Engineer | IVPN<br>+ Remote (UTC-1 to UTC+3)<br><a href="http://ivpn.recruitee.com/o/infrastructure-engineer?source=drc">http://ivpn.recruitee.com/o/infrastructure-engineer?source=drc</a><br><br>✎ Advisory Board Member | Digital Action<br>+ Remote<br><a href="http://digitalaction.co/career/advisoryboard">http://digitalaction.co/career/advisoryboard</a><br><br>✎ Senior InformationSecurity Analyst (Two Openings) | New York Times<br>+ NYC, USA<br><a href="https://nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Tech/job/New-York-NY/Senior-Information-Security-Analyst_REQ-010520">https://nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Tech/job/New-York-NY/Senior-Information-Security-Analyst_REQ-010520</a><br><br>✎ Researcher / Writer | GreatFire<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://applecensorship.com/were-hiring-2/">https://applecensorship.com/were-hiring-2/</a><br><br>✎ Partnership Coordinator | Colors of Change<br>+ Washington, D.C.; New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA, USA<br><a href="https://colorofchange.org/careers/#op-463912-partnership-coordinator">https://colorofchange.org/careers/#op-463912-partnership-coordinator</a><br><br>✎ Creative Project Manager | Colors of Change<br>+ New York, USA<br><a href="https://colorofchange.org/careers/#op-463921-creative-project-manager">https://colorofchange.org/careers/#op-463921-creative-project-manager</a><br><br>✎ Devops engineer for a better Internet | eQualitie<br>+ Remote or Montreal, Canada<br><a href="https://equalit.ie/job-post/devops-engineer-for-a-better-internet/">https://equalit.ie/job-post/devops-engineer-for-a-better-internet/</a><br><br>✎ (Sr.) Software Engineers for SecureDrop | Freedom of the Press Foundation<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://freedom.press/jobs/sr-software-engineers-securedrop/">https://freedom.press/jobs/sr-software-engineers-securedrop/</a><br><br>✎ Digital Organizer | Suma<br>+ Portland, OR<br><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S47xTnNLOjnXJIPAlXkx2VrqQ51i7s_xq8RwxTEHVbE/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S47xTnNLOjnXJIPAlXkx2VrqQ51i7s_xq8RwxTEHVbE/edit</a><br><br>✎ Technology Manager | Ranking Digital Rights - New America<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://newamerica.applytojob.com/apply/hMcD4HEj9G/">https://newamerica.applytojob.com/apply/hMcD4HEj9G/</a><br><br>✎ Director of Engineering | Avalanche Insights<br>+ Remote<br><a href="http://jobs.lever.co/AvalancheInsights/da39ae64-eee2-4df0-b59b-5453e15947fd">http://jobs.lever.co/AvalancheInsights/da39ae64-eee2-4df0-b59b-5453e15947fd</a><br><br>✎ Software Engineer | Avalanche Insights<br>+ Remote<br><a href="http://jobs.lever.co/AvalancheInsights/444f2d11-9d06-4d53-8f2f-33031d2fe018">http://jobs.lever.co/AvalancheInsights/444f2d11-9d06-4d53-8f2f-33031d2fe018</a><br><br>✎ Android and Chromium Developer | GreatFire.org<br>+ Remote<br><a href="http://zh.greatfire.org/xuanshang/5">http://zh.greatfire.org/xuanshang/5</a><br><br>✎ Executive Director | American Humanist Association<br>+ Washington, DC, USA<br><a href="http://driconsulting.com/position/aha-executive-director/">http://driconsulting.com/position/aha-executive-director/</a><br><br>✎ Research & Policy Analyst | Joint Center<br>+ Washington, DC, USA preferred<br><a href="https://jointcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/POSITION_-Research-Policy-Analyst.v6.pdf">https://jointcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/POSITION_-Research-Policy-Analyst.v6.pdf</a><br><br>Need to unsubscribe or change your delivery address or other options? Head to <a href="https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/options/festival">https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/options/festival</a> and enter your email address. If that doesn’t work, or you just feel like sending some digital glitter our way, feel free to reply to this message for assistance.<br><br>(((hugs & light)))<br><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">--<br>Team CommUNITY at ARTICLE 19<br></font></b><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">www.digitalrights.community<br>Organizers of the <a href="http://internetfreedomfestival.org/" target="_blank">Internet Freedom Festival</a><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">PGP: 2E1D CC33 A362 0BD6 236E  540A F60A 89AD 6FF9 7A2F</font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><font color="#222222">You can now submit your news for the <a href="https://www.digitalrights.community/weekly-newsletter" target="_blank">Digital Rights weekly</a> directly.</font><br></font></div><div><font color="#222222" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">To post your job opportunities, submit your opportunities to our <a href="https://www.digitalrights.community/job-board-form" target="_blank">Job Board</a>.</font></div></div></div></div></div></div>