[Festival] IFF Weekly | April 16 – 20

[IFF Team]

Dear Friends,

This newsletter is at the service of the community to highlight
interesting updates, open positions, events and resources for the
Internet Freedom defenders around the world. If you want to submit
something for the next newsletter, please email
team at internetfreedomfestival.org
<mailto:team at internetfreedomfestival.org>.Here are your updates for the
week of April 16 – 20:

 ### News and Updates ###

*** Russia to ban Telegram messenger over encryption dispute ***A
Russian court on Friday ordered that access to the Telegram messenger
service be blocked  in Russia, heralding possible communication
disruption for millions of
users.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-telegram-block/russia-to-ban-telegram-messenger-over-encryption-dispute-idUSKBN1HK10B?il=0

*** Chad has blocked social messaging apps and BBC ***
Internet Sans Frontieres Executive Director shares thoughts on the
recent Internet Shutdowns in Chad for Quartz. From as early as March 28,
users reported platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Viber
were
blocked.https://qz.com/1247234/chad-has-blocked-social-messaging-apps-bbc-amid-political-and-economic-anxiety/

*** Six Indian States Issued Internet Shutdowns *** In April, six Indian
states issued Internet shutdowns, but only two followed procedures and
rules laid in place. According to the Software Freedom Law Centre, there
have been 161 instances of internet shutdowns in the country since 2012,
with a bulk of them happening in recent years - 31 in 2016, 70 in 2017
and, to-date, 32 in
2018.https://scroll.in/article/874565/internet-shutdown-most-states-continue-to-block-services-without-adhering-to-the-centres-new-rules


### Events Calendar ###

Please note that we only feature events with a code of conduct. Have a
look at the full Internet Freedom Events Calendar over here:
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/internet-freedom-events-calendar/


⚐ RightsCon | 16 May, 2018
+ Toronto, Canada
+ https://www.rightscon.org/

⚐ Allied Media Conference | 14 June, 2018
+ Detroit, USA
+ https://www.alliedmedia.org/amc       

⚐ State of Our Networks | 13-18 July, 2018+ Call for Participation now
open!+ Toronto, Canada+ https://ournetworks.ca/
⚐ Free and Open Communications on the Internet (FOCI '18) | 14 August, 2018
+ Baltimore, USA
+ Accepting submissions now!+ https://www.usenix.org/conference/foci18


### Job Opportunities ###

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

✎ Executive Director | The Engine Room+Remote
+ https://the-engine-room.breezy.hr/p/4470a1654fb501-executive-director

✎ Tech Manager | Committee to Protect Journalists+New York, USA
+ https://cpj.org/about/jobs.php#TechManager

✎ Back-end Developer (DevOps+DataManagement+NodeJS) | Project on
Organizing, Development, Education, and Research (PODER)+Mexico City, Mexico
+
https://www.projectpoder.org/es/2018/03/puesto-desarrolladora-back-end-senior/

✎ ICT Coordinator | Internews+Kiev, Ukraine
+
https://chm.tbe.taleo.net/chm04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=833&_ga=2.92343454.288373423.1523287568-308235945.1511784297https://qz.com/1247234/chad-has-blocked-social-messaging-apps-bbc-amid-political-and-economic-anxiety/


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The IFF Team
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