<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 25 - 29.<br><br>We hope this information will be helpful and informative as we continue working together to protect the people who defend human rights online. If you have any questions or want to learn more about partnerships, get in touch at team@digitalrights.community.<br><br>If you would like to us to include your news, updates, or opportunities in the newsletter, or if you’ve been forwarded this email and want to receive it yourself, please sign up at: <a href="https://www.digitalrights.community/weekly-newsletter">https://www.digitalrights.community/weekly-newsletter</a><br><br>###  Upcoming Virtual TCU Events ###<br><br>Nov 2 & 4  | Understanding & Designing your Mental Health Plan<br>Mathero Nkhalamba will demystify diverse types of healing practices, with an eye towards cultural and religious considerations, and help you understand how to design your own mental health plan.<br><a href="https://www.digitalrights.community/blog/2021-community-health-village">https://www.digitalrights.community/blog/2021-community-health-village</a><br><br>Nov 4 | Lingua Cafe<br>Lingua Café is an online language exchange open to digital rights defenders who are interested in improving their language skills - for professional or personal reasons - and connecting with other community members in the process. While the internet freedom space is multilingual and multicultural, English is still the dominant language in use. The language exchange will create a more linguistically inclusive and diverse environment for the community to collaborate in.<br><a href="https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/linguacafe">https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/linguacafe</a><br><br>Nov 9 | Regenerative Activism<br>Explore tools for collective and personal use that make our activism more effective and sustainable, while ensuring that our orgs and movements reflect the values we are fighting for. <br><a href="https://www.digitalrights.community/blog/2021-community-health-village">https://www.digitalrights.community/blog/2021-community-health-village</a><br><br>Nov 10 | Imagining Alternative Worlds through Activism<br>Join transdisciplinary designers Nour Abou-Jaoude, Julia W. Szagdaj, and Anna Lathrop, as they take us on a journey to imagine and build a future filled with joy and hope.<br><a href="https://www.digitalrights.community/blog/2021-community-health-village">https://www.digitalrights.community/blog/2021-community-health-village</a><br><br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>### Digital Rights in the Community ###<br><br>*** News and Announcements ***<br><br>1. Care is Resistance:<br>We just added a session to the upcoming Community Health Village that will be hosted by Peter Steudtner, entitled “Care is Resistance: from being detained as a "terrorist" to the coping-with-prison-guide.”  Peter was part of the the #Istanbul10, and was detained for four months on false terrorism charges in Turkey during a holistic security training for Turkish human rights defenders. Peter will share how self and community care is what carries political detainees, their families and communities through times of detention and arrest. The session involves storytelling with small exercises, and will take place on December 2. <br><br><a href="https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/chv8">https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/chv8</a><br><br><br>2. Tor Project Has a New Forum! <br>Check out the new online forum by the Tor Project! Share resources, comments, ask questions and much more! <br><br><div><a href="https://forum.torproject.net/">https://forum.torproject.net/</a> <br><br><br>### Learning Resources ### <br><br>1. New Report on Palestinian CSOs<br><br>The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media released a new investigative study titled “The Palestinian Public’s' perception of Palestinian Civil Society Organizations,” which tries to understand and analyze how Palestinians perceive civil society organizations in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jerusalem and Israel.<br><br><a href="https://7amleh.org/2021/10/25/7amleh-releases-a-new-investigative-study-on-the-palestinian-public-s-perceptions-of-palestinian-civil-society-organizations">https://7amleh.org/2021/10/25/7amleh-releases-a-new-investigative-study-on-the-palestinian-public-s-perceptions-of-palestinian-civil-society-organizations</a><br><br><br>2.Reflections on using Podcasts to Fight for Digital Rights<br><br>A conversation between Alexandre Amaral and Ena Omerovic, host and producer of the podcast "Digital Rights Explored: Local Fights, Global Perspectives" by MILEN<br><br><a href="https://www.dw.com/en/using-podcasts-to-fight-for-digital-rights/a-59563664">https://www.dw.com/en/using-podcasts-to-fight-for-digital-rights/a-59563664</a><br><br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>### Digital Rights in the Wider World ###<br><br>1. US Retail Giants Pull Chinese Surveillance Tech from Shelves<br><br>US retail giants like Home Depot and Lowes have removed Chinese surveillance products from their stores over links to human rights abuses. Lorex is a subsidiary of Dahua Technology, and Ezviz is a video surveillance camera brand owned by Hikvision. Dahua and Hikvision, both headquartered in China, were added to the U.S. government's economic blacklist in 2019 after the companies were linked to China’s ongoing efforts to suppress ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, where most Uighur Muslims live.