Digital Rights Weekly | November 15 - 19

Thu Nov 18 19:30:06 CET 2021

Hello Digital Rights Defenders!

Here is your weekly update on digital rights around the world for the
week of November 15 - 1.

###  Upcoming Virtual TCU Events ###

Nov 23 | Dealing with Conflicts in Activist Groups and Teams
Conflicts in teams and groups can be exhausting. In this workshop,
learn about steps we can take to deal with conflicts in a constructive
and respectful way.

Dec  2 | Care is Resistance: From being detained as a "terrorist" to
the coping-with-prison-guide
Peter Steudtner, part of #Istanbul10, will share what self- and
community care carries political detainees, their families and
communities through times of detention and arrest. In addition, how to
strengthen community resilience.

https://www.digitalrights.community/blog/2021-community-health-village

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### Digital Rights in the Community ###

1. Digital Identities Dispatches from Africa Series

As governments across the globe implement new and foundational digital
identification systems (Digital ID), or modernize existing ID
programs, there is an urgent need for more research and discussion
about the risks and benefits of using digital ID systems, including
concerns about privacy, surveillance and exclusion. This video series
examines  digital identification systems used by governments  in
Africa, and the negative consequences they have for activists and
citizens.

https://digitalid.design/#africa

2. Lady Gaga Inspires Appreciation for Internet Freedom Monsters

A message to all the Internet Freedom Monsters: we love you, we miss
you, and we are constantly daydreaming of the day when we see your
beautiful faces. Protect your joy because you are some of the most
amazing human beings in this world!

https://twitter.com/NeemaIyer/status/1459155394207563780

3. Call for Applications for Civil Society Threat Labs

Internews is pleased to invite applications for a new program to
upskill digital security organizations in threat analysis, response,
and sharing. The program, called "MONITOR Scaled", will support five
digital security organizations to become "Threat Labs." A Threat Lab
is a local organization with the technical capacity and appropriate
tools to analyze suspicious phishing and malware samples and then
share information back to the community regarding attack trends,
emerging threats, and countermeasures.

Applications are open to organizations wishing to build their threat
analysis and sharing capacities to become new Threat Labs, as well as
to organizations with prior threat analysis and threat sharing
experience who wish to further hone their skills and provide
mentorship to newer Threat Labs.

https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/HyaWOIQQpp2sj2IRJNTo-AZ8zwCRSOhIZwxsm5iS7KE/

4. Hackers Increasingly Using HTML Smuggling in Malware and Phishing Attacks

Threat actors are increasingly banking on the technique of HTML
smuggling in phishing campaigns as a means to gain initial access and
deploy an array of threats, including banking malware, remote
administration trojans (RATs), and ransomware payloads.

https://thehackernews.com/2021/11/hackers-increasingly-using-html.html

### Learning Resources ###

1. EngageMedia, Bulatlat to Screen Films on Digital Rights and Safety

A collection of short films on human rights issues in the digital
space will be streamed oin 20th November. They cover issues such as
online gender-based violence in Indonesia, the rise of disinformation
in the Philippines and Myanmar, the blatant attacks and repression of
artists, journalists, and activists in Cambodia, Thailand and
Malaysia, and online surveillance and data privacy issues in India.

https://www.bulatlat.com/2021/11/16/engagemedia-bulatlat-to-screen-films-on-digital-rights-and-safety/

### Digital Rights in the Wider World ###

1. 'Scary and Chilling': AI Surveillance Takes U.S. Prisons by Storm

When the sheriff in Suffolk County, New York, requested $700,000 from
the U.S. government for an artificial intelligence system to eavesdrop
on prison phone conversations, his office called it a key tool in
fighting gang-related and violent crime.

But the county jail ended up listening to calls involving a much wider
range of subjects - scanning as many as 600,000 minutes per month,
according to public records from the county obtained by the Thomson
Reuters Foundation. To what extent do surveillance systems trample the
privacy rights of prisoners’ family members?.

https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-prisons-surveillance/scary-and-chilling-ai-surveillance-takes-u-s-prisons-by-storm-idUSKBN2I01H0

2.. Fresh Scrutiny for Mexico after Arrest of Suspect in NSO Spyware Case

Mexico’s use of spyware made by NSO Group is facing new scrutiny
following the arrest of a businessman on allegations that he used the
surveillance tool to spy on a journalist. Privacy advocates, including
Article19, hope this is the first steps towards “unravelling the
framework of the illegal and abusive use of spying tools which
infringe the most elemental principles of privacy, intimacy, and
fundamental rights”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/09/mexico-arrest-businessman-nso-israeli-company-spyware

