[IFF] Weekly | July 1-5

[IFF Team]

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 July 1-5: 



*** Solidarity Call-to-Action: Myanmar ***
Myanmar is still  experiencing Internet blackouts in various locations
throughout the country. UN Investigator Yanghee Lee is reporting that
possible new war crimes are taking place in Rakhine and Chin states amid
the communications blackout.

Stand in solidarity and demand that the Internet blackout is ended. To
help, follow hashtags #StopInternetShutdownMM #keepiton, and post to
social media at 5:00pm MMT / +6.30 UTC every day until the government
restores the Internet.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/07/investigator-reports-war-crimes-myanmar-190703023914887.html


*** Chinese Border Guards put Secret Surveillance App on Tourists'
Phones ***
Chinese border police are secretly installing surveillance apps on the
phones of visitors and downloading personal information as part of the
government’s intensive scrutiny of the remote Xinjiang region.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/02/chinese-border-guards-surveillance-app-tourists-phones


*** Digital Freedom Groups Caution UK on Content Regulation ***
The Open Technology Institute and Electronic Frontier Foundation want
the UK to clarify just how they are going to regulate online content,
concerned a proposal to do so is too broad and not sufficiently clear.

https://www.multichannel.com/news/digital-freedom-groups-caution-uk-on-content-regulation


*** Calling all Artists!  ***
Thoughtworks Arts  has an open call for their residency. They are
seeking folks to investigate alternative routes to monopolistic AI
practices that effectively lock out and  disempower others. Apply before
July 31st.

https://thoughtworksarts.io/open-call/2019-democratization-ai-blockchain/


*** Second Round of Whistleblowing Fund Open***
The Digital Whistleblowing Fund is now open for new applications from
European projects reporting on gender based violence, the rights of
minorities, migrants and refugees. The fund enables investigative
journalism groups and human rights grassroots organizations to receive
support in starting a secure digital whistleblowing initiative.

https://www.whistleblowingfund.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/

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

Citizen Lab Summer Institute | July 31 - August 2, 2019
+ Toronto, Canada
https://citizenlab.ca/summerinstitute/

IETF 105 | July 20-26, 2019
+ Montreal, Canada
https://www.ietf.org/how/meetings/105/

FOCI '19 | August 13, 2019
+ Santa Clara, CA
https://www.usenix.org/conference/foci19

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

--------

### 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/

✎ Regional Editor | IFEX
+ Remote
https://ifex.org/careers/ifex-regional-editor-for-middle-east-and-north-africa/

✎ Geschäftsführer*in / CEO | Open Knowledge Foundation Germany
+ Berlin, Germany
https://okfn.de/blog/2019/06/ausschreibung-geschaeftsfuehrung/

✎ Creative Director | Wikimedia Foundation
+ San Francisco, CA or Remote
https://grnh.se/a81139b61

✎ Software Engineer | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
https://grnh.se/ae84723a1

✎ Head of Strategy & Business Development | Callisto
+ San Francisco, CA
https://jobs.lever.co/projectcallisto/3211cb25-b140-4355-b969-3a4431800b3c

Need to unsubscribe or change your delivery address or other options?
Head to https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/options/festival and enter your
email address. If that doesn’t work, or you just feel like sending some
digital glitter our way, feel free to reply to this message for assistance.

(((Much Glitter)))

The IFF Team
team at internetfreedomfestival.org
0xF60A89AD6FF97A2F