[Festival] IFF Weekly | July 17 - 21

[IFF Team]

Dear friends,

We’re very proud to announce the 2018 IFF Fellows this week! That and
much more in your updates for the week of July 17 - 21:

### News and Updates ###

Don’t forget: Our News and Updates section is driven by you! Be sure to
include us in your rounds of announcements and campaign updates

*** 2018 IFF Fellows Announced ***

We’re proud to announce the 2018 IFF Fellows!  This diverse cohort of 20
professionals & community leaders from 17 different countries will work
together to review and select sessions for the 2018 festival program. We
were thrilled at the response, reviewing several hundred applications
that cut across many different boundaries, many of which came from
communities that are not well established within ours. We hope you’ll
join us in congratulating this amazing set of fellows and wish them luck
for the work they have ahead of them leading into the next festival!

https://internetfreedomfestival.org/fellows/

*** #FreeRightsDefenders : The Case of the Instanbul 10 imprisoned in
Turkey ***

“Under the post-coup attempt crackdown, there has been a huge number of
assaults on civil society, critical journalists and the political
opposition. But this is a direct attack on the backbone of human
rights....If this goes on, it is no exaggeration to say that civil
society as we know it — as something that can be critical of the
authorities, can hold people to account, is visible — won’t exist.”

Keep up to date on developments with the Instanbul 10 through the
hashtag #FreeRightsDefenders as the community continues to ask for the
release of our colleagues and friends, along with the hundreds of others
currently being held under emergency powers in Turkey.

http://m.bianet.org/english/human-rights/188233-support-from-5-continents-for-detained-human-rights-advocates
https://advox.globalvoices.org/2017/07/12/human-rights-defenders-are-still-behind-bars-in-turkey/

*** Action on Venezuela ***

#SilencedByForce: “So far, 92 people have been killed, over 1519 have
been injured, hundreds were detained, and countless other have suffered
the threat of violence. We expect these numbers to rise in the coming
weeks and we need the voice of the movement to condemn the illegal use
of violence and force.”

http://silencedbyforce.org

Venezuelan Plebiscite: “After 100 days of consecutive citizen protests,
the Venezuelan opposition and civil society groups called for a
plebiscite challenging the People’s Constitutyente proposed by
Presidente Maduro. 7,186,170 people voted inside and outside of the
country.” Read the article Eli Rivera, DIFF Fellow 2017 wrote on Global
Voices en español

https://es.globalvoices.org/2017/07/17/el-voto-de-rebeldia-del-pueblo-venezolano/

*** IranSec Report on Details of Phishing Attacks Human Rights Activists
and Journalists***

“In all three attacks, victims were redirected to a page with an address
very similar to addresses used by Google with content resembling a
Google login page. Each page was specifically designed for each victim
complete with their own avatar and name. In some cases, duration between
creation of the fraudulent domain and its use in the phishing scam was
very short, apparently in an attempt to decrease risk of detection by
Google or third party security experts.”

https://iransec.org/phishing-attack-2017-en/

*** Unleashing the Trolls Against Critics ***

“The story is increasingly a familiar one: a journalist or activist
speaks out against the status quo, and is confronted with a barrage of
abusive and violent remarks online. Public figures, representing the
status quo under threat, encourage or endorse the abuse, either through
action or inaction. The target of the attack is intimidated into
silence. The status quo holds strong.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/13/patriotic-trolling-how-governments-endorse-hate-campaigns-against-critics

*** New Initiative for Digital Safety/Org Sec Trainers Launching Soon ***

IREX is launching an initiative to support digital safety trainers
working in organizational security.  The initiative includes a granting
mechanism as well as travel support to global and regional summits for
exchanging knowledge and best practices. Selected trainers will
participate in a kick off Trainers’ Summit planned for November 2017.
This initiative is open to both individuals and organizations. Be on the
lookout for more information in the next IFF newsletter!

### Community Stories ###

We’ve got stories from Iran, Indonesia and India currently in the
pipeline for our IFF Community stories publication. Why not include yours?

Even if you’ve never written a blog post, our team is here to help you
get the word out about your work within the community and to a broader
audience.

Reply to this e-mail with a quick “story pitch” of 100 words or less or
any ideas you have to tell the world more about what you do.

https://medium.com/iff-community-stories


### Upcoming Events ###

Would you like to see a calendar of these and many other events online?
Let us know and please keep us informed about events you plan on attending!

