Digital Rights Weekly | December 6 - 10
Team CommUNITY
team at digitalrights.community
Sun Dec 12 17:26:00 CET 2021
Hello Digital Rights Defenders!
Here is your weekly update on digital rights around the world for the
week of December 6 - 10.
### TCU Update ###
Team CommUNITY will be closed from Tuesday, December 21, 2021 to
Sunday January 2nd 2022. We will be back at work from Monday January
3rd, 2022. We wish all our readers a peaceful and happy time over the
break! Make sure to check out the Holiday Variety Show that we are
hosting on Dec 16!
### Upcoming Virtual TCU Events ###
Dec 14 | Launching your Podcast 101
In this session, we will go through the process of creating a podcast
answering some questions like why you want to launch your podcast? the
strategic planning for the podcast? How to choose a suitable podcast
for your channel? What do you need to launch a podcast?
https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/cks53
Dec 16 | Holidays “Digital Rights” Variety Show
Join us for a holiday variety show to bring in the new year and
celebrate with your digital rights colleagues! Let’s say goodbye to
2021 together, break bread with each other, and enjoy the wonderful
talent found in our community. There will be music, dancing, art,
smiles, fun and a surprise act you wouldn't want to miss! You can RSVP
to attend here:
https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/varietyshow2021
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### Digital Rights in the Community ####
1. Tor Blocked in Russia
Starting December 1st, Russian ISPs have started blocking access to
Tor. Roskomnadzor, the Russian government responsible for censorship,
also blocked torproject.org. Russia is the country with the second
largest number of Tor users, with more than 300,000 daily users or 15%
of all Tor users. As it seems this situation could quickly escalate to
a country-wide Tor block, the project needs your help. Find out how to
help:
https://blog.torproject.org/tor-censorship-in-russia/
Next week on December 15 @ 19:00 UTC, Tor will be hosting “Privacy is
a Human Right” online event, with founder of Pussy Riot, Nadya
Tolokonnika. The event will be hosted by Cindy Chohn, ED of the EFF,
and will also feature Ali Gharavia of Sida, and Nicholas Merrill,
founder & ED of the Calyx Institute.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttQiA_GfI6s
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### Digital Rights Resources ###
1. A Story of Period Trackers
Find out what it's like to use a period tracker, which individuals use
to track their menstruation cycle. Are users giving away a goldmine of
fertility and health information that can be used by big
pharmaceuticals and others to push medical services when women are at
their most vulnerable?
https://deepdives.in/data-bleeding-everywhere-a-story-of-period-trackers-8766dc6a1e00
2. Measuring Internet Shutdowns
Launched in December 2020, the Pulse platform monitors shutdowns
around the world by consolidating trusted third-party internet
measurement data from various sources into a single platform. This
data helps examine Internet trends to better understand the health,
availability and evolution of the Internet.
https://pulse.internetsociety.org/
3. Privacy is Global Podcast
This podcast explores what privacy means for people in different parts
of the world, and how new technologies and widespread data aggregation
impacts societies, politics and cultures. The latest episode,
available in English and Spanish, focuses on the grassroots work to
push for data protection in Bolivia.
https://anchor.fm/privacyisglobal/
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### Digital Rights in the Wider World ###
1. Rohingya Sue Facebook over Myanmar genocide
Rohingya are taking legal action against Facebook for the way that the
platform contributed to the genocide of the Rohingya in Myanmar
including amplifying hate speech and the lack of moderation of posts
inciting violence.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/06/rohingya-sue-facebook-myanmar-g
enocide-us-uk-legal-action-social-media-violence
2. Why Russia is Using Facebook to Launch Disinformation Campaigns in Sudan
Russia has also started to tap the power of social media platforms, to
influence and sway public opinion in Sudan through disinformation
campaigns, and to generally polish its image by highlighting
humanitarian activities in the country. In October 2019, Facebook
removed a coordinated network of accounts originating in Russia that
appeared to promote positive news about Russia to Sudanese users.
According to the report issued by Facebook, the content included posts
about local news and events in Sudan, including Sudanese-Russian
relations, Russian foreign policy, and Muslims in Russia. One of the
articles distributed on Facebook claimed that the U.S. and U.K. were
working on disinformation campaigns about Putin. Another article
questioned the veracity of a photo of the deposed president al-Bashir
behind bars.
https://restofworld.org/2021/russia-sudan-facebook-disinformation/
3. Egyptian Rights Researcher Patrick Zaki Freed Pending Trial
An Egyptian court ordered the release pending trial of jailed
researcher Patrick George Zaki, a move welcomed by human rights
defenders and the prime minister of Italy where he had been studying.
