<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-90bafab5-7fff-9e66-3c7b-b50e0c970722"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Hello Digital Rights Defenders!<br><br>Here is your weekly update on digital rights around the world for the week of November November 20 - 24. As a reminder, you can submit your news for the newsletter here: <a href="https://www.digitalrights.community/weekly-newsletter">https://www.digitalrights.community/weekly-newsletter</a>  <br><br>### Team CommUNITY (TCU) ###<br><br>1. RSVP Soon For The 2023 VPN Village: It Started This Week!<br><br>Join the 2023 VPN Village, a two-week virtual series focused on VPN user education, and exploring legal, technical and product development challenges. Make sure to RSVP soon for the following sessions: <br><br>Wednesday, November 29 | Advanced Outline Deployments for Resilience and Scale<br><a href="https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/2vpn2023">https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/2vpn2023</a><br><br>Tuesday, December 5 | Growing With the People: How Outline VPN Providers Adapt to Support Diverse Populations<br><a href="https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/3vpn2023">https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/3vpn2023</a><br><br>_________________________________________________<br><br>### Digital Rights in the Community ###  <br><br>1. Meta Should Stop Profiting From Hate<br><br>7amleh tested Meta’s content moderation policy’s ability to prohibit hate speech and incitement in paid advertisements. The investigation highlighted swift approvals for 19 ads featuring hate speech and incitement in Hebrew against Arabs and Palestinians. This sheds light on the failure of Meta’s “automated and manual review”, and the company’s inadvertent financial gains from the propagation of this rhetoric.<br><br><a href="https://7amleh.org/2023/11/21/meta-should-stop-profiting-from-hate">https://7amleh.org/2023/11/21/meta-should-stop-profiting-from-hate</a><br><br>Palestinians are being silenced on Instagram and Facebook through content removal, shadowbanning, and the deletion of accounts. 7amleh and Fight for the Future, have brought a group of leading Palestinian and Digital Rights Group together to launch the official “Meta, Let Palestine Speak” petition:<br><br><a href="https://7amleh.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e5414f2d143b501b653ad8d5f&id=5bad2dbfaa&e=ca10836739">https://7amleh.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e5414f2d143b501b653ad8d5f&id=5bad2dbfaa&e=ca10836739</a><br><br><br>2. Digital Civil Society Lab Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 2024-2025<br><br>The Digital Civil Society Lab aims to understand and inform civil society in a digitally dependent world. They are accepting applications for their 2024-25 Postdoctoral Fellowship, offering $75.000 plus benefits for promising new scholars researching challenges and opportunities for digital civil society. The application cycle for this cohort will close on January 15, 2024. For full information about the program visit:<br><br><a href="https://pacscenter.stanford.edu/research/digital-civil-society-lab/dcsl-post-doctoral-fellowships/">https://pacscenter.stanford.edu/research/digital-civil-society-lab/dcsl-post-doctoral-fellowships/</a><br><br><br>3. Event on New Digital Dilemmas: Resisting Autocrats, Navigating Geopolitics, Confronting Platforms<br><br>Join Carnegie online on November 30, 2023 at 9:00am EST to listen to thinkers and activists talking about the growing role of technology in politics and society with insight and analysis aimed at bridging the gap between local perspectives and global conversations.<br><br><a href="https://carnegieendowment.org/2023/11/30/new-digital-dilemmas-resisting-autocrats-navigating-geopolitics-confronting-platforms-event-8200">https://carnegieendowment.org/2023/11/30/new-digital-dilemmas-resisting-autocrats-navigating-geopolitics-confronting-platforms-event-8200</a> <br><br>Check out the rest of their work in the Digital Democracy Network. <br><a href="https://carnegieendowment.org/specialprojects/digitaldemocracynetwork">https://carnegieendowment.org/specialprojects/digitaldemocracynetwork</a><br><br><br>4. #KeepItOn in conflict: the human impact of internet shutdowns in Amhara region, Ethiopia<br><br>It’s been over 100 days since Ethiopian authorities cut off mobile internet services, fixed line internet, and access to social media and communications platforms including WhatsApp, Facebook, and X (formerly Twitter) without explanation. It is the second time this year that the people of Amhara region have been subjected to large-scale, arbitrary internet disruption. <br><br><a href="https://www.accessnow.org/keepiton-in-conflict-the-human-impact-of-internet-shutdowns-in-amhara-region-ethiopia/">https://www.accessnow.org/keepiton-in-conflict-the-human-impact-of-internet-shutdowns-in-amhara-region-ethiopia/</a><br><br><br>5. Reports from Our Community:<br><br>a) Human Rights in Digital Environments in Nicaragua<br><br>The report focuses on the events that have taken place since 2018, a year in which huge public protests and demonstrations took place, followed in turn by a strong governmental reaction.