<br><br><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/25/lorex-ezviz-pulled-from-shelves/">https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/25/lorex-ezviz-pulled-from-shelves/</a><br><br><br>2. US City Reigns in Police Surveillance<br><br>After years of activism by civil rights groups fighting against police surveillance, including the use of facial recognition and social media scanning software, the Boston City Council passed an ordinance unanimously last week that increases transparency on police use of certain privacy invasive technologies. This sets a good precedent for other cities, and is a great win for privacy activists. <br><br><a href="https://www.baystatebanner.com/2021/10/21/council-reins-in-police-surveillance/">https://www.baystatebanner.com/2021/10/21/council-reins-in-police-surveillance/</a><br><br><br>3. Intense Police Surveillance for Indigenous Land Defenders Contrasts with a Laissez-Faire Stance for Anti-Vax Protesters<br><br>Recently, starkly contrasting news images have been circulating of two significant conflicts in Canada, and exemplify how black and brown bodies are more heavily surveilled. One is the ongoing land defence against forestry companies in Fairy Creek, B.C. Those protests have been met with extensive police repression. The others are a series of anti-vax protests across Canada. Conversely, they look like they’ve been met with laissez-faire police responses. This is problematic because police surveillance invariably constructs an image of deviance and criminality, characterizing those who are surveilled as threats to public order and civic values.<br><br><a href="https://theconversation.com/intense-police-surveillance-for-indigenous-land-defenders-contrasts-with-a-laissez-faire-stance-for-anti-vax-protesters-169589">https://theconversation.com/intense-police-surveillance-for-indigenous-land-defenders-contrasts-with-a-laissez-faire-stance-for-anti-vax-protesters-169589</a><br><br><br>4. Hong Kong passes Film Censorship Law to 'Safeguard National Security'<br><br>Hong Kong's legislature passed a new film censorship law to "safeguard national security". Critics say it will dampen creativity and increase self-censorship for Hong Kong’s world famous movie industry and further reduce freedoms.  Laws to safeguard national security are often vaguely worded and open to abuse, thereby censoring and silencing diverse voices. <br><br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/hong-kong-passes-film-censorship-law-safeguard-national-security-2021-10-27/">https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/hong-kong-passes-film-censorship-law-safeguard-national-security-2021-10-27/</a><br><br><br>5. Facebook Bowed to Vietnam Government’s Censorship Demands: Report<br><br>Mark Zuckerberg in 2020 bowed to demands from Vietnam’s government to censor posts with anti-state language rather than risk losing an estimated $1 billion in annual revenue from the country, The Washington Post reported on Monday. The decision to side with Vietnam’s government led to a significant increase in censorship of posts critical of the government. <br><br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/25/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-whistleblower/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/25/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-whistleblower/</a><br><br>In India, Facebook has failed to check hate speech and fake news, as well as inflammatory posts, particularly anti-Muslim content. <br><br><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/25/facebook-india-hate-speech-misinformation-muslims-social-media">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/25/facebook-india-hate-speech-misinformation-muslims-social-media</a><br><br>This is not new in the digital rights space, given that these issues have been repeatedly brought up by frontline communities to platforms. <br><br><br>6. Indonesian Internet Blocks Amid Social Unrest Lawful, Court Rules<br><br>Indonesia's decision to block internet access during periods of social unrest was lawful, its constitutional court ruled on Wednesday, in a move activists said sets a dangerous precedent for internet freedom in the world's third largest democracy. This is problematic and excessive because these laws violate freedom of expression, and suppress civil protest. <br><br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/indonesian-internet-blocks-amid-social-unrest-lawful-court-rules-2021-10-27/">https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/indonesian-internet-blocks-amid-social-unrest-lawful-court-rules-2021-10-27/</a><br><br><br>### Call for Proposals ###<br><br>1. OTF Learning Lab RFP<br><br>The Open Tech Fund is issuing a request for proposal for their Learning Lab. They are looking for professionals or agencies focused on writing, editing, or visual/graphic design. Proposals are due by November 24, 2021. The Learning Lab helps OTF-supported projects and their fellows tell the stories of their projects and the results they produce, including their successes, challenges and lessons learned. <br><a href="https://www.opentech.fund/about/jobs/rfp-for-writing-editing-and-design-services-learning-lab/">https://www.opentech.fund/about/jobs/rfp-for-writing-editing-and-design-services-learning-lab/</a>.