Zaki was arrested on February 7, 2020 in Egypt for “spreading fake
news” in relation to an article he wrote about the plight of
Christians in Egypt, which make up about 10 percent of the country’s
population and have been targeted in the past. Zaki faces trial next
year.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/7/egyptian-court-release-researcher-patrick-zaki-rights-group
4. Saudi Human Rights Activist Sues Spyware Maker DarkMatter
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a lawsuit on behalf
of prominent Saudi human rights activist Loujain AlHathloul against
spying software maker DarkMatter Group and three of its former
executives for illegally hacking her iPhone to secretly track her
communications and whereabouts. The company was hired by the United
Arab Emirates to identify and monitor activists, journalists, rival
foreign leaders, and perceived political enemies, including Americans
residing in the US. AlHathlou is among the victims of the illegal
spying program run by the DarkMatter Group for her work advancing
women’s rights in Saudi Arabia. DarkMatter executives, Marc Baier,
Ryan Adamas and Daniel Gericke, who are former members of US
intelligence or military agencies, designed and operated the UAE cyber
surveillance program using malicious code purchased from a US company.
https://www.eff.org/press/releases/saudi-human-rights-activist-represented-eff-sues-spyware-maker-darkmatter-violating
### Call for Proposals ###
1. Calyx Microgrants: Deadline Extended to Jan 15, 2022
Calyx institute has extended the application deadline for their
regional and local microgrants fund to January 15, 2022, to give
individuals and organizations an extra month to apply (and to avoid
the need to rush an application right before the holidays). Full
details about the fund are here:
https://calyxinstitute.org/projects/regional-and-local-microgrant-fund
2. EFF is Seeking a Senior Fellow Focused on Decentralizing the Internet
This is a two-year fellowship with the potential to be extended for
one to two additional years. The ideal candidate will act as a public
advocate helping establish EFF as a leader in the civil liberties
implications of decentralizing the Internet.
https://www.eff.org/opportunities/jobs/senior-fellow-decentralization
3. Call for Applications for Our Voices Our Futures, Feminist Tech
Deep-Dive on Misinformation/Disinformation
Apply to join a three-day deep-dive hosted by Our Voices Our Future
consortium, a global South-feminist led consortium dedicated to
amplifying the voices of structurally silenced women in all domains of
civic space, including online space. During the three day event,
participants will be given feminist frameworks and tools to
critically examine their own advocacy strategies and the rights-based
claims, in relation to online space and digital rights, and see how
disinformation and misinformation are used to structurally silence
certain groups of people.Application deadline is December 31, 2021.
https://cloud.creaworld.org/apps/forms/XpQmCYwginazrGce
4. La Convocatoria Construyendo Comunidades más Fuertes
La convocatoria financiará proyectos, iniciativas o programas que
promuevan la cohesión social y que se desarrollen en espacios
digitales. Financiación de hasta cinco (5) apoyos de hasta 5.000
dólares cada uno, para iniciativas, proyectos, colectivas, grupos,
personas u organizaciones que actualmente estén activas dinamizando
espacios, o tengan un rol de liderazgo, entre población migrante
venezolana y de acogida que busquen promover la cohesión social entre
ambas comunidades en espacios digitales. Fecha de cierre es 18 de
diciembre de 2021.
