<div dir="ltr">Hello Digital Rights Defenders!<br><br>Here is your weekly update on digital rights around the world for the week of January 8 - 12. 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. Join The Regional Meetups Starting on January 16!<br><br>The Regional Meetups are virtual gatherings happening every two months to support each other, and help us understand what is happening in our part of the world. A new space was added to the traditional ones: the Digital Rights in Francophone Africa and MENA Meetup, which will be in French! Check out all the Regional Meetups dates below:<br><br>January 16 | Asia Regional Meetup:<br><a href="https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_16_2024,_Asia_Meetup">https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_16_2024,_Asia_Meetup</a><br><br>January 18 | Digital rights in Francophone Africa and MENA Meetup<br><a href="https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_18_2024,_Digital_Rights_in_Francophone_Africa_and_MENA_Meetup">https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_18_2024,_Digital_Rights_in_Francophone_Africa_and_MENA_Meetup</a><br><br>January 24 | LATAM Regional Meetup:<br><a href="https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=24_de_Enero,_2024_LATAM">https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=24_de_Enero,_2024_LATAM</a><br><br>January 25 | MENA Regional Meetup:<br><a href="https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_25_2024,_MENA_Meetup">https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_25_2024,_MENA_Meetup</a><br><br>January 25 | Africa Regional Meetup:<br><a href="https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_25_2024,_Africa_Meetup">https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_25_2024,_Africa_Meetup</a><br><br><br>2. Next Week’s Glitter Meetup: Platform Cooperativism In India<br><br>Join us to talk about the history behind cooperative movements in India with Sapni GK, a lawyer and policy researcher based in India.<br><br>January 18 at 9am EST / 2pm UTC on the TCU’s Mattermost:<br><a href="https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_18_2024_GM">https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_18_2024_GM</a><br><br><br>3. Recommend Someone to be Featured Guest - The Form Takes  5 Mins to Fill! <br><br>We are looking for your recommendations for featured guests for TCU’s Glitter Meetups, the weekly virtual town hall of the digital rights community which takes place on the TCU Mattermost every Thursday at 9AM EST. Fill out the form below, it will only take you five minutes:<br><br><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nrrygXID3JopeDcUntkRSOUzxhg9iV8iazXYdSDPpo4/edit">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nrrygXID3JopeDcUntkRSOUzxhg9iV8iazXYdSDPpo4/edit</a><br><br>____________________________________________<br><br>### Digital Rights in the Community ###<br><br>1. Apply For This Year’s Digital Protection Accompaniment Programme<br><br>Digital Protection Accompaniment Programme (DDP) will accompany four organizations for 6 to 18 months to strengthen their physical, digital and psychosocial security practices. This call is for organizations, collectives or networks based in Latin America and the Caribbean that are part of DDP's priority groups: those that publish information belonging to communities or work with Afro-descendants, indigenous peoples or people with disabilities, feminist or LGBTQIA+ activists. Deadline: February 15, 2024. <br><br><a href="https://www.digitaldefenders.org/es/programa-de-acompanamiento-para-la-proteccion-digital-convocatoria-abierta-para-organizaciones-de-america-latina-y-el-caribe/">https://www.digitaldefenders.org/es/programa-de-acompanamiento-para-la-proteccion-digital-convocatoria-abierta-para-organizaciones-de-america-latina-y-el-caribe/</a><br><br><br>2. Grant On Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence<br><br>The U.S. State Department's Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues announced an open competition for organizations to submit full proposal applications to carry out a project that will provide rapid/flexible response support to women politicians, political candidates, and civil society leaders who have experienced extreme forms and/or threats of technology-facilitated gender-based violence globally. Deadline: March 5, 2024. <br><br><a href="https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/351666">https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/351666</a><br><br><br>3. Protecting Palestinian Digital