<div dir="ltr">Hello Digital Rights Defenders!<br><br>Here is your weekly update on digital rights around the world for the week of November 22 - 26.<br><br>### TCU Update ### <br><br>Team CommUNITY will be closed from Tuesday, December 21, 2021 to Sunday January 2nd 2022. We will be back at work from Monday January 3, 2022. We wish all our readers a peaceful and happy time over the break!<br><br>###  Upcoming Virtual TCU Events ###<br><br>Dec 2 | Care is Resistance<br>Coming from the experience of the Istanbul 10, Peter Steudtner will combine in this workshop storytelling with small exercises and options for experience exchange and mutual envisioning steps for self- and community resilience.<br><a href="https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/chv8">https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/chv8</a><br><br>Dec 2 | Glitter Meetup: Pluggable Transports<br>Pluggable Transports (PT) are being developed and used to circumvent Internet censorship. If you use any VPNs, the Tor network or other services to access blocked content in your network, chances are that you are using PTs in the background. This monthly meetup welcomes users, developers and PT enthusiasts to share their news/updates happening once per month.<br><a href="https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/December_2_2021_GM">https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/December_2_2021_GM</a><br><br>Dec 9 | Come join our last Glitter Meetup for 2021! GMs will restart on January 13th 2022.<br><a href="https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Glitter_Meetup">https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Glitter_Meetup</a><br><br>Dec 10 | Lingua Café, Celebrating Human Rights Day!<br>Lingua Café (LC) is an online language exchange open to anyone who is interested in improving their language skills - for professional or personal reasons - and getting to connect with other community members in the process. This LC's theme will be human rights to celebrate Human Rights Day!  <br><a href="https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/linguacafe_2">https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/linguacafe_2</a><br><br>Dec 16 | Holidays “Digital Rights” Variety Show<br>Join us for a Holiday variety show to bring in the new year and celebrate with your digital rights colleagues! Let’s say goodbye to 2021 together, break bread with each other, and enjoy the wonderful talent found in our community. You can both RSVP and volunteer to perform.<br><a href="https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/varietyshow2021">https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/varietyshow2021</a><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>### Digital Rights in the Community    ####<br><br>1. Privacy-Protective Internet Browser Tor Is Running Low on Servers<br><br>The Tor browser, arguably the best privacy-protective internet browser available for most people, is running low on bridge servers, which serve as entry points into the Tor network for users located in countries that block access to Tor servers. The decline in servers affects the browser’s ability to combat censorship and provide a gateway to the open internet in places where governments and other entities tightly control access to information.<br>The project is asking volunteers to run private bridge servers. <br><br><a href="https://gizmodo.com/privacy-protective-internet-browser-tor-is-running-low-1848095632">https://gizmodo.com/privacy-protective-internet-browser-tor-is-running-low-1848095632</a><br><br><br>2. NEW Southeast Asian Coalition on Tech Accountability <br><br>Eleven  organizations in Southeast Asia have formed a coalition for greater accountability of tech companies. They are hosting an event on November 30 to introduce the coalition, and share the impact that tech companies are having on human rights and democracy in the region. <br><br><a href="https://digitalreach.asia/event/the-southeast-asian-coalition-on-tech-accountability-seactlaunch-event/">https://digitalreach.asia/event/the-southeast-asian-coalition-on-tech-accountability-seactlaunch-event/</a><br><br><br>3. Facebook is Bad at Moderating in English. In Arabic, it’s a Disaster<br><br>Find out why platforms must work with communities on the ground to design policies on moderation and be fully transparent about them. Arabic is the third most common language on Facebook, yet Facebook is muzzling political speech  while leaving hate speech and disinformation that targets at-risk users, women and people who are LGBTQ+ rampant on the platform. In addition, Arab activists and journalists who use Facebook to document human rights abuses and war crimes, are routinely censored and booted off the platform. Facebook needs to fix its content moderation practices, and protect its users  <br><br><a href="https://restofworld.org/2021/facebook-is-bad-at-moderating-in-english-in-arabic-its-a-disaster/">https://restofworld.org/2021/facebook-is-bad-at-moderating-in-english-in-arabic-its-a-disaster/</a><br><br><br>4. Police Aerial Surveillance Endangers Our Ability to Protest<br><br>The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California has concluded a year-long Freedom of Information campaign by uncovering that law enforcement have been conducting massie spying on Black Lives Matters from the air.  