<br><br><a href="https://www.derechosdigitales.org/nicaragua-2023-eng/">https://www.derechosdigitales.org/nicaragua-2023-eng/</a> <br><br><br>b) Operating the Propaganda Machine: Social Media Accountability in the 2022 Philippine Election<br><br>The research looks into how Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. leveraged information disorders in social media to win the presidency and solidify the Marcos family's return to power. The report is part of a comprehensive 5-part series spanning three years, and stands at the forefront of unraveling the intricate web of social media accountability in Southeast Asia. Download it here:<br><br><a href="https://digitalreach.asia/news/report-operating-the-propaganda-machine-social-media-accountability-in-the-2022-philippine-election-2/">https://digitalreach.asia/news/report-operating-the-propaganda-machine-social-media-accountability-in-the-2022-philippine-election-2/</a><br><br>Here the recording of the launch event: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfWs5QGU2l8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfWs5QGU2l8</a><br><br>________________________________________________<br><br>### Digital Rights Resources ###<br><br>Digital Directions: Newsletter from National Endowment for Democracy <br><br>Check out this bimonthly newsletter on the evolving relationships among digital technologies, information integrity, and democracy from the International Forum for Democratic Studies at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). <br><br><a href="https://www.ned.org/digital-directions-november-2023/">https://www.ned.org/digital-directions-november-2023/</a><br><br>_________________________________________________<br><br>### Digital Rights in the Wider World ###<br><br>1. Ecuadorian Human Rights Groups Appeal to Lift Restrictions on Digital Rights Activist Ola Bini<br><br>Human rights groups in Ecuador appealed to the country’s judiciary to lift restrictions on Ola Bini, the Swedish digital rights activist. He was declared innocent in January of charges of illegally accessing a computer system, but still not able to access his bank accounts and travel outside the country.<br><br><a href="https://www.laprensalatina.com/ecuadorian-human-rights-groups-appeal-to-lift-restrictions-on-digital-rights-activist/">https://www.laprensalatina.com/ecuadorian-human-rights-groups-appeal-to-lift-restrictions-on-digital-rights-activist/</a> <br><br><br>2. Internet traffic Grows Sharply in Nepal After TikTok Ban<br><br>The growth suggests users are exploring loopholes to bypass national restrictions and access the platform.<br><br><a href="https://asianews.network/internet-traffic-grows-sharply-in-nepal-after-tiktok-ban/">https://asianews.network/internet-traffic-grows-sharply-in-nepal-after-tiktok-ban/</a> <br><br><br>3. Why Meaningful Algorithm Auditing is Key to Protecting Civil Rights in the Digital Age<br><br>A rigorous and holistic discrimination audit of an automated tool can provide employers information to help them determine whether to adopt a tool at all, what mitigation measures may be needed, and whether they need to abandon a tool after adoption. <br><br><a href="https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/why-meaningful-algorithm-auditing-is-key-to-protecting-civil-rights-in-the-digital-age">https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/why-meaningful-algorithm-auditing-is-key-to-protecting-civil-rights-in-the-digital-age</a> <br><br><br>4. Threats, Violence, & Injustices Against Journalists in Ghana<br><br>Ghana has previously built a reputation as one of the most media-friendly countries in Africa and the world, too, with freedoms and rights such as data protection and privacy enshrined in law. However, assaults on the press have grown in frequency and severity.<br><br><a href="https://advox.globalvoices.org/2023/11/20/silencing-the-press-threats-violence-and-injustices-against-journalists-in-ghana/">https://advox.globalvoices.org/2023/11/20/silencing-the-press-threats-violence-and-injustices-against-journalists-in-ghana/</a> <br><br><br>5. Berkeley Cyber Experts Train Next Generation of Digital Defenders<br><br>A cybersecurity clinic at Berkeley is training the next generation of experts to help organizations that have limited resources to defend themselves. The students at the Citizen Clinic provide pro bono services to organizations in the Bay Area and abroad in countries where human rights are being violated.<br><br><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/cybersecurity-berkeley-training-online-defense/">https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/cybersecurity-berkeley-training-online-defense/</a> <br>
