Digital Rights Weekly | August 30 - September 3

Team CommUNITY team at digitalrights.community
Fri Sep 3 22:28:35 CEST 2021 

Hello Digital Rights Defenders!

Here is your weekly update on digital rights around the world for the
week of August 30 - September 3.

We hope this information will be helpful and informative as we
continue working together to protect human rights online. You can find
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*** Upcoming Virtual Events ***

@ September 7 | CKS: How to Report Software Bugs / Thunderbird Bug Party
https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/cks51

@ September 14 | CKS: Fundraising and Participatory Decision Making in
the LGBTQAI Non-Profit Ecosystem
https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/cks50

@ September 16 | MENA Monthly Meetup
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php?title=September_16_2021,_MENA_Meetup

@ September 22 | Asia Monthly Meetup
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/September_22,_Asia_Meetup

@ September 30 | Latin America Monthly Meetup
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/30_de_Septiembre,_2021_LATAM

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### In the World ###

*** El Salvador: El Activista Mario Gomez Ha Sido Arrestado ***

Mario Gómez, experto en sistemas de información y activista reconocido
por advertir los riesgos del uso del bitcoin en las últimas semanas,
ha sido detenido. Su madre, testigo de la detención, aseguró que “no
nos dieron ninguna explicación, ni una orden”.

https://twitter.com/_elfaro_/status/1433092793216425986


*** The Real Story Of the Afghan Biometric Databases Abandoned To the
Taliban ***

As the Taliban swept through Afghanistan in mid-August, declaring the
end of two decades of war, reports quickly circulated that they had
also captured US military biometric devices used to collect data such
as iris scans, fingerprints, and facial images. The machines, known as
HIIDE, could be used to help identify Afghans who had supported
coalition forces.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/08/30/1033941/afghanistan-biometric-databases-us-military-40-data-points/


*** How Data Brokers Sell Access to the Backbone of the Internet ***

There's something of an open secret in the cybersecurity world:
internet service providers quietly give away detailed information
about which computer is communicating with another to private
businesses, which then sells access to that data to a range of third
parties, according to multiple sources in the threat intelligence
industry.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg84yy/data-brokers-netflow-data-team-cymru


*** Preserve Evidence of Potential Rights Abuses in Afghanistan ***

Rights organizations Human Rights Watch, Access Now, Amnesty
International USA, and Mnemonic call social media platforms to
preserve and archive content that may provide evidence of past or
ongoing serious human rights abuses in Afghanistan and that could be
used for future efforts to provide justice and accountability, while
ensuring the privacy and security of vulnerable individuals associated
with that content.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/30/preserve-evidence-potential-rights-abuses-afghanistan


*** Cuba: Telecommunications Decree Curtails Free Speech ***

On August 17, 2021, the government made public Decree-Law 35 and
several accompanying norms regulating the use of telecommunications,
including the internet and radio, and the government’s response to
“cybersecurity incidents.” The decree, which has the stated purpose of
“defending” the Cuban revolution, requires telecommunications
providers to interrupt, suspend, or terminate their services when a
user publishes information that is “fake” or affects “public morality”
and the “respect of public order.”

https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/25/cuba-telecommunications-decree-curtails-free-speech


*** Russia Blocks Access To Six VPN Providers Ahead Of Elections ***

Russia's media watchdog has blocked six providers of virtual proxy
networks (VPNs), which people can use to circumvent government
restrictions on the Internet. The move, announced on September 3,
comes as Russian authorities tighten control of the Internet, blocking
access to dozens of websites ahead of parliamentary elections this
month.

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-vpns-blocked/31442607.html


### Community News ###

*** No Access: LGBTIQ Website Censorship in Six Countries ***

New report by OONI, OutRight International and Citizenlab examines the
blocking of LGBTIQ websites in Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia, Iran,
Saudi Arabia & the UAE.

https://ooni.org/post/2021-no-access-lgbtiq-website-censorship-six-countries/


*** The Reality of Privacy & Digital Data Protection in Palestine ***

7amleh has just published the exploratory study "The Reality of
Privacy & Digital Data Protection in Palestine" in English and Arabic.
The publication is accompanied by a mini webpage dedicated to the
topic.

