[IFF] September 24-28

[IFF Team]

Dear friends,

This newsletter is a service for the community of Internet Freedom
defenders around the world! Send us interesting updates, open positions,
events and resources and we will share it in our next newsletter.
Contact us at team at internetfreedomfestival.org.

Here are your updates for the week of September 24-28:

### News and Updates ##

*** Dispatches from the Fight Against Unwarranted Surveillance ***
“There was a tactical shift,” Raoof says, and governments began
outsourcing surveillance activities to private companies and
individuals. “It minimizes the fingerprints,” and “is more efficient...”

https://internethealthreport.org/2018/dispatches-from-the-fight-against-unwarranted-surveillance/


*** Introducing the Cloudflare Onion Service ***
This is great news for privacy advocates! Among the many benefits, the
Cloudflare Onion Service will make browsing Cloudflare managed sites via
Tor fast, enhance efforts to properly handle abusive requests, improve
the UX experience of Tor users by removing the CAPTCHA issues, and much
more!

https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-onion-service/


*** Bangladesh professor held for Facebook comments on PM ***
Bangladeshi university lecturer has been suspended and detained for
making allegedly derogatory remarks on Facebook about the prime minister

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/bangladesh-professor-held-for-facebook-comments-on-pm-10760628


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### 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/

Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica) | September 26–28, 2018
+ Accra, Ghana
https://cipesa.org/


Internet Governance Forum | November 12-14, 2018
+ Paris, France
http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2018-0

Me, We And The Machine @ The Institute of Technology, Gender, Sexuality
and Rights December 9-15, 2018
+ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
http://erinmriley.com/artwork/3113517-Nudes-9.html

Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum
April 23 - 25, 2019
+ Lagos Nigeria
https://drif.paradigmhq.org

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### Job Opportunities ###

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

✎Project Officer Digital Defenders Partnership | HIVOS
+ The Hague
https://www.hivos.org/vacancy/project-officer-digital-defenders-partnership/

✎ Senior Privacy & Technology Policy Counsel | NYCLU
+ New York City
https://www.nyclu.org/en/jobs/senior-policy-counsel-or-strategist-privacy-technology

✎ Grant Writer | The Tor Project
+ Seattle, WA or Remote
https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs-grantwriter.html.en

✎ Grants Manager | The Tor Project
+ Seattle, WA or Remote
https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs-grantsmanager.html.en

✎ Bookkeeper/Payroll Specialist | The Tor Project
+ Seattle, WA or Remote
https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs-payrollspecialist.html.en

✎ Senior Systems Administrator | The Tor Project
+ Seattle, WA or Remote
https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs-sysadmin.html.en