Not only is dragnet aerial surveillance unconstitutional, but high-tech political spying makes people vulnerable to retribution and reprisals by the government. Dragnet surveillance is the collection and analysis of information on everyone, rather than merely those under suspicion. It  has long been used to stifle free speech and crack down on government opposition and criticism.<br><br><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/11/police-aerial-surveillance-endangers-our-ability-protest">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/11/police-aerial-surveillance-endangers-our-ability-protest</a><br><br>You can sign the ACLU’s petition opposing this surveillance here: <br><br><a href="https://action.aclu.org/petition/cn-aerial-surveillance">https://action.aclu.org/petition/cn-aerial-surveillance</a><br><br><br>5. Abortion in the Surveillance State<br><br>The threat of digital platforms being used to surveil and threaten anyone who seeks, provides or helps someone obtain an abortion remains larger than ever. In the USA, anti-abortion groups are relying heavily on digital surveillance and using and/or partnering with leading social platforms and search engines to police pregnant people, such as fertility apps. In addition, Cynthia Conti-Cook, technology fellow at the Ford Foundation, and author of “Surveilling the Digital Abortion Diary,” also states that there are much less obvious and more threatening forms of abortion surveillance, such as bombarding patients with digital anti-abortion ads at or en route to abortion clinics. <br><br><a href="https://jezebel.com/abortion-in-the-surveillance-state-1848076906">https://jezebel.com/abortion-in-the-surveillance-state-1848076906</a><br><br><br>6. Podcast: Every State Govt Wants Facial Recognition Technology, 360 Degrees Surveillance Is Emerging<br><br>Anushka Jain of IFF talks to Sidharth Bhatia, explaining the dangers of FRT and of surveillance and how it discriminates against marginalised communities and intrudes into everybody’s privacy.<br><br><a href="https://thewire.in/rights/podcast-iff-facial-recognition-surveillance">https://thewire.in/rights/podcast-iff-facial-recognition-surveillance</a><br><br><br>### Digital Rights in the Wider World ###<br><br>1. Why Gizmodo is Making the Facebook Papers Public<br><br>Independent experts from NYU, UMass Amherst, Columbia, Marquette, and the ACLU are partnering with Gizmodo to responsibly publish the historic Facebook Papers leak. The documents shared with law enforcement officials revealed the gravity and scope of Facebook’s design flaws and misdeeds, which exceeds anything its executives ever divulged to their investors. Human rights defenders have been urging Facebook to address their flaws and misdeeds for years, reporting the dramatic impact it was having on human rights, safety, and free speech in their country. <br><br><a href="https://gizmodo.com/we-re-making-the-facebook-papers-public-here-s-why-and-1848083026?rev=1637600362878">https://gizmodo.com/we-re-making-the-facebook-papers-public-here-s-why-and-1848083026?rev=1637600362878</a><br><br><br>2. Apple is Suing NSO Group to Curb the Abuse of State-Sponsored Spyware<br><br>This past week, Apple filed a lawsuit against NSO Group and its parent company to hold it accountable for the surveillance and targeting of Apple users. The complaint provides new information on how NSO Group infected victims’ devices with its Pegasus spyware. To prevent further abuse and harm to its users, Apple is also seeking a permanent injunction to ban NSO Group from using any Apple software, services, or devices. The company also announced a $10 million contribution to support cybersurveillance researchers and advocates.<br><br><a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/11/apple-sues-nso-group-to-curb-the-abuse-of-state-sponsored-spyware/">https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/11/apple-sues-nso-group-to-curb-the-abuse-of-state-sponsored-spyware/</a><br><br><br>3. Indonesian Court Allows Internet Blocking During Unrest<br><br>Indonesia’s Constitutional Court dealt another blow to the free expression and online privacy rights of the country’s 191 million internet users, ruling that the government can lawfully block internet access during periods of social unrest. Internet blackouts undermine opportunities for democratic participation and have a series of negative consequences including fueling the spread of disinformation, enforcing censorship, blocking digital assembly, and crippling documentation of human rights abuses.  SAFENET and Human Rights Watch in Indonesia have been sounding the alarm about threats to digital rights in Indonesia ever since the government last year passed, without public consultation, Ministerial Regulation #5 (“MR 5/2020”), a human rights-invasive law governing online content and user data and imposing drastic penalties on companies that fail to comply.