[IFF] Weekly | May 18-22

Fri May 22 17:50:57 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 May 18-22:

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

@ May 28 | Disinformation Strategies and Tactics
https://internetfreedomfestival.formstack.com/forms/cks15
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*** The Tor Project Launches Community Portal! ***

Tor's Community Portal has launched and is designed to help the huge
community that make Tor possible. The portal is divided into six
sections: training, outreach, onion services, localization, user
research, and relay operations. Check it out and let us know what you
think!

https://blog.torproject.org/community-portal

*** China to Impose Sweeping National Security Law in Hong Kong,
bypassing City’s Legislature ***

China's Communist Party will impose a sweeping national security law in
Hong Kong by fiat during the annual meeting of its top political body,
officials said Thursday, criminalizing "foreign interference" along with
secessionist activities and subversion of state power.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-signals-plan-to-take-full-control-of-hong-kong-realigning-citys-status/2020/05/21/2c3850ee-9b48-11ea-ad79-eef7cd734641_story.html

*** 44 Organizations Call for Ban on Biometric Mass Surveillance Apps ***

The European Digital Rights (EDRi) network of organizations has written
a set of fundamental rights demands for the European Commission and EU
Member States. They state that biometric mass surveillance systems
violate people’s privacy, fundamental freedoms and dignity, have a
discriminatory impact, a chilling effect on our freedoms of expression
and assembly, and put limits on our ability to participate in public,
social and democratic activities.

https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Paper-Ban-Biometric-Mass-Surveillance.pdf

*** Report on Information Manipulation on Social Media in MENA ***

OTF Fellow Alexei Abrahams has published a report looking at social
media influence and manipulation in the MENA region, with special
attention to the infodemic of conspiracy theories surrounding COVID-19.

https://www.opentech.fund/news/bot-or-not/

*** GreatFire Releases Envoy***

Envoy is an open source C and Java Library derived from Chromium Cronet
which can be used to make Android apps resistant to censorship. The
library can be integrated into existing Android apps, and allows your
Android apps to work in places like China, even if your website has been
blocked.

https://github.com/greatfire/envoy

*** 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.

Kyrgyzstan: Pressure on Media and Civil Society at Covid-19 Time of Crisis
https://www.iphronline.org/kyrgyzstan-pressure-on-media-and-civil-society-at-covid-19-time-of-crisis.html

South Korea Promises more Privacy as it Tracks Contacts of New
Coronavirus Cases
https://globalnews.ca/news/6942244/south-korea-coronavirus-tracing-routes/

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

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

Internews
Information Saves Lives: Rapid Response Fund
Deadline: May 28, 2020
https://internews.org/information-saves-lives-rapid-response-fund-application-guidelines-and-form

Mozilla
Mozilla Fellows for Tech + Society
Deadline: May 28, 2020
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/fellowships/tech-society-fellows/

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/

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### Events Calendar ##

Disinformation Strategies and Tactics
May 28 | Gabrielle Lim, researcher at the Technology and Social Change
Research Project
https://internetfreedomfestival.formstack.com/forms/cks15

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

Daily Check-ins | Every Day
10am  EST | 2pm UTC
+ Mattermost - Daily Checkins 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/

✎  Mobile app developer | Horizontal
+ Remote (in Latin America, Africa, Middle-East, or Asia)
https://wearehorizontal.org/jobs/mobile-dev/

✎  Digital Engagement Coordinator | Access Now
+ All Access Now Offices
https://www.accessnow.org/digital-engagement-coordinator/

✎  Digital Safety Specialist | Access Now
+ Manila, Philippines
https://www.accessnow.org/digital-safety-specialist-manila/

✎  Web designer | LaceWing Tech
+ Berlin, Germany
https://lacewing.tech/en/jobs/#webdesign/

✎  Technical Writer | Tails
+ Remote
https://tails.boum.org/jobs/technical_writer/

✎  Digital Outreach Director | GIJN
+ Remote
https://gijn.org/job-opening-digital-outreach-director/

✎  Director of Global Data & Insights | Wikimedia Foundation
+ San Francisco, CA or Remote
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2179400?gh_src=ed84660f1us

✎  Digital Protection Editor | Front Line Defenders
+ Remote
https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/digital-protection-editor

✎  Congressional Digital Service Fellowship | TechCongress
+ Washington, DC
https://www.techcongress.io/congressional-digital-service

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

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

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

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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