Rights: Support 7amleh’s Work<br><br>For decades, the international community has been in the dark about what is happening in Israel & Palestine. With the advent of social media, Palestinians were able to share their everyday experiences openly with the world. However, online censorship is threatening to once again conceal realities on the ground, while the world calls for a ceasefire in Gaza. Help Palestinians to protect their right to tell their story to the world:<br><br><a href="https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/upholding-digital-rights-for-palestinians/">https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/upholding-digital-rights-for-palestinians/</a> <br><br><br>4. Learn About “Tech For Palestine” Coalition <br><br>Check out Tech for Palestine, the first group of its type in the field, to work “towards ending tech's support for Israel's war on the Palestinian people across Gaza and the West Bank, and working towards a free Palestine." The group announced that its immediate goal is to provide the necessary tools to talk about Palestine, while aspiring in the longer term to change the narrative to facilitate the circulation of Palestinian content and make it difficult to disseminate statements supporting genocide.<br><br><a href="https://techforpalestine.org">https://techforpalestine.org</a> <br><br><br>5. Petition: Don’t Let Big Tech Write Our Digital Privacy Laws<br><br>Read and sign Public Citizen’s Petition to U.S. Congress to pass a strong digital privacy law that protects our digital rights. <br><br><a href="https://act.citizen.org/page/61746/petition/1?locale=en-US">https://act.citizen.org/page/61746/petition/1?locale=en-US</a> <br><br><br>6. #KeepItOn in Bangladesh: Ensure Open, Free Internet Before, During, & After Elections<br><br>Authorities must guarantee unfettered access to the Internet and all other digital communication channels through all phases of the election cycle in Bangladesh. Read the open letter from Access now and the #KeepItOn coalition to the Chief Election Commissioner:  <br><br><a href="https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/bangladesh-must-keepiton-during-2024-elections/">https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/bangladesh-must-keepiton-during-2024-elections/</a> <br><br><br>7. Vietnam: Advocating for Internet Freedom Before the UN Human Rights Committee<br><br>Article19, Legal Initiatives for Vietnam, and Open Net have presented a joint submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee regarding its forthcoming review during the Committee’s 140th session, which will be held from 4 to 28 March 2024. The List of Issues highlights key internet freedom issues arising from actions taken by the Vietnamese government. <br><br><a href="https://www.article19.org/resources/vietnam-advocating-for-internet-freedom-before-the-un-human-rights-committee/">https://www.article19.org/resources/vietnam-advocating-for-internet-freedom-before-the-un-human-rights-committee/</a> <br><br><br>8. UK: Submission to the Competition and Markets Authority on Microsoft-OpenAI Merger<br><br>Article19 joined the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, the Open Markets Institute, Foxglove, Balanced Economy Project, and Rebalance Now in responding to a call for comments from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) as part of its current investigation of the Microsoft-OpenAI partnership:<br><br><a href="https://www.article19.org/resources/uk-submission-to-the-competition-and-markets-authority-on-microsoft-openai-merger/">https://www.article19.org/resources/uk-submission-to-the-competition-and-markets-authority-on-microsoft-openai-merger/</a> <br><br><br>9. Iran: Submission to Meta Regarding Case of Woman Confronted in The Street<br><br>Article19 addresses the complexity that arises in allowing and protecting expressions of protest while preventing harm in a context where certain forms of expression and protests are so heavily restricted. This case revolves around an Instagram post shared featuring a video of an unveiled Iranian woman being confronted by a man who identifies himself as a judicial officer and accuses the woman of being a criminal for failing to wear a hijab.