[IFF] Weekly | April 20 - 24

IFF Team team at internetfreedomfestival.org
Fri Apr 24 21:23:53 CEST 2020 

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 April 20 - 24:

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*** Upcoming Community Knowledge Share (CKS) Workshops ***

@ April 30 How Activists Organize Self Care and Collective Care?
Lead by Dhyta Caturani
https://internetfreedomfestival.formstack.com/forms/cks9

@ May 5: América Latina: la tecnología en tiempos de COVID-19
Lead by Vivian Zúñiga, Cristian León
https://internetfreedomfestival.formstack.com/forms/cks10

@ May 7: Coffee Talk with Nash Sheard, EFF
https://internetfreedomfestival.formstack.com/forms/cks11
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*** OONI Probe Desktop App for Windows and MacOS is Out! ***

The new OONI Probe desktop app is out! Download it today and help
contribute to the world's largest open dataset on internet censorship.
In addition, the tool helps you see which websites and apps are blocked,
and  how fast your network is.

https://ooni.org/install/desktop

//FYI, OONI will be joining us on Thursday, April 30 for our Glitter
Meetup to discuss OONI newest release. Make sure to join us! //


*** ARTICLE 19 Briefing on Tackling Misinformation During COVID-19 ***

Article 19 has published a briefing on how states, the media and social
media companies can help to combat COVID-19 (coronavirus) by committing
to transparency, tackling misinformation and promoting authoritative
health advice, as well as  addressing hate speech directed at
individuals of Chinese or Asian descent.

https://www.article19.org/resources/coronavirus-new-article-19-briefing-on-tackling-misinformation/


*** Sign the Charter to Demand an Inclusive and Safe Internet for
Pakistan Users ***

Media Matters Democracy is seeking signatures for its Charter for
Digital Democracy reflecting the voice of internet users and specific
demands to policymakers in Pakistan. It is available in English and Urdu.

https://www.hamainkaisainternetchahiye.pk/petition/


*** Digital Defenders Partnership Announces Two New Funds***

The Digital Defenders Partnership (DDP) calls for concept notes for
funding support from human rights organizations looking to build their
digital security capacities or initiatives promoting online freedom and
digital protection for human rights defenders.


Sustainable Protection Funding (SPF):
https://www.digitaldefenders.org/funding/sustainable-protection-funding/
Regional Partnership Funding (RPF):
https://www.digitaldefenders.org/funding/regional-partnership-funding/


*** FRIDA Announces New Funding Opportunities for Projects in Latin
America & the Caribbean ***

FRIDA will focus on funding innovation projects working towards Internet
stability, security, and alternative strategies to facilitate the
connectivity of underserved populations.

https://programafrida.net/en


*** COVID Related News ***

The following are articles related to COVID-19 shared by our community.
Please note, to help researchers in our space, we have asked that
individuals update the COVID 19 channel on the IFF Mattermost with
stories that illustrate government responses that could have lasting
privacy risks.


* Fighting COVID-19 goes hand-in-hand with shuttering newspapers across
the Middle East
https://advox.globalvoices.org/2020/04/14/fighting-covid-19-goes-hand-in-hand-with-shuttering-newspapers-across-mena-region/

* India’s Aarogya Setu app to fight COVID -19 Updated its Privacy Policy
After User Concern
https://indicanews.com/2020/04/17/indias-aarogya-setu-app-to-fight-covid-19-updated-its-privacy-policy-after-users-concern/

*Repression of Freedom of Expression during the Pandemic in Venezuela
https://redesayuda.org/2020/04/15/represion-a-la-libertad-de-expresion-durante-la-pandemia

* Contact-tracing apps Have a Trust Problem Even if they do Protect your
Privacy
https://www.cnet.com/news/contact-tracing-apps-have-a-trust-problem-even-if-they-do-protect-your-privacy/

* Trace me on my Cellphone: The Different Ways Governments are Using
Phones to Fight COVID-19
https://thelogic.co/news/special-report/trace-me-on-my-cellphone-the-different-ways-governments-are-using-phones-to-fight-covid-19/


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

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

Indela
Deadline: April 30, 2020
https://indela.fund/

The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
CFP: Countering Online Violence against Women Human Rights Defenders
Deadline: April 30, 2020
https://mk0rofifiqa2w3u89nud.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/Call-for-Proposals_Online-Space-for-WHRDs_Public_03.03.2020-Final.pdf

Digital Defenders Partnership (Hivos)
Sustainable Protection Funding
https://www.digitaldefenders.org/funding/sustainable-protection-funding/
Deadline: May 22, 2020

Digital Defenders Partnership (Hivos)
Regional Partnership Funding
Deadline: May 22, 2020
https://www.digitaldefenders.org/funding/regional-partnership-funding/

FRIDA
Awards and Grants for Internet Strengthening in Latin America & the
Caribbean
Deadline: May 22, 2020
https://programafrida.net/en

United for Iran
IranCubator 2.0
Deadline: June 1st, 2020
https://united4iran.org/en/irancubator/contest.html

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

Mozilla’s COVID-19 Solutions Fund
Deadline: Rolling
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2020/03/31/moss-launches-covid-19-solutions-fund/