https://internews.org/construyendo-comunidades-mas-fuertes/
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### Grants, Fellowships, & Awards ###
The following opportunities are open to individual digital rights
defenders and to organizations. If you would like us to include a
grant, fellowship or award, please email details to
team at digitalrights.community
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Fundraising_Opportunities
Digital Freedom Fund
Deadline: 24 January - 1 March 2022
https://digitalfreedomfund.org/grants/
Internet Freedom Fund
Open Technology Fund
Deadline: Rolling Basis
https://www.opentech.fund/funds/internet-freedom-fund/
Rapid Response Fund
Open Tech Fund
Deadline: Rolling Basis
https://www.opentech.fund/funds/rapid-response-fund/
Rapid Response Fund
Derechos Digitales
Deadline: Rolling Basis
https://www.derechosdigitales.org/sobre-el-fondo-de-respuesta-rapida/
Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights
Deadline: Rolling Basis
https://urgentactionfund.org/
JustTech Fellowship
The Social Science Research Council
Deadline: 2 January 2022
https://www.ssrc.org/programs/just-tech/just-tech-fellowship/
Regional and Local Micro Grants Fund
Calyx Institute
Deadline: 15 January, 2022,
https://calyxinstitute.org/projects/regional-and-local-microgrant-fund
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### Global Events Calendar ###
APAC DNS Forum 2022 First Pre-Event Webinar
September 2021 - February 2022
https://apacdnsforum.my/
Internet Governance Forum 2021
16-10 December, 2021
Katowice, Poland
https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-202
Launching your Podcast 101
14 December
10am EST / 3pm UTC / 5pm Cairo Time
https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/cks53
Holidays “Digital Rights” Variety Show
16 December
9am EDT / 2pm UTC
https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/varietyshow2021
Check out a list of our virtual events here:
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Calendar_of_Events
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### NEW Job Opportunities ###
Below is a short-list of jobs we have been sent in the last week. You
can view the complete list of jobs on the Team CommUNITY Job Board at:
https://www.digitalrights.community/job-board
✎ Operations Architect (aka Operations Director) | Numun Fund
+ Remote, Global South, Larger World
https://numunfund.notion.site/Operations-Architect-aka-Operations-Director-Numun-Fund-167e49d90f87477493d20307abb59d23
✎ Project Manager| Tails
+ Remote
https://tails.boum.org/jobs/project_manager
✎ Senior Fellow focused on decentralizing the Internet | EFF
+ Remote, US
https://www.eff.org/opportunities/jobs/senior-fellow-decentralization
✎ Software Developer | Open Knowledge Foundation
+ Remote, US
https://okfn.org/about/jobs/software-developer-december-2021/
✎ Language Services Project Coordinator | ICANN
+ Remote, US
https://phe.tbe.taleo.net/phe03/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?rid=2058&org=ICANN&cws=37&cws=37
✎ Language Services Project Coordinator | Translators Without Borders
+ Remote
https://translatorswithoutborders.org/language-services-programs-coordinator
✎ Data Journalist with a focus on Africa datasets | Organized Crime
and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)
+ Remote, located in Sub-Saharan Africa
https://www.occrp.org/en/occrp-jobs/data-journalist-for-africa
✎ Africa Researcher |OCCRP
+ Remote, located in Sub-Saharan Africa
https://www.occrp.org/en/occrp-jobs/africa-researcher
✎ Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist (Middle East &
North Africa) | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
https://grnh.se/2eaed9571us
✎ Emerging Scholar in Technology Policy | Center for Information
Technology Policy, Princeton University
+ Princeton, New Jersey
https://citp.princeton.edu/programs/citp-emerging-scholars-in-information-policy/
✎ Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist for the Middle East
and North Africa | Wikimedia Foundation
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/3715754?gh_src=a19f659b1us
✎ Legal Fellow Summer '22 | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
https://grnh.se/a69bdc261us
✎ Program Assistant, Education Team (Contract) | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
https://grnh.se/d8b305f21us
✎ Consumer Rights Technologist | Consumers International
+ United Kingdom
https://www.consumersinternational.org/who-we-are/jobs/#consumer-rights-technologist
✎ Senior Researcher - Freedom of Expression | Centre for Internet and Society
+ India
http://cis-india.org/jobs/call-for-applications-senior-researcher-freedom-of-expression
✎ Senior Technologist | Centre for Internet and Society
+ India
https://cis-india.org/jobs/call-for-applications-senior-technologist
✎ Training Lead (Digital Finance) | Harris Hill & Consumer International
+ Remote
https://www.harrishill.co.uk/job/lead-fair-digital-finance-training/
✎ Programme and Engagement Manager (Digital Finance) | Harris Hill &
Consumer International
+ Remote
https://www.harrishill.co.uk/job/programme-and-engagement-manager-digital-financial-services-1/
✎ Head of Programme (Digital Finance) | Consumer International
+ Remote
https://www.harrishill.co.uk/job/programme-and-engagement-manager-digital-financial-services-1/
✎ HR & Talent Coordinator | Purpose
+ NYC, USA or London, United Kingdom
https://www.purpose.com/jobs/#job-id-3647265
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