English: https://7amleh.org/2021/08/25/7amleh-releases-a-new-report-on-the-reality-of-privacy-and-data-protection-in-palestine

Arabic: https://7amleh.org/2021/08/25/hmlh-ytlq-tqryr-jdyd-hwl-waqa-alkhswsyh-whmayh-albyanat-fy-flstyn


*** From Pearl to Pegasus: Bahraini Government Hacks Activists with
NSO Group Zero-Click iPhone Exploits ***

In its latest investigation into the prevalence and impact of digital
espionage operations against civil society groups, Citizen Lab
identified nine Bahraini activists whose iPhones were successfully
hacked with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware between June 2020 and February
2021. Some of the activists were hacked using two zero-click iMessage
exploits.

https://citizenlab.ca/2021/08/bahrain-hacks-activists-with-nso-group-zero-click-iphone-exploits/


*** New Report Published By Jigsaw And The #Keepiton Coalition On
Global Network Shutdowns ***

Government-imposed internet shutdowns are on the rise globally, with
devastating impacts on affected communities.

https://jigsaw.google.com/the-current/shutdown/


*** APC’s Disinformation Policy Explainer Explores This Fenomenen and
Exposes APC’s Position ***

Disinformation is not a new phenomenon, but it has reached new
dimensions with the expansion in the use of digital technologies and,
in particular, social media. How do we address disinformation? There
is no universally agreed definition for this global, complex issue
that is increasingly difficult to approach. APC’s Disinformation
policy explainer presents their positioning on this problem.

https://www.apc.org/en/node/37556


*** New Spanish Online Courses for Journalists ***

The Totem Project announced its partnership with the Consortium to
Support Independent Journalism in Latin America (CAPIR). In the frame
of this partnership, the Consortium CAPIR will publish a full
curricula of courses in Spanish on the Totem platform. Starting a
course on Risk Analysis called “Análisis de riesgo: Cómo ejercer el
periodismo de forma más segura”

https://learn.totem-project.org/courses/course-v1:IWPR+IWPR_RA_ES+001/about


*** India: Spyware Use Violates Supreme Court Privacy Ruling ***

Eleven digital rights and civil society groups call for independent
oversight of India’s state surveillance. This joint statement calls on
authorities to put in place broad reforms to establish proper judicial
and parliamentary oversight of government surveillance measures that
fully comply with international standards on privacy and other civil
liberties.

https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/india-spyware-use-violates-supreme-court-privacy-ruling


*** EFF and Partners Will Deliver to Apple Petitions with 50,000
Signatures Demanding End to Phone Scanning Program ***

On Wednesday, September 8, at 9 am PT, internationally renowned
security technologist Bruce Schneier and EFF Policy Analyst Joe Mullin
will speak on a panel with digital rights activists delivering
petitions with more than 50,000 signatures calling on Apple to cancel
its iPhone surveillance software program. The briefing will be held
via Zoom.

https://www.eff.org/press/releases/video-briefing-wednesday-eff-and-partners-will-deliver-apple-petitions-50000


*** Mozilla VPN Completes Independent Security Audit by Cure53 ***

Mozilla published an independent security audit of its Mozilla VPN,
which provides encryption and device-level protection of your
connection and information when you are on the Web, from Cure53,

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/news/mozilla-vpn-completes-independent-security-audit-by-cure53/

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### Calls for Proposals ###


*** Submit Your Sessions for Team CommUNITY’s Community Health Village  ***

Time to come together around equity, healing and learning! We are
launching a Community Health Village whose theme will be Sustainable
Networks & Movements. Deadline for submissions will be September 9.
Specifically, we are looking for a diversity of proposals that explore
themes related to health and healing through a community lens. This
ranges from mental health to employee wellbeing to restorative
artistic practices.

https://www.digitalrights.community/chv21

For advice and ideas on how to structure your proposal, we’ve outlined
some tried-and-true tips from our experience facilitating events in
the digital rights space.

