[IFF] Weekly | November 2-6

IFF Admin team at internetfreedomfestival.org
Thu Nov 5 20:59:49 CET 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.

Please note, we will be transitioning the IFF Weekly to the Digital Rights
Weekly in coming weeks. We will be creating a better newsletter that better
meets the needs of the digital rights community. No action is required from
you at this time. The new Digital Rights Weekly will be coming from a
different email, so keep an eye out!

Here are our updates for the week of November 2 - 6:

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*** Upcoming Virtual Events ***

====Community Knowledge Shares ====

@ November 9 | Telling Stories about Algorithms

https://internetfreedomfestival.formstack.com/forms/cks30

@ November 10 | VPN & Policy

https://internetfreedomfestival.formstack.com/forms/vpnvillage3

@ November 18 | Creating Your Own Custom Security Policy

https://internetfreedomfestival.formstack.com/forms/cks31

==== Upcoming Meetups ====

- MENA | November 13 |
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/MENA_Monthly_Meetups

- Women & GNC | Nov. 15 |
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Women_GNC_Meetup

- Asia  | Nov 18 |
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Asia_Monthly_Meetups

- LATAM | Nov 19
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Latin_America_Monthly_Meetups

- Africa | Nov 25 |
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Africa_Monthly_Meetups

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*** Ethiopia Shuts Down Electricity, Telephone and Internet Services in
Tigray ***

The national authorities have shut down electricity, telephone and internet
services in Tigray after an army base was taken over by forces loyal to the
regional government of Tigray.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54805088


*** Turkey Fines Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and
Periscope ***

Turkey has fined Facebook, along with its Instagram platform, as well as
Twitter, Google’s YouTube and China’s TikTok  for not complying with the
country’s new social media law. The law brought in by the Erdogan
administration demands that social media companies store the data of their
Turkish subscribers in Turkey to enable direct access to the subscriber
data and content.

https://www.intellinews.com/turkey-fines-twitter-facebook-youtube-instagram-tiktok-and-periscope-195785/


*** Nationwide Internet Disruptions Across Azerbaijan Since Late September
***

Azerbaijan's government has severely restricted, when not completely
blocked, Internet access since fighting with Armenia began in late
September. Pro-government media outlets have been spared from the
restrictions.

https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Azerbaijan/Azerbaijan-the-Internet-in-times-of-war-205919


*** Citizen Lab’s 21 Recommendations on Privacy Protection Laws for the
Ontario Government **

The Ontario government recently requested feedback on how to improve the
province’s privacy protection laws. The Citizen Lab happily responded with
21 recommendations under four guidelines: overarching principles to guide
privacy reform in Ontario, consumer spyware and stalkware apps, data
exploitation by foreign platforms, and algorithmic policing technologies.

https://citizenlab.ca/2020/11/submission-to-the-ministry-of-government-and-consumer-services-consultation-strengthening-privacy-protections-in-ontario/


*** Limited Access To Circumvention Tools in Venezuela ***


The recent VeSin Filtro report provides an update on which circumvention
tools are still available for internet users in Venezuela. For years
Venezuelan users have experienced website blockades, affecting everything
from the media to initiatives in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://vesinfiltro.com/noticias/2020-10-30-limited_access_circumvention_tools/


*** Article 19 Is Looking for Young Ambassadors for Its Next Campaign on
Disinformation in Ireland ***

In recent months, the challenges posed by disinformation to freedom of
expression and other human rights were widely discussed in the context of
COVID-19 in Ireland and across the world. Article19 is recruiting
volunteers for an exciting project on disinformation and
#FreedomOfExpression in Ireland. The deadline for applications is November,
12th.

https://www.article19.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ARTICLE19-Volunteer-Brief.pdf



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

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

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

MozFest Call for Proposals
Mozilla

Deadline: November 23rd

https://www.mozillafestival.org/en/get-involved/proposals/

Rapid Response Fund

Pulsante

Deadline: December 10th

https://pulsante.org/en/rapid-response-fund/

NetGain Year Five Small Grants: Request for Proposals

Media Democracy Fund

Deadline: January 11, 2021

https://www.netgainpartnership.org/smallgrantsrfp

Rapid Response Fund

Derechos Digitales

Deadline: Rolling Basis

https://derechosdigitales.tumblr.com/post/187151070656/qu%C3%A9-son-los-derechos-digitales-una-gu%C3%ADa-al

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### Events Calendar ##

// Free Course on Internet Governance. Openings available for January and
March.