3. Journalists in Cuba are Besieged, Intimidated and Watched to
Prevent them from Covering the 15-N Protests

Cuban authorities are deploying the police and the military to
harassjournalists in Cuba and prevent them from reporting on the 15-N
or 15-November demonstrations that demanded the release of people
imprisoned after the protests of July 11, as well as the end of the
police repression.

https://latamjournalismreview.org/articles/journalists-in-cuba-are-besieged-intimidated-and-watched-to-prevent-them-from-covering-the-15-n-protests

4. Israel can Monitor Every Telephone Call in West Bank and Gaza, says
Intelligence Source

Israel can listen to every telephone conversation taking place in the
West Bank and Gaza, a former member of the Israeli Army’s elite
signals intelligence unit 8200 has told Middle East Eye. Every mobile
or phone imported into Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing - in
Gaza's south - is implanted with an Israeli bug. In addition, anyone
using the only two mobile networks serving the occupied territories is
being monitored as well, the former signals intelligence member said.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-can-monitor-every-telephone-call-west-bank-and-gaza-intelligence-source

This is detrimental for many reasons. Most importantly, however, both
research and people’s lived experience tells us that surveillance has
a deep and negative consequence on people’s psyche -  it can be just
as mentally taxing as mental disorders like depression, and can even
cause symptoms similar to post-traumatic stress disorder.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/pa5d9g/what-constant-surveillance-does-to-your-brain

5. European Parliament’s Plans Of A Digital Services Act Threaten
Internet Freedoms

The EU Parliament is toying with the idea of introducing legislation
that would require online platforms to swiftly remove potentially
illegal content, and punish them if they can’t do this quickly.
However, these requirements  would give platforms an impossible task
of identifying illegal content in realtime, at speeds no human
moderator could manage. This means platforms would have to rely on
algorithms, resulting in more automated filtering and ultimately
overblocking and a more opaque and arbitrary process.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/11/european-parliaments-plans-digital-services-act-threaten-internet-freedoms

6. In Moscow’s Technological Advances, a ‘Double-Edged Sword’

The Moscow Metro made headlines last month for installing a facial
recognition payment system called Face Pay,  But digital privacy
activists were quick to raise the alarm, noting that the new system is
not just about improving service on the Moscow Metro. It also about
government perfecting algorithms that will lead to better
surveillance.  Moscow ranks third in the world for the most
surveillance on streets and public transport, with some 200,000
cameras placed around the city and on the Metro

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/world/europe/moscow-face-pay-technology-privacy.html

7. Portuguese Lawmakers try to Unshackle Biometric Mass Surveillance

A proposed Portuguese law expanding the allowable uses of biometric
video surveillance by law enforcement is being strongly attacked as
unconstitutional, unwarranted and needlessly rushed by critics inside
and outside the nation. The bill explicitly authorizes the heads of
law enforcement agencies and public security services to apply for the
installation of video surveillance systems with biometric
capabilities. The use of these technologies enable mass surveillance,
discriminatory targeted surveillance, and room for great abuse by
governments.

https://www.biometricupdate.com/202111/portuguese-lawmakers-try-to-unshackle-biometric-mass-surveillance-alarms-ring

Check out  the #BansBS open letter by calling on the ban of
surveillance technologies, which was signed by more than 200 civil
society organizations, activists, technologists and other experts.

https://www.accessnow.org/ban-biometric-surveillance/

8. Facebook Targets Children with ‘Surveillance Ads’, Research Claims

Facebook is still harvesting children’s personal data and targeting
teens with “surveillance advertising” despite pledging to end the
practice earlier this year, according to new research. This
contradicts their announcement this summer when they claimed they
would limiting how advertisers could reach kids.

https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/16/facebook-accused-of-still-targeting-teens-with-ads/

Check out an open letter to Facebook, written by an international
coalition of public health and child development groups, human rights
orgs, and privacy campaigners, accusing Facbook of misleading both the
public and lawmakers, and asking for the practice to stop.

https://fairplayforkids.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/fbsurveillanceletter.pdf

### Call for Proposals ###

1. Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch) 2021-2022 Report
Call for proposals
Theme: COVID-19: Changes to digital rights priorities and strategies
Deadline for proposals: 22 November 2021
https://www.apc.org/en/news/giswatch-2021-2022-call-proposals-covid-19-changes-digital-rights-priorities-and-strategies

