[IFF] Weekly | August 26-30

Thu Aug 29 22:31:50 CEST 2019

Dear friends,

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

Here are our updates for the week of August 26-30:

*** Kashmir Update: Diverse Pakistani Groups Condemn Internet & Comms
Blackout ***

Sixty-six women’s rights, human rights, digital rights and feminists
groups in Pakistan have endorsed a statement condemning the internet and
communications blackout in Kashmir. Currently, they are on the 24th day
of complete shutdown of communications.

https://digitalrightsfoundation.pk/66-womens-rights-human-rights-digital-rights-and-feminists-groups-endorse-statement-on-internet-blackout-in-kashmir/

*** Send in your CEP Applications this Week! ***

As you may know, last week we launched our new Community Empowerment
Program, designed to support community builders working at the
intersection of human rights and technology. Don’t wait for the last
minute and send your application today! If you have  questions, you can
always reach us at team at internetfreedomfestival.org, or in the IFF
Square channel on our Mattermost instance.

Hurry up! Applications close on September 6:
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/community-empowerment-program

*** Announcing Coffee & Circumvention: 9 Cities and Counting ***

We are happy to announce the launch of Coffee & Circumvention (C&C), a
monthly, community run and owned meetup that happens simultaneously in
various cities throughout the world on the third Thursday of every
month. The next gathering will take place on September 19 in nine
cities, including: Amsterdam, Abuja, Dublin, London, Ciudad de México,
Santiago de Chile, San Francisco, and Taipei.

C&C will bring together technologists, artists, journalists, citizens
and others interested in digital rights, online privacy and security,
and open technology. Topics and events will reflect the interests and
needs of the local communities. If you are interested in having your
city join, please reach out to sandy at internetfreedomfestival.org.  For
those of you that remember TA3M, C&C is a type of rebirth with more magick.

For more information, and to see the details of each city, visit the
following link. Please note that some cities have not publicized their
details yet:
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Coffee_%26_Circumvention

*** OkThanks Publish Exploratorium ***

After 8 months of research and studies, OkThanks has released
Exploratorium a compendium of resources to help projects get useful
feedback from users. Specifically, it features 12 activities that
projects can use to engage their community, build relationships and
gather more data to better identify their audience, and improve
usability, adoption, features, localization and more.

https://okthanks.com/blog/12activities-engage-communities-feedback-2019/8/23

*** New Protest Tactics in Hong Kong ***

Security First has been compiling a list of new protest tactics being
used in Hong Kong. Among them, the use of Telegram for organizing, hand
signals for communication, umbrellas to block CCTV and facial
recognition technologies, and Apple Airdrop to anonymously pass
information, among others.
 https://medium.com/@roryireland/new-protest-tactics-in-hong-kong-674ae256af1

### Grants, Fellowships, & Awards ###

Send us your opportunities, and we will include them in our newsletter!

Alfred Friendly Press Partners Fellowship
Deadline: August 31, 2019
http://presspartners.org/fellowship-applications/

Digital Whistleblowing Fund
Deadline: August 31, 2019
https://www.whistleblowingfund.org/

The Community Prototype Fund (CPF)
Deadline: Rolling Basis
https://www.opentech.fund/funds/community-prototype-fund/

### 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/

IFF Glitter Meetup | Every Thursday
9am EDT | 3pm ECT | 1pm UCT | 9pm CST
+ IFF Mattermost Square Channel
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Glitter_Meetup

Trends Against Social Movements in Surveillance & Censorship | September 19
+ New York, NY
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trends-against-social-movements-in-surveillance-censorship-tickets-67574504161

Coffee & Circumvention London | September 19
+ London, England
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/coffee-circumvention-london-september-2019-tickets-68691220289

Our Networks 2019 RE: Infrastructures | September 20-22, 2019
+ Toronto, Ontario
https://ournetworks.ca/

Maintainers III | October 6 - 9, 2019
+ Washington, DC
http://themaintainers.org/miii

Tech Intersections 2020 | January 25, 2020
+ Oakland, CA
https://mailchi.mp/24058b8e09fe/tech-intersections-2020-call-for-speakers

IXDA | February 2 - 7, 2020
+ Milan, Italy
https://interaction20.ixda.org/index.html

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### Job Opportunities ###

Share your job opportunities with us to be featured on our newsletter.
All job opportunities are available at:
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/job-board/

✎ Communications Associate | Access Now
+ San José, Costa Rica or New York City, USA
https://www.accessnow.org/rightscon-communications-associate-san-jose-cr-or-nyc/

✎ Accountant | Access Now
+ New York City, NY
https://www.accessnow.org/accountant-nyc/

✎ Administrative Coordinator | Wikimedia Foundation
+ San Francisco, CA
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1814997?gh_src=00d80bc21

✎ Software Engineer, Search Platform | Wikimedia Foundation
+ San Francisco, CA or Remote
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1768759?gh_src=faf16e121

✎ Database Administrator | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1518456?gh_src=47b654fb1

✎ Program Coordinator, Emerging Threats and Opportunities | Witness
+ New York or Remote
https://www.witness.org/program-coordinator-emerging-threats-and-opportunities/

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