Check out the Citizen Clinic for more information on the work they do. <br><br><a href="https://cltc.berkeley.edu/program/citizen-clinic/">https://cltc.berkeley.edu/program/citizen-clinic/</a> <br><br><br>6. Can Digital Technologies Help to Resolve Debates on Restitution?<br><br>Many believe new applications—from AI and NFTs to 3D scanning—are game changing in returning objects to source communities. Lawyers say they can make the process harder<br><br><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/11/20/can-digital-technologies-help-to-resolve-debates-on-restitution">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/11/20/can-digital-technologies-help-to-resolve-debates-on-restitution</a> <br><br><br>7. The Fear and Tension That Led to Sam Altman’s Ouster at OpenAI<br><br>The ouster of Altman, drew attention to a longtime rift in the AI community between people who believe AI is the biggest business opportunity in a generation and others who worry that moving too fast could be dangerous. <br><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/technology/open-ai-sam-altman-what-happened.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/technology/open-ai-sam-altman-what-happened.html</a> <br><br>Or as the Economist frames it, “doomers and boomers are fighting for AI dominance”. <br><br><a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2023/11/19/the-sam-altman-drama-points-to-a-deeper-split-in-the-tech-world">https://www.economist.com/business/2023/11/19/the-sam-altman-drama-points-to-a-deeper-split-in-the-tech-world</a> (paywall)<br><br><br>8. The Council Approves Conclusions on a Social, Green and Digital Transition<br><br>The Foreign Affairs Council, in its development configuration, approved conclusions on a social, green and digital transition in which reaffirms the European Union’s and its member states’ commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals.<br><br><a href="https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023/11/21/the-council-approves-conclusions-on-a-social-green-and-digital-transition/">https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023/11/21/the-council-approves-conclusions-on-a-social-green-and-digital-transition/</a> <br><br><br>9. Opinion Piece - Time to Enforce: The EU’s Digital Rulebook is On the Line<br><br>This article partially draws on the content of a panel discussion that took place at the annual Computers, Privacy, and Data Protection (CPDP) conference in Brussels in May of this year.<br><br><a href="https://techpolicy.press/time-to-enforce-the-eus-digital-rulebook-is-on-the-line/">https://techpolicy.press/time-to-enforce-the-eus-digital-rulebook-is-on-the-line/</a> <br><br><br>10. Opinion: Disinformation is Setting Us On a Dark Path<br><br>The profit motives of big tech companies are wreaking havoc on our democracy. We need the Australian parliament to step in. We need laws to protect us from billionaires, bigots, shysters and trolls.<br><br><a href="https://www.hrlc.org.au/reports-news-commentary/disinformation-is-setting-us-on-a-dark-path">https://www.hrlc.org.au/reports-news-commentary/disinformation-is-setting-us-on-a-dark-path</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 in this newsletter, 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>Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom<br>Deadline: November 26, 2023<br><a href="https://www.wilpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Final-Expression-of-Interest-English.pdf">https://www.wilpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Final-Expression-of-Interest-English.pdf</a> <br><br>Commonwealth Africa Cyber Fellowships<br>Deadline: December 10, 2023<br><a href="https://thecommonwealth.org/news/applications-open-commonwealth-africa-cyber-fellowships">https://thecommonwealth.org/news/applications-open-commonwealth-africa-cyber-fellowships</a> <br><br>Digital Freedom Fund<br>Deadline: February 14, 2024<br><a href="https://digitalfreedomfund.org/grants/">https://digitalfreedomfund.org/grants/</a><br><br>FOSS United<br>Deadline: Rolling<br><a href="https://fossunited.org/grants">https://fossunited.org/grants</a> <br><br>Digital Rights Research Grant<br>PrivacyCo<br>Deadline: Rolling<br><a href="https://www.top10vpn.com/research-grant/">https://www.top10vpn.com/research-grant/</a><br><br>Sovereign Tech Fund<br>Deadline: Rolling<br><a href="https://sovereigntechfund.de/en/applications/">https://sovereigntechfund.de/en/applications/</a> <br><br>Incident Emergency Fund<br>Digital