[IFF] January 21 to 25

[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 21-25 of January:


*** Major Internet Disruptions In Venezuela Amid Protests ***

NetBlocks Internet Observatory has detected major internet disruptions
in Venezuela affecting YouTube, Google Search, servers for Android
mobile platform and other services.  Check out the complete report here:

https://netblocks.org/reports/major-internet-disruptions-in-venezuela-amid-protests-4JBQ2kyo


*** Wear the Roar! 20% Off on all IFF Swag for a Limited Time ***

We have added new and wild 2019 IFF swag to our online store, and now it
can be yours at a discounted price for a limited time! Use the promo
code WEARTHEROAR at checkout to get a 20% discount. Valid until January
31. The new Narwhal and Bat t-shirt and tote bag designs are selling
fast, and we only have a limited number of them available. Get yours
before we sell out! By the way, all our swag is certified consciously
sourced and produced

https://internetfreedomfestival.org/swag/


*** Applications Open for IGLOO. ***

IGLOO is a program by Qurium Media Foundation offering independent
journalists and human rights organizations from repressive regimes
holistic security solutions. This includes secure hosting, security
audits, a mentorship program, digital forensic analysis, and moer.
Enrollment period is January to October 2019.

https://www.qurium.org/igloo/apply


*** Magma is Looking for Case Studies***

New project Magma is building a scalable, reproducible, standard
methodology to measure, document, and circumvent internet censorship,
information controls, internet blackouts and surveillance in a way that
will be streamlined and used in practice by researchers, frontline
activists, journalists and others. The framework will enable individuals
to properly structure an activity plan, make informed decisions
regarding required tools, and analyze the data produced by such tools.
If you would like to share your case study, please reach out to them.

https://magma.lavafeld.org/

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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/

TICS: Topics on Internet Censorship and Surveillance | March 24-28, 2019
+ Valencia, Spain
https://www.iaria.org/conferences2019/filesICN19/TICS.pdf

Internet Freedom Festival | April 1-5, 2019
+ Valencia, Spain
https://internetfreedomfestival.org

RightsCon | June 11-14, 2019
+ Tunis, Tunisia
https://www.rightscon.org/

EuRuKo | June 21-22, 2019
+ Rotterdam, The Netherlands
https://euruko2019.org/

IFF Glitter Meetups | Every Thursday at 10am EST
+ IFF Mattermost Square Channel
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/

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### Job Opportunities ###

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

✎ Developer | Publeaks Mobile Prototype
+ Amsterdam
https://publeaks.org/

✎ Information Controls Fellow | Citizen Lab
+ Toronto, Canada
https://citizenlab.ca/2019/01/2019-otf-information-controls-fellowship/

✎ Technology Officer | Civil Rights Defenders
+ Stockholm, Sweden
https://crd.org/2019/01/11/civil-rights-defenders-is-looking-for-a-technology-officer/

✎ Network Security Analyst | Stratosphere Labs, Czech Technical University
+ Prague, Czech Republic or Remote
https://www.civilsphereproject.org/job-opportunities/

✎ Software Developer (PHP) | Passbolt
+ Luxembourg
https://careers.passbolt.com/openings/product/php-developer.html

✎ Designer (UX/UI) | Passbolt
+ Luxembourg
https://careers.passbolt.com/openings/product/designer.html

✎ Software Developer | Urgent Action Fund, Asia & Pacific (UAF A&P)
+ Remote
https://www.uafanp.org/work-with-us

✎ Movement Building Support Coordinator | APC
+ South / Southeast Asia
https://www.apc.org/en/node/35233/

✎ Administrative and Finance Assistant | APC
+ South / Southeast Asia
https://www.apc.org/en/node/35234/

✎ Backend Software Engineer | Callisto
+ San Francisco, CA
http://bit.ly/2BvD8RM

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The IFF Team