<br><br><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/11/indonesian-court-allows-internet-blocking-during-unrest-tightening-law-enforcement">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/11/indonesian-court-allows-internet-blocking-during-unrest-tightening-law-enforcement</a><br><br><br>4. Routine Digital Violations Still Rising in the Balkans<br><br>The violations recorded in the second half of October show that routine digital violations are rising in the Balkans. Hate speech, discrimination and war-mongering flourish in Bosnia’s digital environment, and, following the introduction of a new decree by the President of the Serb-led entity, Republika Srpska, digital violations have accelerated further. Local elections in Hungary and North Macedonia, where ruling parties suffered setbacks, causing a rise in violations, triggered by a climate of political antagonism. Meanwhile in Romania, COVID-19 fake news and online harassment persist. <br><br><a href="https://balkaninsight.com/2021/11/18/routine-digital-violations-still-rising/">https://balkaninsight.com/2021/11/18/routine-digital-violations-still-rising/</a><br><br>Check out Share Foundation’s work on digital rights in the region, including a monitoring database where you can report a violation. <br><br><a href="https://www.sharefoundation.info/en/">https://www.sharefoundation.info/en/</a><br><br><br>5. Matrix Resurrections’ Passes China Censorship<br><br>The fourth movie in the franchise is expected to be one of the few Hollywood films to open in the massive China market in the tail end of 2021.<br><br><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/matrix-4-china-release-1235052127/">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/matrix-4-china-release-1235052127/</a><br><br><br>6. A Xiaomi Phone Shipped With A Censorship List In Europe.<br><br>This summer, the Lithuanian government went public with an astounding finding. A Xiaomi phone sold in Europe — the Mi 10T 5G — could censor approximately 450 words and phrases, it said. The blocklist wasn’t active, but could be activated remotely. It was filled with political terms, including “Democratic Movement” and “Long live Taiwan’s independence. After the government published its findings, things got weird. The list swelled to more than 1,000 terms, including hundreds of non-political terms like “pornography,” seemingly to turn the political blocklist into something more generic. Then, the list disappeared.<br><br><a href="https://www.cmswire.com/information-management/a-xiaomi-phone-mightve-shipped-with-a-censorship-list-in-europe-now-what/">https://www.cmswire.com/information-management/a-xiaomi-phone-mightve-shipped-with-a-censorship-list-in-europe-now-what/</a><br><br><br>### Call for Proposals ###<br><br><br>1. SSRC Just Tech Fellowship<br><br>The Social Science Research Council launched its new JustTech Fellowship: 2-year, full-time fellowship offering $100K+/year to support research at the intersection of tech and social justice.You can get more details and apply here:<br><a href="https://www.ssrc.org/programs/just-tech/just-tech-fellowship/">https://www.ssrc.org/programs/just-tech/just-tech-fellowship/</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><a href="https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Fundraising_Opportunities">https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Fundraising_Opportunities</a><br><br>Grant opportunities<br>Digital Freedom Fund<br>Deadline: 24 January - 1 March 2022<br><a href="https://digitalfreedomfund.org/grants/">https://digitalfreedomfund.org/grants/</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>Fellowship<br>JustTech Fellowship<br>The Social Science Research Council<br>Deadline: 2 January 2021<br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>### Global Events Calendar ###<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-December 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>Bread&Net 2021<br>23 - 26 November, 2021<br>Online & Offline Event<br><a href="https://www.breadandnet.org/">https://www.breadandnet.org/</a><br><br>The Southeast Asian Coalition on Tech Accountability (SEACT)<br>30 November 2021<br><a href="https://digitalreach.asia/event/the-southeast-asian-coalition-on-tech-accountability-seactlaunch-event/">https://digitalreach.asia/event/the-southeast-asian-coalition-on-tech-accountability-seactlaunch-event/</a><br><br>Glitter Meetup: Pluggable Transports<br>2 December<br>9am EDT | 2pm UTC | 10pm UTC+8<br>Mattermost - IFF Square Channel<br><a href="https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/December_2_2021_GM">https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/December_2_2021_GM</a><br><br>Lingua Café, Celebrating Human Rights Day!