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### Events Calendar ##

How Activists Organize Self Care and Collective Care?
April 30 | Lead by Dhyta Caturani
https://internetfreedomfestival.formstack.com/forms/cks9

América Latina: la tecnología en tiempos de COVID-19
May 5 | Lead by Vivian Zúñiga, Cristian León
https://internetfreedomfestival.formstack.com/forms/cks10

Coffee Talk with Nash Sheard, EFF
May 7 | Hosted by Sandy Ordonez and Trinh Nguyen
https://internetfreedomfestival.formstack.com/forms/cks11

IFF Glitter Meetup | Every Thursday
9am EST | 1pm UTC | 9pm UTC+8
+ IFF Mattermost Square Channel
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Glitter_Meetup

Daily Check Ins | Every Day
10am  EST | 2pm UTC
+ IFF Mattermost Square Channel
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Glitter_Meetup

Check out a list of our virtual events here:
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Calendar_of_Events

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### Job Opportunities ###

To view the complete list of jobs or post a job, visit the IFF Job
Board:  https://internetfreedomfestival.org/job-board/

✎  Tech Team Member | Association for Progressive Communications	
+ Remote
https://www.apc.org/en/news/job-call-apc-looking-new-member-our-tech-team

✎  Digital Rights Program Manager | EngageMedia
+ Remote (Asia Pacific)
https://b.engagemedia.org/2020/job-opportunity-digital-rights-program-manager/

✎  Digital Rights Program Manager | EngageMedia
+ Remote (Asia Pacific)
https://b.engagemedia.org/2020/job-opportunity-digital-rights-program-manager/

✎ Software Engineer, Language & Translation | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2028696?gh_src=47c5607b1

✎  Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager– Maternity Cover | Videre
Est Credere
+ London, United Kingdom
https://www.indeed.co.uk/viewjob?t=monitoring+evaluation+and+learning+manager+maternity+cover&jk=f0b40f2a14b02f49&_ga=2.174618850.1913603099.1587129767-2104470973.1586441465

✎  Advocacy Officer (Fixed term Contract - 1 Year Parental Leave Cover)
| Privacy International
+ London, United Kingdom
https://privacyinternational.org/opportunities/3593/advocacy-officer-fixed-term-contract-1-year-parental-leave-cover

✎  Outreach and Communications Manager | Open Technology Fund
+ Washington DC
https://www.opentech.fund/about/jobs/outreach-and-communications-manager/

✎  Program Manager | Open Technology Fund
+ Washington DC
https://www.opentech.fund/about/jobs/program-manager-2019/

✎  Technologist | Open Technology Fund
+ Washington DC
https://www.opentech.fund/about/jobs/technologist/

✎  Chief Innovation Officer | Open Technology Fund
+ Washington DC
https://www.opentech.fund/about/jobs/chief-innovation-officer/

✎  Digital Security Coordinator | Open Technology Fund
+ Washington DC
https://www.opentech.fund/about/jobs/digital-security-coordinator-journalism-support-program/

✎  Internet Censorship Researchers | Netalitica
+ Remote
https://telegra.ph/Hiring-Internet-Censorship-Researchers-02-07

✎  Senior Leadership Consultant (Sabbatical Cover) | The Engine Room
+ Remote
https://the-engine-room.breezy.hr/p/cf61f280acdf01

✎  Sub-Saharan Regional Support Manager | The Engine Room
+ Remote
https://the-engine-room.breezy.hr/p/cdfc799779eb01

✎  Technical Expert, Middle East | Internet Society
+ Muscat, Oman
https://internetsociety.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=108

✎  HR Operations Manager | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2158435?gh_src=0e3742631us

✎  Evaluation Associate (remote) | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2156774?gh_src=e61005491us

✎  Director of Technology and Human Rights Division | Human Rights Watch
+ TBA
https://boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightswatch/jobs/4657535002

✎  Senior Technologist, Elections & Democracy | Center for Democracy &
Technology
+ Washington, DC
https://cdt.org/job/senior-technologist-elections-democracy/

✎  Software Engineer | United for Respect
+ Remote, USA
https://www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit-job/10b634837e614a57b89115a0c9cbd31e-workit-software-engineer-united-for-respect-ufr-oakland

✎  Product Manager, Search | Wikimedia Foundation
+ San Francisco, CA or Remote
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2152872?gh_src=ff238aea1us

✎  Fundraising Production Coordinator (Banner) | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2135757?gh_src=d1b0ee2e1us

✎  Senior Manager, Global Marketing | Wikimedia
+ Remote
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2149497?gh_src=469d24b61us

✎  Technical Product Manager | Wikimedia
+ San Francisco, CA or Remote
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2147625?gh_src=299a811a1us

✎  Evaluation Strategist, Grantmaking | Wikimedia
+ Remote
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2147601?gh_src=9e36361d1us

✎  Senior Copywriter | Wikimedia
+ San Francisco, CA or Remote
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2144068?gh_src=904a59001us

✎  System Architect | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2140530?gh_src=b1561f601

To view the complete list of jobs or post a job, visit the IFF Job
Board:  https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Job_Board

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