[Festival] IFF Weekly | April 30 – May 4

[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.


Here are your updates for the week of April 30 – May 4:


### News and Updates ###


*** Call for researchers: understanding digital threats to activists ***

This project aims to better understand the physical, digital, legal or
psycho-social support activists need following a digital attack or
incident. Selected researchers from Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa,
and Southeast Asia will have the chance to conduct short-term, paid
consultancies.


https://www.theengineroom.org/call-for-researchers-digital-threats-to-activists/


*** Our Data, Our Selves ***

Don't miss the "Our Data, Our Selves" project, examining the impact of
data collection and profiling in social media, event apps, booking
flights and more.


https://ourdataourselves.tacticaltech.org/


*** Digital and physical security advice for journalists ***

Umbrella App is offering free lessons and advice for journalists on how
to manage digital and physical security while on the move, anything from
sending a secure email to secure travel. It’s open-source and free to
use. Download available here goo.gl/nKWQrh and on the website.


https://www.secfirst.org


### 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 | 16-18 May, 2018

+ Toronto, Canada

https://www.rightscon.org/


⚐ Allied Media Conference | 14-17 June, 2018

+ Detroit, USA

https://www.alliedmedia.org/amc     


⚐ State of Our Networks | 13-18 July, 2018

+ Toronto, Canada

https://ournetworks.ca/


⚐ Free and Open Communications on the Internet (FOCI '18) | 14 August, 2018

+ Baltimore, USA

https://www.usenix.org/conference/foci18


### Job Opportunities ###


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


✎ Chief of Party - Internet Freedom/Internet Governance | Counterpart
International

+ Arlington, US

https://recruiting.ultipro.com/COU1004COUNT/JobBoard/311ebbe2-8c13-4f9e-a674-863e60ad790f/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=067314c2-97cf-4f7c-abd7-2f9d2be93a88


✎ Business Development and Sales Lead  | Callisto

+ San Francisco, US

https://jobs.lever.co/projectcallisto/3211cb25-b140-4355-b969-3a4431800b3c?lever-origin=applied&lever-source%5B%5D=Internet%20Freedom


✎ Newsroom Support Engineer for SecureDrop | Freedom of the Press Foundation

+ Flexible, remote possible

https://freedom.press/jobs/job-opening-newsroom-support-engineer-securedrop/


✎ Administrative Assistant | Online News Association

+ Washington DC, US

https://journalists.org/about/jobs/administrative-assistant/


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Lots of love,

The IFF Team

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