<br><br><a href="https://www.article19.org/resources/iran-submission-to-meta-regarding-case-of-woman-confronted-in-the-street/">https://www.article19.org/resources/iran-submission-to-meta-regarding-case-of-woman-confronted-in-the-street/</a>  <br><br><br>10. Pakistan: 6-Point Agenda on Digital Rights Protections for Political Parties’ Electoral Manifestos <br><br>With the upcoming general elections in Pakistan, the Digital Rights Foundation urges political parties to include six key digital rights issues in their manifestos. This is crucial for a robust democracy, enabling citizens to scrutinize the new government effectively. <br><br><a href="https://digitalrightsfoundation.pk/pakistan-6-point-agenda-on-digital-rights-protections-for-political-parties-electoral-manifestos/">https://digitalrightsfoundation.pk/pakistan-6-point-agenda-on-digital-rights-protections-for-political-parties-electoral-manifestos/</a> <br><br><br>11. Reports from Our Community<br><br>a) Government Internet Shutdowns Cost Over $9 Billion in 2023<br><br>Top10VPN’s annual report analyzes every major intentional internet shutdown in 2023 and reveals that they cost the world economy $9.01 billion.<br><br><a href="https://www.top10vpn.com/research/cost-of-internet-shutdowns/">https://www.top10vpn.com/research/cost-of-internet-shutdowns/</a> <br><br><br>b) A 2023 Calendar of the Main Events in Russia <br><br>Check out the advent calendar of Roskomsvoboda, a Russian digital rights organization. Dive into the main events, laws and changes that took place in Russia in 2023. You will find a new law on electronic summonses to the army, persecution of LGBT people, data leaks, blocking access to media, VPN and social networks and other topics. The calendar is available in English and Russian:<br><br><a href="https://roskomsvoboda.org/en/summary/2023/">https://roskomsvoboda.org/en/summary/2023/</a><br><br><br>c) VPN in Russia: From Blocking Services to Blocking Protocols<br><br>A study on how Russian citizens use circumvention tools and how they react to the blocking of these services.<br><br>Read the full report here: <a href="https://roskomsvoboda.org/uploads/en__vpn_in_russia__from_blocking_services_to_blocking_protocols.pdf">https://roskomsvoboda.org/uploads/en__vpn_in_russia__from_blocking_services_to_blocking_protocols.pdf</a><br><br>________________________________________________<br><br>### Digital Rights in the Wider World ###<br><br>1. Can an Alliance Get Access to Platform Data for African Researchers?<br><br>Nearly every list of recommendations on ‘what to do’ about problems attributed to social media and other large internet platforms has included some version of “provide access to data for independent researchers.” How to make such access available to researchers in nations where there are more severe power and knowledge asymmetries?<br><br><a href="https://www.techpolicy.press/can-an-alliance-get-access-to-platform-data-for-african-researchers/">https://www.techpolicy.press/can-an-alliance-get-access-to-platform-data-for-african-researchers/</a> <br><br><br>2. Meta Staffer Claims to be Under Investigation after Alleging ‘Censorship’ of Pro-Palestinian Views<br><br>Data scientist caught by social media giant’s rules banning political discussions in the workplace.<br><br><a href="https://www.ft.com/preferences/manage-cookies?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcontent%2Fa4381d91-2fec-4422-b04b-75a06b643a05">https://www.ft.com/preferences/manage-cookies?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcontent%2Fa4381d91-2fec-4422-b04b-75a06b643a05</a> <br><br><br>3. Opinion: Beyond Shadowbanning - Facebook Posts Can’t Liberate Palestine<br><br>Shadow-banning of pro-Palestine solidarity is a feature, not a bug in Meta's platforms. It's time to rethink activism on platforms like Facebook. <br><br><a href="https://www.newarab.com/opinion/beyond-shadowbanning-facebook-insta-posts-wont-save-gaza">https://www.newarab.com/opinion/beyond-shadowbanning-facebook-insta-posts-wont-save-gaza</a> <br><br><br>4. Intel Moves Forward with $25 Billion Chip Expansion in Israel<br><br>The semiconductor giant Intel confirmed that it would invest $25 billion to expand a chip factory in southern Israel after a $3.2 billion grant from the government there, moving ahead with a major investment in a country currently at war. <br><br><a href="https://nyti.ms/3vhDqeH">https://nyti.ms/3vhDqeH</a> <br><br><br>5. Chinese Spy Agency Rising to Challenge the CIA <br><br>The ambitious Ministry of State Security is deploying AI and other advanced technology to go toe-to-toe with the United States, even as the two nations try to pilfer each other’s scientific secrets.<br><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/us/politics/china-cia-spy-mss.html?smid=whatsapp-nytimes">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/us/politics/china-cia-spy-mss.html?smid=whatsapp-nytimes</a><br><br><br>6. The End of Anonymity Online in China<br><br>Chinese social platforms have already expanded the scope of a controversial rule that requires influential users to disclose their legal names. Regular users are right to be worried.