* Encuentro Centromericano de Software Libre *
When: July 21-22, 2017
Where: San José, Costa Rica
Website: https://ecsl2017.softwarelibre.ca


200 activists and developers linked to the free software communities in
Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
and other Latin American countries will gather in San José, Costa Rica
for the Ninth Central American Free Software Meetup. For this edition
talk, workshop, working group and panel proposals have been received in
topics related to digital rights, development of free software and
hardware, open data, gender equity and diversity, public policy and
experiences on the implementation of free software in education and
entrepreneurship.

* Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS) *
+ When: July 18-21, 2017
+ Where: Minneapolis (MN), USA
+ Website: https://petsymposium.org/

The annual Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS) brings
together privacy experts from around the world to present and discuss
recent advances and new perspectives on research in privacy technologies.

* SHA2017 *
+ When: August 4-8, 2017
+ Where: Scoutinglandgoed in Zeewolde, Netherlands
+ Website: https://sha2017.org/

SHA2017 is an international non-profit outdoor hacker camp/conference.
The camp is organized for and by volunteers from and around all facets
of the international hacker community. Come join Camp Explody, our Net
Freedom camp where our friends from the EFF, FPF, and many others will
be camping!

* MyData 2017 *
+ When: August 30-Sep 1
+ Where: Tallinn (Estonia) & and (Helsinki, Finland)
+ Website: https://mydata2017.org/

MyData is a human centred approach in personal data management that
combines industry need to data with digital human rights. MyData 2017
conference brings together businesses, the research community, civil
society and government to shape the fundamentals on how personal data is
managed globally.

* CopyCamp 2017: Internet of Copyrighted Things *
+ When: September 28-29
+ Where: Warsaw, Poland
+ Website: http://copycamp.pl/en/

CopyCamp is the biggest conference about social and economic aspects of
copyright in Europe. It has been the place for a balanced, original, and
multi-sided debate, facilitating the exchange of ideas about exclusive
rights all over Europe and abroad. CopyCamp discusses the law, but it is
not a legal conference, reaching out to people active in culture,
education, science, government, and technology. This year we also wish
to invite those active in other areas, for example, health, food, or
security.


* COCONET (Southeast Asia Digital Rights Camp) *
+ When: 22-26 October 2017
+ Where: Bali or Yogyakarta, Indonesia
+ Website: http://www.engagemedia.org/Projects/camp-coconet/

COCONET (Connecting Communities & Networks) aims to enhance regional
networking, popularise digital rights issues, and expand digital rights
campaigns and movements by connecting policy advocates, researchers,
digital campaigners, media-makers, and technologists. COCONET is a
peer-based event where everyone will participate: bringingknowledge,
experiences, and skills to share.

CFP Deadline: August 10


### Spotlight! ###

Looking for new adventures in the Internet Freedom space? Drop us line
with your profile and we will feature it here to help you connect with
your next great project.

Name: Amran
+ Availability: September, 20 hours/week.
+ Location: United Kingdom, Looking for remote opportunities.
+ Ideal Projects: Projects that exist at the intersection of hard
technical problems and community interaction/management
+ Skills: Integration & Data Migration, Community Efforts
+ Areas of interest: Internet Freedom, Cooperative Organizations,
Events, Mutual Aid, Healthcare
+ Resume: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amx109/
+ Contact: amx109 at gmail.com


### Job Opportunities ###
Thanks to those in our Mattermost for providing these links to us the
past week. Not on Mattermost? Join in the conversation and request an
invite at:
https://community.internetfreedomfestival.org/signup_user_complete/?id=71jwiewte7bb9rqq85s3d8to5w

All submitted jobs are always available at:
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/job-board/

 ✎ * Campaigns Director – Open Media *
+ Vancouver (BC), Canada or Remote
+ https://openmedia.bamboohr.co.uk/jobs/view.php?id=14

✎ * Program Director – Allied Media Projects *
+ Detroit (MI)
+ https://mysociety.workable.com/jobs/520044

✎ * MDF-OTF Program Manager – Media Democracy Fund *
+ East Coast (US)
+ http://mediademocracyfund.org/mdf-is-hiring-2/

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The IFF Team