Digital Rights Weekly | March 1-5
Team CommUNITY
team at digitalrights.community
Mon Mar 8 01:15:34 CET 2021
Hello Digital Rights Defenders!
Here is your weekly update on digital rights around the world for the week
of March 1 - 5. If you have any events, updates, job opportunities, or
resources you want to include in our next newsletter, please send them our
way!
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*** Upcoming Virtual Events ***
@ March 16 | Collaborative Conversation on Free Speech, Extremist
Organizing & The Paradox of Intolerance
https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/cks36
@ March 18 | Glitter Meetup: New Feminist Fund, the Numun Fund
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/March_18_2021_GM
@ March 25 | Disinformation Workshop: Tools & Techniques
https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/cks35
@ March 30 | Q&A with Circumvention Lead at Tor About Snowflake
https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/cks37
@ April 8 | Glitter Meetup: Relaynet, a tool for Internet Blackouts
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/April_8_2021_GM
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*** How to Overcome your Zoom Fatigue ***
According to a new study from Stanford researchers published in the journal
Technology, Mind and Behavior, Zoom fatigue is basically what it sounds
like—resulting from the increased strain of maintaining connections at a
distance through video chat—and it leads to burnout, stress, and monotony
on the job. But there are ways you can mitigate the stranglehold video
conferencing might have on your spirits.
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-overcome-zoom-fatigue-1846347171
*** Dozens of Leading Hong Kong Democrats Charged with Subversion in Major
National Security Crackdown ***
Forty-seven Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners and activists were charged
last week with conspiracy to commit subversion in the largest single
crackdown on the opposition under a China-imposed national security law.
They were accused of organizing and participating in the unofficial primary
last July aimed at selecting the strongest candidates for a legislative
council election.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/28/hong-kong-democrats-charged-with-subversion-in-national-security-crackdown.html
*** Iran: Internet Shutdowns Curb Protests and Conceal Human Rights
Violations***
The near total Internet shutdowns began as protests got underway on
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 after reports and videos surfaced indicating that
the Islamic Republic Revolutionary Guards Corps had opened fire with live
ammunition at a group of unarmed civilian fuel porters near the border city
of Saravan in Sistan and Baluchistan province.
https://www.article19.org/resources/iran-internet-shutdowns-curb-protests-and-conceal-human-rights-violations-in-sistan-and-baluchistan/
*** Internet Shutdowns in 2020, by Access Now ***
The full report, conducted by Berhan Taye, Felicia Anthonio, Alexia Skok,
Sage Cheng, and Donna Wentworth, contextualizes internet shutdown data with
additional research and analysis of important trends, such as crackdowns on
tools for circumventing shutdowns and censorship.
https://www.accessnow.org/keepiton-report-a-year-in-the-fight/
*** Clubhouse Is Scooping Up More Data than You Might Think ***
Clubhouse has a few policies that aren't privacy-friendly. Even worse is
the fact that you have to do a bit of digging to even understand what those
policies actually are. Clubhouse is recording your audio, you can't delete
information other people share about you, you can't just delete your
account, it can share your personal information without notifying you, and
it is tracking you.
https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/clubhouse-is-recording-your-conversations-thats-not-even-its-worst-privacy-problem.html
*** ‘TALON,’ the US Nationwide Network of AI-Enabled Surveillance Cameras
***
Hundreds of pages of emails show how little-known company Flock has
expanded from surveilling individual neighborhoods into a network of smart
cameras that spans the United States. Through a program called TALON, the
company is allowing police officers to track cars—and by extension,
specific people—outside of their own jurisdictions.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvx4bq/talon-flock-safety-cameras-police-license-plate-reader
*** Participate in the VPNalyzer Project and Contribute to the Analysis of
the VPN Ecosystem ***
The University of Michigan is building the VPNalyzer Project with support
from Consumer Reports Digital Lab, Open Tech Fund and other organizations
to systematically analyze the VPN ecosystem. In the first phase of our
public launch, they are focusing on VPN users. You can contribute by
participating in their 20 minutes survey.
https://vpnalyzer.org/user-survey
*** The Munich Center for Machine Learning Is Looking for Partnerships for
the 2021 Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) Initiative ***
The Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML) will partake in the renowned
Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) initiative. The programme will run for
12 weeks from 7 June to 27 August 2021, and will be entirely online due to
COVID-19. DSSGx gives aspiring data scientists the opportunity to refine
their data science skills through intense training, and by working in small
supervised teams on real-world data mining, machine learning, and data
science projects. Currently they are looking for project partners,
non-profits or government organizations with a data science challenge, that
aim to tackle an important problem with high social impact that can be
addressed with data and expertise provided by their partners.
https://warwick.ac.uk/research/data-science/warwick-data/dssgx
*** $1.3 Million in Grants to Tackle Inequality by Strengthening How Open
Source Code is Developed and Maintained ***
The Ford Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Open Society Foundations,
Omidyar Network, and the Mozilla Open Source Support Program in
collaboration with the Open Collective Foundation announced $1.3 million in
grants to 13 research projects to advance the understanding of critical
digital infrastructure across the globe.
https://www.fordfoundation.org/the-latest/news/major-philanthropies-tackle-inequality-by-strengthening-how-open-source-code-is-developed-and-maintained/
*** Sumate a la Campaña de Data Detox Kit X Jóvenes LAC ***
Este es un proyecto de JAAKLAC iniciativa apoyado por Tactical Tech para
promover una educación digital crítica en Latinoamérica y el Caribe (LAC)
entre jóvenes, adolescentes y niñxs. Convocan a niñxs, adolescentes y
jóvenes (preferentemente menores de 25 años) de diferentes países de LAC.
