Digital Rights Weekly | June 6 - 10

Sat Jun 11 00:20:55 CEST 2022

Hello Digital Rights Defenders!

Here is your weekly update on digital rights around the world for the
weeks of June 6 - 10. As a reminder, you can submit your news for the
newsletter here: https://www.digitalrights.community/weekly-newsletter

###  Upcoming Virtual TCU Events ###

June 16 | Digital Rights Job Fair
See description below

June 22 | CKS: Pathways to Organizational Health
Join us on June 22 to
learn about Team CommUNITY’s recently published Community Health
Report, Exploring Pathways to Improve Organizational Health.
https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/cks58

June 22 | Latin America Meetup
Los meetups mensuales Latinoamericanos son un espacio para charlar,
compartir proyectos, y ayudarnos entre todes a solucionar lo que
podamos en las no tan buenas.
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/22_de_Junio,_2022_LATAM

## Team CommUNITY Update ##

1.

Important Job Fair Update

If you RSVPed for our Job Fair on June 16, keep an eye out for an
email with a link to access the platform, as well as times.
Unfortunately, .we had to close registration because we reached
capacity.  However, the good news is that we plan on having many more
Job Fairs in the future!

2. Community Health Report Event on June 22

Team CommUNITY”s new Community Health Report, Pathways to
Organizational Recovery, is out. Join us on June 22 to hear about the
report, which will be presented by the author, Selma Zaki, TCU’s
Director of Community Mental Health

RSVP here:

https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/cks58

The annual report is a tool to strengthen the health and well-being of
digital rights networks across the world. This year’s edition provides
community leaders and members
with analysis, trends, and recommendations so they can prioritize the
wellbeing of their teams, and improve employee health to advance
internet freedoms for all.

Report: https://www.digitalrights.community/blog/announcing-the-community-health-repor-org-pathways

3. Read TCU's First Monthly Regional Briefs

Check out the first monthly regional briefs written by our new
community leads!!!! Every month, our talented researchers will be
dispatching from Latin America, MENA, Africa and Asia the latest news
on digital justice issues, the emerging challenges of our field, and
their insights on the state of the regional communities of digital
rights defenders. The goal with these reports is to provide updated
mappings of the many global developments on digital justice, and in
the long term, produce effective cross-regional strategies to improve
the wellbeing of members of our communities.

https://www.digitalrights.community/blog/regionalbriefsmay2022

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### Digital Rights in the Community ###

1. Google: No Data Center in Saudi Arabia

Google is planning to build a massive data center in Saudi Arabia.
SumofUs, an anti-corporate advocacy group, submitted a stockholder
proposal at the Annual General Meeting of Google’s parent company,
Alphabet Inc., requesting a detailed assessment of the human rights
risks posed by this project. The group calls on Google to clarify how
it will ensure the safety and wellbeing of Saudis and all individuals
connected to the data center given the country’s “highly restrictive
control of all internet activities and pervasive government
surveillance, arrest, and prosecution of online activity.”

https://actions.sumofus.org/a/no-google-cloud-region-saudi

2. Call for Proposal for Symposium on Disinformation

Submit your contribution to The 2022 edition of the Multidisciplinary
International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media
(MISDOOM) by June 17. The event will take place on October 11-12, and
will be a hybrid event, which brings together researchers from
multiple disciplines, including communication science, computer
science, computational social science, political science, psychology,
journalism and media studies, as well as practitioners in journalism
and online media.

https://www.boisestate.edu/misdoom-2022

3. Launch of Interactive Tool on Disinfo & Freedom of Expression in
Sub-Saharan Africa

LEXOTA is a new interactive tool that examines how laws and government
actions against disinformation impact freedom of expression across
Sub-Saharan Africa.  It offers a comprehensive overview of laws,
policies and other government actions on disinformation in every
country in Sub-Saharan Africa.  It was created by Global Partners
Digital in partnership with the Centre for Human Rights at the
University of Pretoria, Article 19 West Africa, the Collaboration on
International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa and PROTEGE QV.
https://lexota.org/

4. Call for Applications: Fellowship Focusing on Democracy in the Digital Age

The Landecker Democracy Fellowship is currently looking for
applicants! The fellowship annually supports diverse changemakers in
unpacking and addressing historic and contemporary systems of
inequity. The 2022/23 cohort will bring together 30 Fellows to realize
project ideas that tackle some of the democratic challenges and
opportunities in our digital age. Deadline to apply is July 17, 2022

https://www.humanityinaction.org/landeckerdemocracyfellowship/

5. Creative Writing Workshops for Women Human Rights Defenders

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) through its Women Human Rights
Defenders Programme is intending to hold a series of creative writing
workshops to be held online starting 20th of June 2022, with a
possible follow-up (in person) meeting in the upcoming months (TBC).
The workshop main objective is to allow WHRDs  and feminists in the
region to be equipped with the main tools to write their own
realities, history, rhetoric and contribute to the creation of
feminist data and content for related evidence-based research. If you
are interested in joining us and take part in these workshops, please
fill out the following form by the 12th of June, 2022.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdgEgXT4OMZjEZP6NbmoSP8QL5pR8cyAbmABGBuB2KfK0L7eQ/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0