https://www.virtualsig.org/2020/07/27/schedule/ //

Tor L10 Hackathon
Tor & Localization Lab
November, 6 - 9, 2020

https://blog.torproject.org/tor-l10n-hackathon

IFF CKS: Telling Stories about Algorithms

November 9, 2020 | 1:00pm EST / 6pm UTC+0

https://internetfreedomfestival.formstack.com/forms/cks30

VPN & Policy
IFF VPN Village

November 10, 2020 | 10am-12pm EST / 3-5pm UTC

https://internetfreedomfestival.formstack.com/forms/vpnvillage3

MENA Monthly Meetup

November 13, 2020 | 4pm Central Africa Time (UTC+2) / 9am EST (UTC-5)

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

Bread and Net 2020 Online

SMEX

December 1 - 4, 2020

https://www.breadandnet.org/signup-en.html

Women & GNC Meetup

November 15, 2020 | 10am EST / 2pm UTC / 4pm Cairo / 10pm Taipei

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

Asia Meetup

November 18, 2020 | 13:30 Delhi (UTC+5:30) / 16:00 Taipei - Kuala Lumpur
(UTC+8)

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

IFF CKS: Creating Your Own Custom Security Policy

November 18, 2020 | 12:00pm EST / 5:00pm UTC+0

https://internetfreedomfestival.formstack.com/forms/cks31

Latin America Monthly Meetup

November 19, 2020 | 5:30pm Mexico (UTC-6) / 7:30pm Chile

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

The Internet Days

The Internet Swedish Foundation

November 23 - 24, 2020

https://internetdagarna.se/english/

Exposing the Invisible Investigative Institute

Tactical Tech

23 November - 11 December 2020 | 25 January - 12 February 2021

https://exposingtheinvisible.org/news/call-for-applications-investigative-institute-eu/

Topics on Internet Censorship and Surveillance (TICS)

December 14, 2020

https://tics.site/

IFF Glitter Meetup | Every Thursday

9am EST | 1pm UTC | 9pm UTC+8

+ Mattermost - IFF 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/

✎ Web Developer | Global Voices

+ Remote

https://forms.gle/mqS5yDbK1Uj2bxpE8

✎ Enterprise Resource Planning Technology Lead | Wikimedia Foundation

+ Remote

https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2431977?gh_src=80c64ddc1us

✎ Grants Finance Manager (NY/DC) | Access Now

+ New York or Washington, DC

https://accessnow.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=35

✎ Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Distributed Storage) | Wikimedia
Foundation

+ Remote

https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2426896?gh_src=a5c6cc291us

✎ Movement Consultation Specialist | Wikimedia Foundation

+ Remote

https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2415720?gh_src=708b7d741us

✎ Full Stack Software Developer | GetUp!

+ Australia

https://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/hiring/hiring--2/work-at-getup?utm_source=internetfreedomfestival#op-416069-full-stack-developer

✎ BASICS Consultant - Marketing & Communications | Internews

+ Remote

https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1273

✎ BASICS Consultant - Web Development | Internews

+ Remote

https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1275

✎ BASICS Consultant - Python Development | Internews

+ Remote

https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1274

✎ BASICS Consultant - Android Development | Internews

+ Remote

https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1272

✎ Abstract Wikipedia Staff Designer | Wikimedia Foundation

+ Remote in United States

https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2411241?gh_src=949e605c1us

✎ Operations Lead | The Engine Room

+ Remote in United States

https://www.theengineroom.org/were-hiring-join-us-as-our-next-operations-lead/

✎ Recruiter (Contract) | Wikimedia Foundation

+ Remote

https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2411754?gh_src=024b05c41us

✎ Digital Rights and Inclusion Media Fellows | Paradigm Initiative (PIN)

+ Remote in Africa

https://paradigmhq.org/call-for-drimf/

✎ Director, Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | Wikimedia Foundation

+ Remote

https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2407507?gh_src=5c3123731us

✎ Data Investigation Lead | The Sentry

+ Remote in Africa

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2180233008/

✎ Grants Specialist | Internet Society Foundation

+ Remote

https://internetsociety.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=127

✎ Digital Security Documentation Coordinator | Access Now

+ Global-Multiple Locations

https://accessnow.bamboohr.com/hiring/jobs

✎ Asia Communications Manager | Article 19

+ Bangkok, Thailand

https://www.article19.org/careers/

✎ Asia Digital Programme Manager | Article 19

+ Bangkok, Thailand

https://www.article19.org/careers/

✎ Associate | Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law

+ Washington DC

https://www.law.georgetown.edu/privacy-technology-center/jobs/

✎ Policy Adviser | Digital Action

+ CET ± 2 hours

https://digitalaction.co/news/2020/9/11/were-hiring-policy-adviser

✎ Global Partnerships Lead | Ranking Digital Rights

+ Washington, DC or remote

https://newamerica.applytojob.com/apply/uclXtmYt3J/

✎ Postdoctoral Researcher | Digital Harm group at the Max Planck Institute
for SoftwareSystems