ONG y centros educativos que trabajen con estos grupos están también
invitadas!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJjl-NX0gvhmc3pFPlu7pHU3aVPkcE2NmQ2qndbCPge6BCVw/viewform
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### 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
Digital Freedom Fund
Deadline: 31 March 2021
https://digitalfreedomfund.org/grants/
Rapid Response Fund
Open Tech Fund
Deadline: Rolling Basis
https://www.opentech.fund/funds/rapid-response-fund/
Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights
Deadline: Rolling Basis
https://urgentactionfund.org/
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 ##
CKS: Disinformation Workshop: Tools & Techniques
+ March 16th
10am EST / 2pm UTC
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Collaborative_Conversation_on_Free_Speech,_Extremist_Organizing_%26_The_Paradox_of_Intolerance
Glitter Meetup: New Feminist Fund, the Numun Fund
+ March 18th
9am EST / 1pm UTC
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/March_18_2021_GM
CKS: Disinformation Workshop: Tools & Techniques
+ March 25th
10am EST / 2pm UTC
https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/cks35
CKS: Q&A with The Tor’s Circumvention Lead About Snowflake
+ March 30th
12pm EST / 4pm UTC
https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/cks37
Glitter Meetup: Relaynet, a tool for Internet Blackouts
+ April 8th
9am EST / 1pm UTC
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/April_8_2021_GM
Virtual School of Internet Governance
+ September 6, 2021 - November 14, 2021
https://www.virtualsig.org/2021/01/17/group-e-registration-sept-6-2021/
IFF Glitter Meetup
Every Thursday
9am EST | 2pm UTC | 10pm 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 Team CommUNITY
Job Board: https://www.digitalrights.community/job-board
✎ Research Community Officer | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
http://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2950273?gh_src=5d252e191us
✎ Senior Manager, Movement Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
http://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2941814?gh_src=d0c7314c1us
✎ Principal Internal Communications Specialist | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
http://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2947481?gh_src=c5f42f931us
✎ Product Manager, Data | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
http://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2946567?gh_src=f4f3fa901us
✎ Data Security Consultant | CIVICUS
+ Remote
https://www.civicus.org/index.php/get-involved/work-with-us/4900-terms-of-reference-data-security-consultant-for-civicus
✎ #KeepItOn Fellow | Access Now
+ Remote
https://accessnow.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=50&source=aWQ9MjA%3D
✎ Bookkeeper | Access Now
+ NYC or Washington, DC, US
https://accessnow.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=50&source=aWQ9MjA%3D
✎ Program Coordinator | Internet Society Foundation
+ Reston, VA or Remote
https://internetsociety.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=143
✎ Summer 2021, Speech Privacy & Technology Project Undergaduate Intern |
ACLU
+ Remote
https://boards.greenhouse.io/acluinternships/jobs/5102813002#application
✎ South Asia Data Engineer | OCCRP
+ Remote in South Asia
https://www.occrp.org/en/occrp-jobs/south-asia-data-engineer
✎ Trust and Safety Specialist | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
http://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2932500?gh_src=c91c06d91us
✎ Technology & Design Manager | Libraries Without Borders
+ Washington D.C, US
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ihz9H8zuYcOJtUgE_ihLCS-ZNdVrAKSeXP4g5pqOyn4/edit?usp=sharing
✎ Front-end Developer | Permanent
+ Austin, TX, US
https://www.permanent.org/jobs/
✎ Lead Communications Specialist | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2927041?gh_src=ed25ad791us
✎ Technology Compliance Analyst | New York Times
+ NYC, US
https://nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Tech/job/New-York-NY/Technology-Compliance-Analyst_REQ-009056
✎ Program Manager | Code for Science & Society
+ Remote in the US
https://codeforscience.org/jobs/program-manager:-digital-infrastructure-incubator/
✎ Joseph S. Nye Internships | Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
+ Remote
https://www.cnas.org/careers/internships
✎ Network Management and Anti-Censorship Technologist | Internews
+ Remote
http://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1359
✎ Program Associate | Witness
+ Remote
https://www.witness.org/program-associate-technology-threats-and-opportunities/
✎ Program Coordinator | Witness
+ Remote
https://www.witness.org/program-coordinator-technology-threats-and-opportunities/
✎ Senior Counsel | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
http://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2830789?gh_src=2955deea1us
✎ Associate Engineer | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
http://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2897861?gh_src=4b44b25b1us
✎ Senior Software Engineer, Parsing | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
http://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2815346?gh_src=ddc3331c1us
✎ Data Editor | OCCRP
+ Remote
https://www.occrp.org/en/occrp-jobs/data-editor
✎ Digital Support Helpdesk Officer - MENA | Internews
+ Flexible
https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1346
✎ Senior Public Policy Specialist | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote in Asia
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2793933?gh_src=787fa6c01us
✎ Metrics Data Architect | The Tor Project
+ Remote
https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/metrics-data-architect/
✎ Director, Data Engineering | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
http://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2434412?gh_src=1427483d1us
✎ Engineering Manager, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) | Wikimedia
Foundation
+ Remote
http://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2357206?gh_src=2ce895461us
✎ Multiple tech consultancies | Creative Associates International
+ Washington DC, US or Remote
https://app.smartsheet.com/b/publish?EQBCT=107a8a7a2d5a45a3bf990cfcbada1cd0
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