Defenders Partnership<br>Deadline: Rolling Basis<br><a href="https://www.digitaldefenders.org/incident-emergency-fund/">https://www.digitaldefenders.org/incident-emergency-fund/</a>   <br><br>Safety Net Fund<br>Deadline: Ongoing<br><a href="https://wphfund.org/whrds-safety-net/">https://wphfund.org/whrds-safety-net/</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 Feminist Activism<br>Deadline: Rolling Basis<br><a href="https://urgentactionfund.org/">https://urgentactionfund.org/</a>   <br><br>Urgent Action Fund - Asia & Pacific<br>Deadline: Rolling<br><a href="https://www.uafanp.org/our_grants">https://www.uafanp.org/our_grants</a>  <br><br>Open Briefing’s Responsive Assistance<br>Deadline: Rolling Basis<br><a href="https://www.openbriefing.org/support/referral/">https://www.openbriefing.org/support/referral/</a> <br><br>_________________________________________________<br><br>### Events Calendar ###<br><br>VPN Village: Advanced Outline Deployments for Resilience and Scale<br>Team CommUNITY<br>November 29, 2023<br>8am EST / 1pm UTC<br>Online<br><a href="https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/2vpn2023">https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/2vpn2023</a><br><br>New Digital Dilemmas<br>Carnegie Endowment for International Peace<br>November 30, 2023<br>9am EST<br>Online<br><a href="https://carnegieendowment.org/2023/11/30/new-digital-dilemmas-resisting-autocrats-navigating-geopolitics-confronting-platforms-event-8200">https://carnegieendowment.org/2023/11/30/new-digital-dilemmas-resisting-autocrats-navigating-geopolitics-confronting-platforms-event-8200</a> <br><br>VPN Village: (Glitter Meetup) Preparing for the 2024 Election and Addressing Surveillance and Censorship in Tanzania<br>Team CommUNITY<br>November 30, 2023<br>9am EST / 2pm UTC<br>Online<br><a href="https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=November_30_2023_GM">https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=November_30_2023_GM</a><br><br>VPN Village: Growing with the People: How Outline VPN Providers Adapt to Support Diverse Populations<br>Team CommUNITY<br>December 5, 2023<br>10am EST / 3pm UTC<br>Online<br><a href="https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/3vpn2023">https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/3vpn2023</a><br><br>Glitterest Glitter Meetup<br>Team CommUNITY<br>December 7, 2023<br>9am EST / 2pm UTC<br>Online<br><a href="https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=December_7_2023_GM">https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=December_7_2023_GM</a><br>Glitter Meetup: Advancing Digital Rights in Franco-phone Communities, Africa and MENA<br>Team CommUNITY<br>December 14, 2023<br>9am EST / 2pm UTC<br>Online<br><a href="https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=December_14_2023_GM">https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=December_14_2023_GM</a><br><br>Glitterest Glitter Meetup: Until Next Year!<br>Team CommUNITY<br>December 21, 2023<br>9am EST / 2pm UTC<br>Online<br><a href="https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=December_21_2023_GM">https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=December_21_2023_GM</a><br><br>Glitterest Glitter Meetup: Welcome Back!<br>Team CommUNITY<br>January 11, 2024<br>9am EST / 2pm UTC<br>Online<br><a href="https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_11_2024_GM">https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_11_2024_GM</a><br><br>Virtual School on Internet Governance<br>Jan 22 - April 13, 2024<br>Online<br><a href="https://forms.gle/5G8y3NTVMVHwr3MP8">https://forms.gle/5G8y3NTVMVHwr3MP8</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 sent to us in the last week.<br><br>Want to see more jobs? OR Have a job opening you want us to promote?<br>Check out the Team CommUNITY Job Board: <a href="https://www.digitalrights.community/job-board">https://www.digitalrights.community/job-board</a> <br><br>✎ Planned Giving Officer (Principal level role) | Wikimedia Foundation<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://grnh.se/2aa05c8f1us">https://grnh.se/2aa05c8f1us</a><br><br>✎ Senior Financial Analyst | Wikimedia Foundation<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://grnh.se/ec12f2511us">https://grnh.se/ec12f2511us</a><br><br>✎ Volunteers | Digispace Africa<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://forms.gle/sCj1AB85SUZTYiw57">https://forms.gle/sCj1AB85SUZTYiw57</a><br><br>✎ Senior User Research & Design Manager | Open Contracting Partnership<br>+ Remote<br><a href="http://alltechishuman.org/responsible-tech-job-board">http://alltechishuman.org/responsible-tech-job-board</a><br><br>✎ Head of Algorithmic Audits | Eticas<br>+ Remote<br><a href="http://eticastech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