<br><br> <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/01/10/1086366/china-social-media-anonymity-end/">https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/01/10/1086366/china-social-media-anonymity-end/</a> <br><br><br>7. Iran's Internet Price Rises, And So Does The fear of Greater Censorship<br><br>Iranians could pay up to 34% more for the Internet in 2024 as providers get the green light from the government to increase their tariffs.<br><br><a href="https://www.iranintl.com/en/202401037934">https://www.iranintl.com/en/202401037934</a> <br><br><br>8. How to Be More Anonymous Online<br><br>Being fully anonymous is next to impossible—but you can significantly limit what the Internet knows about you by sticking to a few basic rules.<br><br><a href="https://www.wired.co.uk/article/how-to-be-more-anonymous-online">https://www.wired.co.uk/article/how-to-be-more-anonymous-online</a> <br><br><br>9. The Importance of Defining LGBTQ+ Digital Rights Under International Human Rights Law<br><br>Insufficient regulation can only contribute further to these issues in the long run, and it severely jeopardizes the important role digital technology plays for the LGBTQ+ community, with potentially deadly consequences.<br><br><a href="https://www.techpolicy.press/the-importance-of-defining-lgbtq-digital-rights-under-international-human-rights-law/">https://www.techpolicy.press/the-importance-of-defining-lgbtq-digital-rights-under-international-human-rights-law/</a> <br><br><br>10. Bangladesh: In the Shadows of Self-censorship<br><br>Anonymity is a common practice amid fear of the Cyber Security Act 2023. This law forces the country’s LGBTQ+ movement and population into the shadows of self-censorship.<br><br><a href="https://advox.globalvoices.org/2024/01/04/in-the-shadows-of-self-censorship-the-impact-of-the-cyber-security-act-on-bangladeshs-lgbtq-movement/">https://advox.globalvoices.org/2024/01/04/in-the-shadows-of-self-censorship-the-impact-of-the-cyber-security-act-on-bangladeshs-lgbtq-movement/</a> <br><br><br>11. The Times Sues OpenAI & Microsoft Over A.I. Use of Copyrighted Work<br><br>The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, a new front in the debate over the use of published work to train AI. Millions of articles from The New York Times were used to train chatbots that now compete with it, the lawsuit said.<br><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/business/media/new-york-times-open-ai-microsoft-lawsuit.html?smid=whatsapp-nytimes">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/business/media/new-york-times-open-ai-microsoft-lawsuit.html?smid=whatsapp-nytimes</a><br><br><br>12. What’s Next for AI Regulation in 2024?<br><br>The coming year is going to see the first sweeping AI laws enter into force, with global efforts to hold tech companies accountable. <br><br><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/01/05/1086203/whats-next-ai-regulation-2024/">https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/01/05/1086203/whats-next-ai-regulation-2024/</a> <br><br><br>13. Examining the Use of the Words “Health” & “Toxicity” in Content Moderation<br><br>Words like “toxic” and “healthy” are often used to describe social media discourse and to justify content moderation policies. A new research paper argues that researchers and policymakers should be “skeptical of the comfort, translatability, and traction that terms like health and toxicity provide.”<br><br><a href="https://www.techpolicy.press/examining-the-use-of-the-words-health-and-toxicity-in-content-moderation/">https://www.techpolicy.press/examining-the-use-of-the-words-health-and-toxicity-in-content-moderation/</a> <br><br><br>14. How Online Misinformation Exploits ‘Information Voids’ — And What To Do About It<br><br>In 2024’s super election year, providers of online search engines and their users need to be especially aware of how online misinformation can seem all too credible.<br><br><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00030-x">https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00030-x</a> <br><br><br>15. The New Digital Dark Age<br><br>Online trust will reach an all-time low thanks to unchecked disinformation, AI-generated content, and social platforms pulling up their data drawbridges.