<br><br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>### Grants, Fellowships, & Awards ###<br><br>The following opportunities are open to individual digital rights defenders and to organizations. If you would like us to include a grant, fellowship or award, please email details to team@digitalrights.community<br><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>### Global 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>Community Health Village<br>November 2021<br>Online Event, See list of workshops and sessions below: <br><a href="https://www.digitalrights.community/blog/2021-community-health-village">https://www.digitalrights.community/blog/2021-community-health-village</a><br><br>Nov 2: Understanding & Designing your Mental Health Plan<br>Nov. 9: Regenerative Activism<br>Nov 10: Imagining Alternative Worlds through Activism<br>Nov 11: Mayan Healing Ceremony<br>Nov 16: Dealing with Distress in the Digital Rights Community: What can you do as a community leader?<br>Nov 18: Embodied Connection<br>Nov 23: Dealing with Conflicts in Activist Groups and Teams<br><br>Lingua Cafe<br>November 4, 2021<br>10am to 11am EDT / 2pm to 3pm UTC<br>Online Event<br><a href="https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/linguacafe">https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/linguacafe</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 more jobs each week : <br><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>✎ Expert Online Base Gender| DRI<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://democracy-reporting.org/en/office/global/procurements/expert-on-online-gender-based-violence-mfd-mena-region">https://democracy-reporting.org/en/office/global/procurements/expert-on-online-gender-based-violence-mfd-mena-region</a><br><br>✎ Multimedia Designer | Wikimedia Foundation<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/3597917?gh_src=5026f9f11us">https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/3597917?gh_src=5026f9f11us</a><br><br>✎ Colombia: Researcher, Rooted in Trust | Internews<br>+ Colombia<br><a href="https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1538">https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1538</a><br><br>✎ Colombia: Media Mentor, Rooted in Trust | Internews<br>+ Colombia<br><a href="https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1536">https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1536</a><br><br>✎ Colombia: Information Management Officer, Rooted in Trust | Internews<br>+ Colombia<br><a href="https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1535">https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1535</a><br><br>✎ Colombia: Data Analyst, Rooted in Trust | Internews<br>+ Colombia<br><a href="https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1534">https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1534</a><br><br>✎ Colombia: Content Creator, Rooted in Trust | Internews<br>+ Colombia<br><a href="https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1533">https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1533</a><br><br>✎ Colombia: Community Engagement Officer, Rooted in Trust | Internews<br>+ Colombia<br><a href="https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1532">https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1532</a><br><br>✎ Operations Architect aka Operations Director | Numun Fund<br>+ Remote, Global South, Larger World<br><a href="http://www.notion.so/numunfund/Operations-Architect-aka-Operations-Director-Numun-Fund-167e49d90f87477493d20307abb59d23">http://www.notion.so/numunfund/Operations-Architect-aka-Operations-Director-Numun-Fund-167e49d90f87477493d20307abb59d23</a><br><br>✎ Christchurch Call Advisory Network Coordinator | Christchurch Call Advisory Network<br>+ New Zealand preferred, remote possible<br><a href="https://dogoodjobs.co.nz/jobs/christchurch-call-advisory-network-coordinator/">https://dogoodjobs.co.nz/jobs/christchurch-call-advisory-network-coordinator/</a><br><br>✎ Internet censorship researcher - Poland and Hungary (part-time) | Netalitica<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://telegra.ph/Netalitica-is-hiring-Internet-Censorship-Researchers-10-05">https://telegra.ph/Netalitica-is-hiring-Internet-Censorship-Researchers-10-05</a><br><br>✎ Strategic Communications Lead | Point of View<br>+ Remote in Mumbai<br><a href="https://pointofview.in/landing/openings/">https://pointofview.in/landing/openings/</a><br><br>✎ GDPR Lawyer | noyb<br>+ Vienna, Austria<br><a href="https://noyb.eu/en/jobs">https://noyb.eu/en/jobs</a><br><br>✎ Full stack developer | noyb<br>+ Vienna, Austria<br><a href="https://noyb.eu/en/jobs">https://noyb.eu/en/jobs</a><br><br>✎ Data Protection Analyst | AWO<br>+ Remote within UK, Belgium, France, Greece, Ireland, Netherlands or Switzerland<br><a href="https://app.beapplied.com/apply/to0fzbmysq?utm_source=[digitalrights]">https://app.beapplied.com/apply/to0fzbmysq?utm_source=[digitalrights]</a><br><br>✎ Development Lead | Algorithmic Justice League<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://twitter.com/AJLUnited/status/1446529585743634452">https://twitter.com/AJLUnited/status/1446529585743634452</a><br><br>✎ Senior Business Associate- Greater Internet Freedom | Internews Network<br>+ Washington, D.C. or Remote<br><a href="https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1571">https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1571</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. <br><br>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><br>Team CommUNITY at ARTICLE 19<br>team@digitalrights.community<br>PGP: 0xF60A89AD6FF97A2F<br clear="all"><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>