+ Saarbrucken, Germany

https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php?title=Postdoctoral_Researcher&action=edit&redlink=1

✎ Software Engineer, Frontend | Meedan

+ Remote, Atlantic Time Zone (UTC-3/4) preferred

https://meedan.com/jobs/software-engineer-frontend/

✎ Digital Rights Project Manager | EngageMedia

+ Remote (Indonesia)

https://engagemedia.org/2020/job-indonesia-digital-rights-project-manager/

✎ Digital Rights Research Consultant | EngageMedia

+ Remote (Indonesia)

https://engagemedia.org/2020/job-indonesia-digital-rights-research-consultant/

✎ Product Manager, Android | The Wikimedia Foundation

+ Remote

https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2372811?gh_src=9536cdc61us

✎ Senior Program Officer, Community Resources | The Wikimedia Foundation

+ Remote

https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2332720?gh_src=4a4a72891us

✎ Technical Product Manager (anti-censorship team) | TunnelBear

+ Remote / Toronto

https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Technical_Product_Manager_(anti-censorship_team)

✎ Product owner and project manager | eQualitie

+ Montreal, Canada

https://equalit.ie/job-post/product-owner-and-manager/

✎ Engineering Manager, Infrastructure Foundations | The Wikimedia Foundation

+ Remote

https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2357206?gh_src=2ce895461us

✎ Director of Product, Anti-Disinformation | The Wikimedia Foundation

+ Remote

https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2350645?gh_src=79537eed1us

✎ Asia Pacific Policy Analyst | Access Now

+ Multiple Locations-South Asia

https://www.accessnow.org/asia-pacific-policy-analyst-multiple-locations-south-asia/

✎ Senior Manager, People Operations | Wikimedia Foundation

+ Remote

https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2342683?gh_src=81153c7a1us

✎ Software Engineer | Wikimedia Foundation

+ Remote

https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2338515?gh_src=446c24f51us

✎ Committee to Protect Journalists | Global Tech Researcher

+ US

https://cpj.org/about/jobs/#global-tech-researcher

✎ Internews | Technical Expert/Senior Advisor, Internet Governance and
Policy

+ Remote

https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1250


✎ Internews | Technical Expert/Senior Advisor, Digital Safety

+ Remote

https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1251


✎ Wikimedia Foundation | Director of Product, Platform

+ Remote

https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2335186?gh_src=61f167141us

✎ Policy Analyst or Policy Counsel | New America's Open Technology Institute

+ Washington, DC

https://newamerica.applytojob.com/apply/7TU5k22g4L/

✎ Legal Officer | Centre for Law and Democracy

+ Halifax, Canada

https://www.law-democracy.org/live/interested-in-an-exciting-international-human-rights-career-come-work-with-us-5/

✎ Communications & Outreach Associate | NetFreedom Pioneers

+ Los Angeles, CA

https://www.ziprecruiter.com/job/c7143f97

✎ Testing & Release Manager | BASIC

+ Remote

https://chm.tbe.taleo.net/chm04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?cws=38&org=INTERNEWS&rid=1193

✎ Android Development | BASIC

+ Remote

https://chm.tbe.taleo.net/chm04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?cws=38&org=INTERNEWS&rid=1184

✎ iOS Development | BASIC

+ Remote

https://chm.tbe.taleo.net/chm04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?cws=38&org=INTERNEWS&rid=1185

✎ Issue and Code Management | BASIC

+ Remote

https://chm.tbe.taleo.net/chm04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?cws=38&org=INTERNEWS&rid=1186

✎ UX & Android Development | BASIC

+ Remote

https://chm.tbe.taleo.net/chm04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?cws=38&org=INTERNEWS&rid=1188

✎ Digital Media Expert | Consensus Gentium with Karen Palmer

+ Remote

https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Digital_Media_Expert_Required_for_an_R%26D_Arts_Project

✎ Movement Communications Director | Wikimedia Foundation

+ Remote

https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2292966?gh_src=53d403321us

✎ Research Scientist (Disinformation) | Wikimedia Foundation

+ Remote

https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2267633?gh_src=d68c401f1us

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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