[Festival] IFF Weekly | May 29 - June 2

[IFF Team]

Dear friends,

Thanks so much for your feedback on the IFF Weekly! While it warms our
hearts to hear your glittery approval of what we do here, we always
welcome any kind of feedback on how we can make this and everything else
we do the best resource for the community.

Thanks especially to those who are providing awesome feedback on
Mattermost! Don’t wait until the IFF in March, request an invite today:
(https://community.internetfreedomfestival.org/signup_user_complete/?id=71jwiewte7bb9rqq85s3d8to5w).
Of course, we’re always here on e-mail or on Twitter (@InternetFF)!

Here are the updates for May 29 – June 2:

### News and Updates ###

** Citizen Lab’s “Tainted Leaks" **

“Our report uncovers a major disinformation and cyber espionage campaign
with hundreds of targets...our report provides further evidence of the
often-overlooked targeting of civil society in cyber espionage
campaigns.  Civil society -- including journalists, academics,
opposition figures, and activists -- comprise the second largest group
(21%) of targets, after government.”

https://citizenlab.org/2017/05/tainted-leaks-disinformation-phish/

** Chatbots on WhatsApp for newsgathering in remote areas of Sudan **

An interesting story from our friends at Free Press Unlimited about a
Sudanese radio station that uses WhatsApp to gather news and information
from the ground. You might remember the workshop by Radio Dabanga during
the last IFF.

https://www.freepressunlimited.org/en/blog/journalism-through-chat-media

** Guardian Project seeks volunteers for Usability Study on Friday **

Do you ever do mobile trainings in a place with bad, blocked or no
internet access at all? Do you ever need to distribute apps to a large
number of mobile devices? If so, Carrie from the Guardian project would
like to hear from you and have you help test a tool to distribute apps
and other media to Android devices.

The remote usability study will take 30-40 minutes of your time on a
video call on June 2. You will receive a $20 Amazon gift card for your
participation.

Interested? Please book a time slot at https://carriewinfrey.youcanbook.me


### Community Stories ###

Please share your story with the community! We hope the publication will
help is to help build connections from within and inspire those who need
to know more about the work we do. We’re looking for work that covers:

+ Our Tools: Stories, Starting Points & Successes
+ Diversity & Inclusion in our Community
+ Community Profiles

More details in our intro post at:
https://medium.com/iff-community-stories/share-your-internet-freedom-story-35408bf885f7


### Upcoming Events ###

* Open Source Bridge *
+ When: June 20-23, 2017
+ Where: Portland, OR
+ Website: http://opensourcebridge.org/

Open Source Bridge is an annual conference focused on building open
source community and citizenship through four days of technical talks,
hacking sessions, and collaboration opportunities. Participants include
developers, hardware hackers, community organizers, and people involved
in the business of open source.

* Allied Media Conference *
+ When: June 15-18, 2017
+ Where: Detroit (MI), USA
+ Website: https://www.alliedmedia.org/amc

A collaborative laboratory of media-based organizing strategies. The
Allied Media Conference is a collaboratively designed event. Conference
content is curated with care every year by 100+ volunteer coordinators
of tracks, practice spaces, and network gatherings. We define "media" as
anything you use to communicate with the world. You are a media-maker!

* 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.

Stipends for assistance are available! The deadline for application is
May 31: https://petsymposium.org/2017/stipends.php

* 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.

!! IFF is in the planning stages of helping out with a “Net Freedom”
village at SHA2017. Please reply if you’re interested in supporting or
joining the village !!

* 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.


### Community Spotlights ###

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 team :)

Name: Ayden Férdeline (@ferdeline)
+ Availability: Full-time, available from July.
+ Location: London at present, but open to opportunities anywhere.
+ Ideal position: Policy Analyst
+ Skills: tracking and monitoring policy developments; stakeholder
relationship management; grassroots advocacy and digital campaigning;
qualitative research; writing and editing.
+ Areas of interest: Internet governance; surveillance, privacy, and
data protection; access, affordability, and net neutrality; human rights.
+ Past projects: Please reach out to me off-list, and I can share with
you some of the reports I have either written or co-authored. Thank you!
+ Resume: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline/
+ See also: https://pic.twitter.com/QW0NUlw4yE
+ Contact: ayden at ferdeline.com


### Job Opportunities ###
You know the greatest thing about our Job Board? It’s entirely driven by
your submissions and community support! Please spread the word to all
those in the market for a new candidate or job opportunity. Submit there
and we’ll include your job here in the weekly too!

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

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

✎ * Research Fellow - Ranking Digital Rights *
+ Location: Washington DC (US) or Remote
+
http://newamerica.applytojob.com/apply/awjMOOdLfl/Research-Fellow-Ranking-Digital-Rights

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Peace and love,
The IFF Team