<br><br><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-new-digital-dark-age/">https://www.wired.com/story/the-new-digital-dark-age/</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://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=Fundraising_Opportunities">https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=Fundraising_Opportunities</a><br><br>Surge and Sustain Fund<br>Open Technology Fund<br>Deadline: January 17, 2024<br><a href="https://www.opentech.fund/funds/surge-and-sustain-fund/">https://www.opentech.fund/funds/surge-and-sustain-fund/</a><br><br>Call for Learners from Infuse<br>Internews, Conexo, DefendDefenders, the Jordan Open Source Association<br>Deadline: January 19, 2024<br><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeYBf7AaDwUHcQPSm1leqDAhHfnjFB6woYvRg5wDOr6hT5RXg/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeYBf7AaDwUHcQPSm1leqDAhHfnjFB6woYvRg5wDOr6hT5RXg/viewform</a><br><br>Digital Protection Accompaniment Programme<br>Digital Defenders Partnership<br>Deadline: February 15, 2024 <br><a href="https://www.digitaldefenders.org/es/programa-de-acompanamiento-para-la-proteccion-digital-convocatoria-abierta-para-organizaciones-de-america-latina-y-el-caribe/">https://www.digitaldefenders.org/es/programa-de-acompanamiento-para-la-proteccion-digital-convocatoria-abierta-para-organizaciones-de-america-latina-y-el-caribe/</a><br><br>Information Controls Fellowship Program<br>Open Technology Fund<br>Deadline: February 19, 2024 11:59 PM Pacific Time<br><a href="https://www.opentech.fund/fellowships/icfp/">https://www.opentech.fund/fellowships/icfp/</a><br><br>Datafication and Democracy Fund<br>Data Privacy Brasil, the Paradigm Initiative and the Aapti Institute<br>Deadline: February 29, 2024<br><a href="https://conteudos.dataprivacy.com.br/datification-and-democracy-fund-ddf">https://conteudos.dataprivacy.com.br/datification-and-democracy-fund-ddf</a><br><br>Grant On Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence<br>The U.S. State Department's Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues<br>Deadline: March 5, 2024<br><a href="https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/351666">https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/351666</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>Asia Meetup<br>Team CommUNITY<br>January 16, 2024<br>7am EST / 12pm UTC<br>Online<br><a href="https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_16_2024,_Asia_Meetup">https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_16_2024,_Asia_Meetup</a> <br><br>Digital Rights in Francophone Africa and MENA Meetup<br>Team CommUNITY<br>January 18, 2024<br>8am EST / 1pm UTC<br>Online<br><a href="https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_18_2024,_Digital_Rights_in_Francophone_Africa_and_MENA_Meetup">https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_18_2024,_Digital_Rights_in_Francophone_Africa_and_MENA_Meetup</a><br><br>Glitter Meetup: Platform Cooperativism In India<br>Team CommUNITY<br>January 18, 2024<br>9am EST / 2pm UTC<br>Online<br><a href="https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_18_2024_GM">https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_18_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>LATAM Meetup<br>Team CommUNITY<br>January 24, 2024<br>5:30pm EST / 10:30pm UTC<br><a href="https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=24_de_Enero,_2024_LATAM">https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=24_de_Enero,_2024_LATAM</a><br><br><br>Artificial Intelligence: How AI Tools are Impacting the Arts <br>Copper Union<br>24 January 2024<br>6:30 to 8 PM EST<br><a href="https://cooper.edu/events-and-exhibitions/events/artificial-intelligence-how-ai-tools-are-impacting-arts?utm_source=Cooper+Union+Newsletters&utm_campaign=749a170f1d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_07_26_11_22_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-69d53efb28-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=749a170f1d&mc_eid=19a850538d">https://cooper.edu/events-and-exhibitions/events/artificial-intelligence-how-ai-tools-are-impacting-arts?utm_source=Cooper+Union+Newsletters&utm_campaign=749a170f1d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_07_26_11_22_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-69d53efb28-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=749a170f1d&mc_eid=19a850538d</a> <br><br>Glitter Meetup: Digital Safety in Libya: A Helpdesk Overview<br>Team CommUNITY<br>January 25, 2024<br>9am EST / 2pm UTC<br>Online<br><a href="https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_25_2024_GM">https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_25_2024_GM</a> <br><br>Africa