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


*** Pluggable Transport Implementers' Meeting ***

Internews is hosting a Pluggable Transport Implementers’ Meeting
(PTIM) October 19-21, 2021. Like last year, the event will be 100%
virtual and will allow lots of time for direct interactions with other
developers and beneficiaries of your work. By bringing together
members of the PT community, Internews aim to provide a space of
interaction in the world of Pluggable Transports.

https://www.pluggabletransports.info/blog/ptim2021-announcement/

If you would like to share an idea, for a community session, lighting
talk, or for one of the other programs categories provided, submit
your idea here:
https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/f9yaxadQGCClhvrt26sxwT2Gxq+CHC1q+eQ2sUonBnE/

Register for the event here:
https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/xcj8ordQ48MiCBHlqQjGIQg1tb6bmAFzB3FNiQiD6UQ/


### 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

The FREE Fund
Deadline: Rolling Basis
https://www.thefreefund.org/

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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### 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/

How to Report Software Bugs / Thunderbird Bug Party
+ September 7
10am EST / 2pm
https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/cks51

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

Fundraising and Participatory Decision Making in the LGBTQAI
Non-Profit Ecosystem
+ September 14
9am EST / 1pm UTC
https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/cks50

MENA Monthly Meetup
+ September 16
5pm Central Africa Time (UTC+2) / 11am EST (UTC-4)
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php?title=September_16_2021,_MENA_Meetup

Asia Monthly Meetup
+ September 22
Delhi 13:30 (UTC+5:30) / Taipei-Kuala Lumpur 16:00 (UTC+8) / Tokyo
17:00 (UTC+9) / NYC 4am (EST)
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/September_22,_Asia_Meetup

Conceptualising, identifying, and assessing harm on digital platforms
+ 24 September
Online and in-person event
https://research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/2021/07/06/dmrc-fridays-24-september-conceptualising-identifying-and-assessing-harm-on-digital-platforms/

Code for All Summit
+ 27 - 30 September, 2021
Online Event
https://codeforall.org/

Latin America Monthly Meetup
5:30pm Mexico (UTC-5) / 6:30pm Chile (UTC-4) / 10:30pm UTC+0
+ 30 September
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/30_de_Septiembre,_2021_LATAM

Pluggable Transport Implementers' Meeting
+ 19 - 21 October, 2021
Online Event
https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/xcj8ordQ48MiCBHlqQjGIQg1tb6bmAFzB3FNiQiD6UQ

Community Health Village
+ October/November 2021
Online Event
https://www.digitalrights.community/chv21

Bread & Net 2021
+ 24 - 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

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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### Job Opportunities ###

We have a lot of job listings this week. 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 this email week:
https://www.digitalrights.community/weekly-newsletter

To view the complete list of jobs or post a job, visit the Team
CommUNITY Job Board: https://www.digitalrights.community/job-board

✎ Multiple positions | Tunnel Bear
+ Remote or Toronto, CA
https://www.tunnelbear.com/jobs

✎ Multiple positions | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/jobs/

✎ 10 job positions open! | EngageMedia
+ Remote (Asia-Pacific)
https://engagemedia.org/jobs/

✎ Multiple technology and innovation opportunities | Information
Commissioner's Office, the UK's Data Protection Authority
+ Wilmslow, UK
https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/jobs/technology-and-innovation-opportunities/

✎ Support Specialist (Contract) | Signal Messenger
+ Remote (US Time Zones)
https://jobs.lever.co/signal/24b4f951-9c2e-451c-bd9d-18c57e14249f

✎ Infrastructure Engineer | IVPN
+ Remote (UTC-1 to UTC+3)
http://ivpn.recruitee.com/o/infrastructure-engineer?source=drc

✎ Advisory Board Member | Digital Action
+ Remote
http://digitalaction.co/career/advisoryboard

✎ Senior InformationSecurity Analyst (Two Openings) | New York Times
+ NYC, USA
https://nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Tech/job/New-York-NY/Senior-Information-Security-Analyst_REQ-010520

✎ Researcher / Writer | GreatFire
+ Remote
https://applecensorship.com/were-hiring-2/

✎ Partnership Coordinator | Colors of Change
+ Washington, D.C.; New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA, USA
https://colorofchange.org/careers/#op-463912-partnership-coordinator

✎ Creative Project Manager | Colors of Change
+ New York, USA
https://colorofchange.org/careers/#op-463921-creative-project-manager

