[IFF] Weekly | July 8-12

[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 8-12: 



*** Public Pressures Zoom to Fix Vulnerability ***

This week, a security researcher discovered a vulnerability in Zoom’s
mac client which allowed malicious entities to hijack a user’s webcam.
Zoom initially did nothing about it, saying the vulnerabilities were
“low risk.” A day later, after users protested, they reversed  their
course, and issued a patch that solved the security flaw. If you are a
Zoom user, make sure to update to the most recent version.

https://medium.com/@jonathan.leitschuh/zoom-zero-day-4-million-webcams-maybe-an-rce-just-get-them-to-visit-your-website-ac75c83f4ef5


*** Governments are Using Tech to Target Migrants ***

Governments are using migrants as a testing ground for many of their
so-called “innovations” including biometric schemes, invasive mobile
phone extraction procedures, and more. Migrants are now expected to hand
over their devices, their social media passwords, and even their DNA.

https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/2781/communities-risk-how-governments-are-using-tech-target-migrants


*** Turkish Think Tank Escalates Harassment of Journalists ***

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and 20 other human rights and freedom of
expression organisations condemn a Turkish pro-government think tank’s
report that accuses leading international media of being biased against
the government and singles out their correspondents for attack. The
organisations regard the report as a dangerous escalation in the
harassment of journalists.

https://ifex.org/turkish-think-tank-report-escalates-harassment-of-journalists/


*** Upcoming Glitter Meetup***

On July 18 at 9am EST/GMT-4, Glitter Meetup will have a special guest -
Eva Galperin from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. She will be
discussing stalkerware, how they impact victims of abuse, and what we
can do to help eradicate these types of software. Join us!

https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Glitter_Meetup


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

>>  Digital Integrity Fellowship Program via Open Tech Fund
Deadline: July 15th
https://www.opentech.fund/funds/difp/

>> Arts Contest by Center for Long Term Cyber-Security @ Berkely
Deadline July 30
https://cltc.berkeley.edu/artscontest/

>> Democratization of AI via Blockchain Residency, Thoughtworks Arts
Deadline: July 31
https://thoughtworksarts.io/open-call/2019-democratization-ai-blockchain/

>> Whistleblowing Fund
Deadline: July 31
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

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

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

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

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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/

✎ 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

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