Meetup<br>Team CommUNITY<br>January 25, 2024<br>10am EST / 3pm UTC<br>Online<br><a href="https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_25_2024,_Africa_Meetup">https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_25_2024,_Africa_Meetup</a><br><br>MENA Meetup<br>Team CommUNITY<br>January 25, 2024<br>12pm EST / 5pm UTC<br>Online<br><a href="https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_25_2024,_MENA_Meetup">https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=January_25_2024,_MENA_Meetup</a> <br><br>Check out a list of our virtual events here:<br><a href="https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=Calendar_of_Events">https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=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>✎ Lead Developer – Lumivera | Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project<br>+ Remote in Europe (0 - +4 GMT)<br><a href="https://www.occrp.org/en/occrp-jobs/lead-developer-lumivera">https://www.occrp.org/en/occrp-jobs/lead-developer-lumivera</a><br><br>✎ Senior Software Engineer - Editing Team | Wikimedia Foundation<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://grnh.se/f6bb19b01us">https://grnh.se/f6bb19b01us</a><br><br>✎ Mobile UX/UI Interaction Designer | OpenArchive<br>+ Remote<br><a href="http://open-archive.org/jobs/mobile-designer">http://open-archive.org/jobs/mobile-designer</a><br><br>✎ Linux Systems Administrator | PEReN (Center of expertise for digital platform regulation)<br>+ Paris, France<br><a href="https://www.passerelles.economie.gouv.fr/offre-de-emploi/emploi-administratrice-teur-systeme-linux-peren-205-h-f_14578.aspx">https://www.passerelles.economie.gouv.fr/offre-de-emploi/emploi-administratrice-teur-systeme-linux-peren-205-h-f_14578.aspx</a><br><br>✎ Senior monitoring evaluation and learning specialist | Association for Progressive Communications<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://www.apc.org/en/news/come-work-us-apc-looking-senior-monitoring-evaluation-and-learning-mel-specialist">https://www.apc.org/en/news/come-work-us-apc-looking-senior-monitoring-evaluation-and-learning-mel-specialist</a><br><br>✎ Senior /Programme Officer (Censorship) | Article19<br>+ USA based (remote/flexible)<br><a href="https://article.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoard/Opening.aspx?v=e0075723-e6ee-48e3-a2fc-930b68500403">https://article.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoard/Opening.aspx?v=e0075723-e6ee-48e3-a2fc-930b68500403</a> <br><br>✎ Privacy Rights Fellowship (Part-Time, Internship) | Oakland Privacy<br>+ California, USA<br><a href="https://oaklandprivacy.org/were-hiring-2024-privacy-rights-fellowship/">https://oaklandprivacy.org/were-hiring-2024-privacy-rights-fellowship/</a><br><br>✎ Director of digital and information security | Open Briefing<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://www.openbriefing.org/blog/director-of-digital-and-information-security/">https://www.openbriefing.org/blog/director-of-digital-and-information-security/</a><br><br>✎ External Project Evaluator | Center for Digital Resilience<br>+ Remote<br><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jd7xTOwRyaK756bke4_iY77PsXfGJiHNUYug7lqyMYY/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jd7xTOwRyaK756bke4_iY77PsXfGJiHNUYug7lqyMYY/edit?usp=sharing</a><br><br>✎ US Program Assistant | WITNESS Inc<br>+ Remote in USA<br><a href="https://witness.bamboohr.com/careers/53?source=aWQ9MTA%3D">https://witness.bamboohr.com/careers/53?source=aWQ9MTA%3D</a><br><br>If you feel like sending some digital glitter our way, or need further assistance, feel free to reply to this message.<br>_________________________________________________<br><br>### Know someone that wants to subscribe to our newsletter? ###<br><br>They can sign up here:<br><a href="https://www.digitalrights.community/weekly-newsletter">https://www.digitalrights.community/weekly-newsletter</a> <br><br>### Want to partner with us?###<br><br>If you have any questions or want to learn more about partnerships, get in touch at team@digitalrights.community. We are always looking for like-minded organizations and people.<br><br>(((Hugs & light)))<br>--<br>Team CommUNITY at ARTICLE 19<br>www.digitalrights.community<br>Organizers of the Global Gathering<br>PGP: 2E1D CC33 A362 0BD6 236E  540A F60A 89AD 6FF9 7A2F<br><br>You can now submit your news for the Digital Rights weekly directly.<br>To post your job opportunities, submit your opportunities to our Job Board.</div>