<br>10 December<br>10am EDT / 3pm UTC<br><a href="https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/linguacafe_2">https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/linguacafe_2</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>Holidays “Digital Rights” Variety Show<br>16 December<br>9am EDT / 2pm UTC<br><a href="https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/varietyshow2021">https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/varietyshow2021</a><br><br>Glitter Meetup<br>Every Thursday<br>9am EDT | 2pm 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>### NEW Job Opportunities  ###<br><br>Below is a short-list of jobs we have been sent in the last week. <br><br>You can view the complete list of jobs on the Team CommUNITY Job Board at: <a href="https://www.digitalrights.community/job-board">https://www.digitalrights.community/job-board</a><br><br>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>✎ Digital Safety Technologist - Southeast Central Asia | Internews<br>+ London/Paris - other locations may be considered<br><a href="https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1594">https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1594</a><br><br>✎ Program Officer, Greater Internet Freedom | Internews<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1583">https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1583</a><br><br>✎ Senior Mobile Developer | Horizontal<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://wearehorizontal.org/jobs/mobile-dev/">https://wearehorizontal.org/jobs/mobile-dev/</a><br><br>✎ Onion Services Site Reliability Engineer | Tor Project<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/onion-services-site-engineer/">https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/onion-services-site-engineer/</a><br><br>✎ Program Associate | Localization Lab<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://www.localizationlab.org/careers/#program-associate">https://www.localizationlab.org/careers/#program-associate</a><br><br>✎ Digital Security Expert (Azeri Speaker) | The SecDev Foundation<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://secdev.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=31">https://secdev.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=31</a><br><br>✎ Digital Security Expert (Moldova) | The SecDev Foundation<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://secdev.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=31">https://secdev.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=31</a><br><br>✎Lead Human Resources Business Partner | Wikimedia Foundation<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/3573344?gh_src=3239fb031us">https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/3573344?gh_src=3239fb031us</a><br><br>✎Grant Specialist | Internet Society<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://internetsociety.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=160">https://internetsociety.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=160</a><br><br>✎Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist | Internet Society<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://internetsociety.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=159">https://internetsociety.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=159</a><br><br>✎Multiple open positions | Least Authority<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://leastauthority.com/careers">https://leastauthority.com/careers</a><br><br>✎Digital Safety Technologist (South Central Asia) | Internews<br><a href="https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1594">https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1594</a><br><br>✎Front-end Web Developer | eQualit.ie<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://equalit.ie/job-post/job-post-web-developer/">https://equalit.ie/job-post/job-post-web-developer/</a><br><br>✎Global Voices | Translation Manager (French Lingua team)<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://community.globalvoices.org/2021/11/global-voices-is-seeking-a-translation-manager-to-lead-french-lingua-team/">https://community.globalvoices.org/2021/11/global-voices-is-seeking-a-translation-manager-to-lead-french-lingua-team/</a><br><br>✎Encargada de comunicaciones | Derechos Digitales<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://www.derechosdigitales.org/17076/derechos-digitales-busca-encargada-de-comunicacion">https://www.derechosdigitales.org/17076/derechos-digitales-busca-encargada-de-comunicacion</a><br><br>✎Digital Security Consultants (East and Horn of Africa) | Civil Rights Defenders<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://crd.org/2021/11/17/civil-rights-defenders-seeking-consultants-to-conduct-a-training-of-trainers-program-in-digital-security/">https://crd.org/2021/11/17/civil-rights-defenders-seeking-consultants-to-conduct-a-training-of-trainers-program-in-digital-security/</a><br><br>✎Product Analyst | Vote.org<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://votedotorg.hire.trakstar.com/jobs/fk0sxbm">https://votedotorg.hire.trakstar.com/jobs/fk0sxbm</a><br><br>✎Software Engineer | Vote.org<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://votedotorg.hire.trakstar.com/jobs/fk0sxbq/">https://votedotorg.hire.trakstar.com/jobs/fk0sxbq/</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>### Remember to Sign up for and Share Our Newsletter ###<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>(((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"><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>