[Festival] IFF Weekly October 9-13

[IFF Team]

Dear friends,

We hope you had a safe and meaningful week. With lots of love, here are
your community updates for the week of October 9-13:


*** 2018 Diversity and Inclusion Fund Now Accepting Applicants ***


Last year we launched the first edition of the Internet Freedom
Festival’s Diversity & Inclusion Fund, a pioneer initiative designed to
give voice to underrepresented groups and increase their presence within
the larger Internet Freedom community.


Now, with the help of our fantastic supporters, the Diversity and
Inclusion Fund is back to provide travel assistance opportunities to
session hosts for the 2018 IFF. Session hosts coming from Latin America,
Sub-Saharan Africa, MENA, Easter Europe, South Asia and South East Asia
may apply.


Register, submit your sessions, and apply to the Diversity and Inclusion
Fund today!


https://platform.internetfreedomfestival.org


### News and Updates ###


***Netizen Report: From Puerto Rico to Bangladesh, Mobile Blackouts
Exacerbate Humanitarian Crisis***

Global Voices Advocacy's Netizen Report offers an international snapshot
of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around
the world.


https://advox.globalvoices.org/2017/09/30/netizen-report-from-puerto-rico-to-bangladesh-mobile-blackouts-exacerbate-humanitarian-crisis/


***Human Rights Watch Urges Egypt to Halt Crackdown on LGBTQ Community***

“After concertgoers shared photos of the rainbow flag display on social
media, pro-government media went on an overdrive attack and conservative
politicians and religious leaders demanded that the government take
action. Police arrested one man on September 23 through entrapment on a
dating app, a common police technique in Egypt, and claimed he had been
among those to wave a flag.”


https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/09/30/egypt-stop-anti-lgbt-crackdown-intimidation


***Participate in OONI Run***

OONI Run lets you run censorship measurement tests, and monitor the
blocking of your website around the world. Let's fight internet
censorship together!


<https://t.co/3jhnIKiFkF>

ooni.torproject.org/post/ooni-run/ <https://t.co/3jhnIKiFkF>


***The brilliant life and brutal death of Bassel Khartabil***
Boing Boing just published a piece on Bassel Khartabil.


Check it out here: https://boingboing.net/2017/09/27/code-is-law.html

Also, don’t forget to help with the #Justice4Bassel ThunderClap. Tweet:
“I DEMAND Bassel Khartabil's DATE OF DEATH and REMAINS returned to his
family for mourning to begin #freebassel

https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/60420-justice-4-bassel


### 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!


* OpenCon LatAm*

+ When: 12-13 October 2017

+ Where: Mexico City, Mexico

+ Website: http://www.opencon2017.org/opencon_2017_latam


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


*CampaignCon*

+ When: 7-9 November 2017

+ Where: Johannesburg, South Africa

+ Website: https://campaigncon.org/


* Internetdagarna*

+ When: 20-21 November 2017

+ Where: Stockholm, Sweden

+ Website: https://internetdagarna.se/


* Simposio LAVITS 2017 *

+ When: 29 November - 01 December 2017
+ Where: Santiago, Chile
+ Website: http://lavits2017.datosprotegidos.org/


* Primavera Hacker *

+ When: 2-3 December 2017
+ Where: Santiago, Chile
+ Website: https://phacker.org/convocatoria.html#convocatoria


* Global Voices Summit *

+ When: 2-3 December 2017
+ Where: Colombo, Sri Lanka
+ Website:
https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/16/announcing-the-2017-global-voices-summit-join-us-in-colombo-sri-lanka-on-december-2-3/


* SRCCON: WORK*

+ When: 7-8 December 2017

+ Where: Philadelphia, PA

+ Website: https://work.srccon.org/


### Job Opportunities ###

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


✎ * Chief Technologist- eQualit.ie*

+ Montreal, Canada (Remote OK)

https://equalit.ie/job-post/chief-technologist/


✎ *Bot hunters – Developers and Analysts For the Deflect Labs Team-
eQualit.ie*

+ Flexible

https://equalit.ie/job-post/bot-hunters/


✎ * Event Coordinator- Electronic Frontier Foundation *

+ San Francisco, U.S.

https://www.eff.org/opportunities/jobs/event-coordinator


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Peace and love,

The IFF Team

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