✎ Devops engineer for a better Internet | eQualitie
+ Remote or Montreal, Canada
https://equalit.ie/job-post/devops-engineer-for-a-better-internet/

✎ Digital Rights and Health Reporting Hub (West) | Thomson Reuters Foundation
+ Remote
https://www.trust.org/media-development/opportunities/?sfid=a053z00000vE4f0AAC&sfProgId=a153z00001FGD6YAAX&areaOfFocus=Governance%20and%20Human%20Rights

✎ Digital Rights and Health Reporting Hub (East) | Thomson Reuters Foundation
+ Remote
https://www.trust.org/media-development/opportunities/?sfid=a053z00000vE4ggAAC&sfProgId=a153z00001FGD6YAAX&areaOfFocus=Governance%20and%20Human%20Rights

✎ Technology and Telecommunications Fellow | National Council of Negro Women
+ Washington DC, USA
http://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/technology-and-telecommunications-fellow-at-national-council-of-negro-women-inc-hq-2684211848

✎ Campaigns Coordinator | IFEX
+ Remote
http://ifex.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=25&source=aWQ9MTM%3D

✎ Organisational Choreographer aka Organisational Associate | Numun Fund
+ Remote, Global South, Larger World
https://numunfund.notion.site/Organisational-Choreographer-aka-Organisational-Associate-Numun-Fund-274cc361061b41c88e790b6865065d3d

✎ Programmes Weaver aka Programmes Senior Coordinator | Numun Fund
+ Remote, Global South, Larger World
https://numunfund.notion.site/Programmes-Weaver-aka-Programmes-Senior-Coordinator-Numun-Fund-a6a422fb83b140d0bf3f13b59df357d1

✎ (Sr.) Software Engineers for SecureDrop | Freedom of the Press Foundation
+ Remote
https://freedom.press/jobs/sr-software-engineers-securedrop/

✎ Digital Organizer | Suma
+ Portland, OR
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S47xTnNLOjnXJIPAlXkx2VrqQ51i7s_xq8RwxTEHVbE/edit

✎ Campaigner - Africa (Location Options) | Access Now
+ Location Options
http://accessnow.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=80&source=aWQ9MjA%3D

✎ Technology Manager | Ranking Digital Rights - New America
+ Remote
https://newamerica.applytojob.com/apply/hMcD4HEj9G/

✎ Director of Engineering | Avalanche Insights
+ Remote
http://jobs.lever.co/AvalancheInsights/da39ae64-eee2-4df0-b59b-5453e15947fd

✎ Software Engineer | Avalanche Insights
+ Remote
http://jobs.lever.co/AvalancheInsights/444f2d11-9d06-4d53-8f2f-33031d2fe018

✎ Android and Chromium Developer | GreatFire.org
+ Remote
http://zh.greatfire.org/xuanshang/5

✎ Executive Director | American Humanist Association
+ Washington, DC, USA
http://driconsulting.com/position/aha-executive-director/

✎ Research & Policy Analyst | Joint Center
+ Washington, DC, USA preferred
https://jointcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/POSITION_-Research-Policy-Analyst.v6.pdf

✎ Manager of Research and Training | Media Democracy Fund
+ Remote / East Coast, USA
https://mediademocracyfund.org/news/mdf-is-hiring-a-manager-of-research-and-training

✎ Tech Lead | Chayn
+ Remote
http://chayn.notion.site/Tech-Lead-bdecb1294ce9471d9171ead3f0805c0a

✎ Java Developer | Quantum Vision LLC
+ Chambersburg, MD, USA
https://careerportal.ceipal.com/jobs/career/9a4400501febb2a95e79248486a5f6d3/bf62768ca46b6c3b5bea9515d1a1fc45/0/c4ca4238a0b923820dcc509a6f75849b

✎ Trestle Tech Fellows | Trestle Collaborative
+ Remote
http://www.trestle.us/careers-fellowship

✎ Tech Policy Fellowship | Open Philanthropy
+ Remote
https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/technology-policy-fellowship

✎ Human Resources/Operations Coordinator - Asia-Pacific | Access Now
+ Asia Pacific, Location Options
https://accessnow.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=79&source=aWQ9MjA%3D

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