[Festival] IFF Weekly | May 21 - 25

[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 May 21 – May 25:


### News and Updates ###


*** Amazon is helping Governments track people in real time through 
facial recognition ***


The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) watchdog group on Tuesday sent 
Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos a letter calling on his company to 
stop selling facial-recognition software to government entities like the 
Portland-area county, which has used the cloud-computing service to 
compare images of people in public places to its database of criminal 
suspects. ACLU urges, “People should be free to walk down the street 
without being watched by the government”.


https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/aclu-asks-amazon-to-stop-selling-facial-recognition-tools-to-governments/


*** Who controls the internet? ***


The Internet belongs to us all. It is distributed across a decentralized 
network of computers that no single authority can own. That’s the dream. 
The reality is different. How do we rebalance the power between the 
biggest Internet companies and the billions of us who use their services 
every day? Can we distribute more control of Web technologies, using 
peer-to-peer, blockchain and new organizing principles for social media?


https://internethealthreport.org/2018/category/decentralization/


*** Visa applications and data collection ***


Applying for a visa is the stage of travel when we have to relinquish 
the most data about ourselves, and yet it is also the point at which we 
have the least control over that data and how it is used. Invasive 
techniques are commonly justified under the pretext of “security,” 
“counter-terrorism,” or to counter “fraud.”  This article looks at the 
data that's collected when we apply for a visa, and its possible 
implications.


https://ourdataourselves.tacticaltech.org/posts/40-applying-for-a-visa/



### 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/


⚐ You Belong Here ACLU | 10-12 June, 2018

+ Washington, D.C., USA

https://www.alliedmedia.org/amc <https://conference.aclu.org/ehome/314332>


⚐ 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/


### Job Opportunities ###


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


✎ Information Security Technologist | Human Rights Watch+ New York 
preferred

https://recruiting.ultipro.com/HUM1004HRW/JobBoard/1f3f0ff9-99fb-4df2-8d3b-d832e12107eb/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=2b836d55-5ded-4db1-be2d-05b60c30b9a7

✎ Grant Manager | Callisto

+ Montreal, Canada (possibility of working remotely)

https://equalit.ie/job-post/grant-manager/


✎ Tech-oriented board members | NetFreedom Pioneers+ Remote

https://www.netfreedompioneers.org/careers/



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Lots of love,

The IFF Team

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