2. European Digital Rights (EDRi): #PrivacyCamp22: Call for panels!
(New deadline)
The 10th edition of Privacy Camp invites a forward-looking
retrospective on the last decade of digital rights. This edition aims
at building on the lessons of the past and at collectively
articulating strategic ways forward for the advancement of human
rights in the digital society.
https://privacycamp.eu/2021/10/20/privacycamp22-call-for-panels/

3. OTF Learning Lab RFP
The Open Tech Fund is issuing a request for proposal for their
Learning Lab. They are looking for professionals or agencies with
writing, editing, or visual/graphic design skills. Proposals are due
by November 24, 2021. The Learning Lab helps OTF-supported projects
and their fellows tell the stories of their projects and the results
they produce, including their successes, challenges and lessons
learned.
https://www.opentech.fund/about/jobs/rfp-for-writing-editing-and-design-services-learning-lab/.
4. #ICANN74 Fellowship

The deadline to apply is 15 December 2021, 23:59 UTC. The Fellowship
Program seeks individuals who are interested or already engaged in the
various aspects of ICANN's work, such as policy building, the
operation of the Domain Name System (DNS), and the security and
stability of the global Internet.

https://go.icann.org/3opFgmA
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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

Grant opportunity
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/

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### Global Events Calendar ###

Virtual School of Internet Governance
September 6, 2021 - November 14, 2021
https://www.virtualsig.org/2021/01/17/group-e-registration-sept-6-2021/

Escuela Virtual de Gobernanza de Internet
13 de septiembre, 2021 - 3 de diciembre, 2021
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4TZUhNmlb6FpJ4FpggeYGIxw3kiDrXMCeNjeUeI_kiHQjew/viewform

Community Health Village
November 2021
See list of workshops and sessions below:
https://www.digitalrights.community/blog/2021-community-health-village

Nov 23: Dealing with Conflicts in Activist Groups and Teams
Dec 2: Care is Resistance: From Being Detained as a "Terrorist" to the
Coping-with-prison-guide

Bread & Net 2021
23 - 26 November, 2021
Online & Offline Event
https://www.breadandnet.org/

Internet Governance Forum 2021
6-10 December, 2021
Katowice, Poland
https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2021

APAC DNS Forum 2022 First Pre-Event Webinar
September 2021 - February 2022
https://apacdnsforum.my/

Glitter Meetup
Every Thursday
9am EDT | 1pm 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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### 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

If you know someone who may be a fit for any one of these jobs, please
forward them this email. Or better yet, have them sign up to receive
more jobs each week:
https://www.digitalrights.community/weekly-newsletter

✎ Advox Project Researchers | Global Voices
+ Remote
http://globalvoices.org/2021/11/17/global-voices-seeks-country-level-researchers-for-our-advox-project/

✎ IAdvox Project Editor/Coordinator | Global Voices
+ Remote
http://globalvoices.org/2021/11/16/global-voices-seeks-a-project-editor-coordinator-for-our-advox-project/

✎ Information Security Coordinator for Protection of Human Rights
Defenders Programme | Boell Foundation
+ Brussels
https://eu.boell.org/en/information-security-coordinator

✎ Data Analysis Contract | Access Now
+ Remote
https://accessnow.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=87

✎ Test Engineer
+ Remote
https://grnh.se/cb3107a91us

✎ Recruiter (Contract) | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
https://grnh.se/d18e17441us

✎ Information Security Coordinator | Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union
+ Brussels, Belgium
http://eu.boell.org/en/information-security-coordinator

✎ Senior Product Manager, Growth | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
https://grnh.se/cc554fa01us

✎ Senior Developer (Human Rights Investigations and Research Tools)
| Security Force Monitor - Columbia Law Human Rights Institute
+ New York
https://opportunities.columbia.edu/en-us/job/519997/senior-developer-human-rights-investigations-and-research-tools-human-rights-institute

✎ Manager, Addressing Disinformation| Creative Lab
+ Washington DC
https://hq-creative.icims.com/jobs/2228/manager%2c-addressing-disinformation---creative-lab/job?mobile=false&width=1060&height=500&bga=true&needsRedirect=false&jan1offset=-300&jun1offset=-240

✎ Education & Communities Coordinator  | The Tor Project
+ Remote
https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/education-communities-coordinator/

✎ Bookkeeper/Payroll Specialist (P/T)  | The Tor Project
+ Remote
https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/bookkeeper-payroll/

✎ Senior Development Officer | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/3657258?gh_src=d18e17441us

✎ Regional Education and Communities Coordinator - Southeast Asia | Access Now
+ Southeast Asia
https://accessnow.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=82&source=aWQ9MjA%3D

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