6. Media Summit of the Americas: Disrupting the Information Crisis &
Building Media Sustainability

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at
Arizona State University and Equis Institute, a hub for leaders in the
Latino community working to increase civic participation in American
democracy, are hosting the Media Summit of the Americas, a
first-of-its-kind event which will invite policymakers, government
representatives and accredited journalists covering the week-long
Summit. The conference will address the serious challenges our
information environment faces in the hemisphere and hear from leading
experts and keynote speakers from Latin America and the U.S.

https://cronkite.asu.edu/news/2022/media-summit-of-the-americas-disrupting-the-information-crisis-building-media-sustainability/

7. Event: Telecom Companies in Africa & Southeast Asia

Ranking Digital Rights will be hosting an online event next Wednesday
to discuss policies & practices of telecom companies Africa and
Southeast Asia and how they protect users' privacy and freedom of
expression. The event is on  Wednesday June 15th at 12 GMT/3pm EAT
with partners from Internews, Paradigm Initiative, Engage Media, and
Internet Freedom Project Lesotho. You can register here:

https://internews.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMuf-igqzkvE9fh9nuqUUjo7SVdlSKygfU5.

8. As Sarah Would Write

The WHRDMENA Coalition and Sarah Hegazy's comrades will commemorate
the second anniversary of her absence from our world - but not our
heart - by encouraging an interaction that extends over two days: 13,
and 14 June 2022,  under the title "As Sarah Hijazi would write, we
do."

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7cnr7JEis_YAzj9yU_SApkT_3N4xurh2oQDvm5JqQ1Ee49Q/viewform?pli=1

9. Call for Proposals: TICTeC Action Lab #2

TICTeC Action Lab #2 is looking for an individual, organization or
joint team to produce a resource to support the global civic tech
community in fixing common accessibility challenges.The deadline for
applications is the end of Thursday 16th June 2022

https://tictec.mysociety.org/call-for-proposals-a-toolkit-to-help-the-global-civic-tech-community-fix-common-accessibility-challenges/

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### Digital Rights Resources ###

1. Digital Enquirer Kit: Improve your Knowledge of Digital Security

In their Digital Enquirer Kit project, Tactical Tech worked and
co-wrote the free e-learning resource with Digital Security
specialists from around the world. They’re now opening it up to the
public and inviting you to the Digital Enquirer Kit's Summer Training
Series. It will be a set of 1-hour webinars taking place approximately
each week for 10 weeks. Registration is required to receive the online
meeting details and they will take care to delete any contact
information after the sessions end to ensure privacy.

https://tacticaltech.org/news/digital-security-training-program/

2. Ukraine & Russia Propaganda and Disinformation

Four months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Aljazeera analyses
the spread of disinformation and the ongoing propaganda war. In this
special edition of their The Listening Podcast, they share a timeline
of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and a chronology of their reports,
including the media’s coverage from around the world.

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-listening-post/2022/6/4/russia-vs-ukraine-the-fog-of-propaganda-and-disinformation

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

1. Spanish Judge to Seek Testimony From NSO on Pegasus Spyware

Spain's National Court says that a Spanish judge will travel to Israel
to seek testimony from the head of tech company NSO regarding the use
of its Pegasus spyware in tapping politicians’ phones in Spain.

https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2022-06-07/spanish-judge-to-seek-testimony-from-nso-on-pegasus-spyware

2. Online Platforms now Have an Hour to Remove “Terrorist Content” in the EU

Facebook, Google and Twitter now have an hour to take down flagged
terrorist content spreading on their platforms or risk fines of
billions of euros.  Passed in 2021, the EU’s terrorist content
regulation enters into force this past week. It seeks to crack down on
terrorist propaganda on social media and viral livestreams of gruesome
attacks such as the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings. If tech
companies regularly fail to tackle terrorist content, they could face
a fine of up to 4 percent of their global revenue.

https://www.politico.eu/article/online-platforms-to-take-down-terrorist-content-under-an-hour-in-the-eu/

3. The US Supreme Court Is Building Its Own Surveillance State

Following the leak of a draft opinion striking down abortion rights,
the Supreme Court’s police force (the Marshal’s Office) launched an
unprecedented probe to uncover who leaked the decision. Already,
authorities have demanded phone records, signed affidavits, and law
clerks’ devices. The scrutiny is so intense that many onlookers have
suggested that clerks retain attorneys to protect their rights. While
it’s unclear how broad the cellphone searches are, or the exact
language of clerks’ affidavits, the intrusive probe reveals a
disturbing about-face from the Supreme Court, and particularly Chief
Justice John Roberts, on surveillance powers.

https://www.wired.com/story/the-supreme-court-is-building-its-own-surveillance-state/

In addition, If abortion is criminalized, tactics and tools already
used by law enforcement and immigration authorities could be adapted
to track anyone seeking or even considering an abortion, according to
advocates and academics who study the issue.

https://time.com/6184111/abortion-surveillance-tech-tracking/

4. India is Considering a Panel to rule on Social Media Takedowns

India is considering whether to set up an appeals panel with the power
to reverse the content moderation decisions of social media firms, the
information technology ministry said, in what would be the first such
move of its kind worldwide. Digital rights activists warn the move
will increase direct gov’t control over social media platforms in
India.

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/6/2/india-is-considering-a-panel-to-rule-on-social-media-takedowns

5. Instagram Moderators say Iran Offered them Bribes to Remove Accounts

A Persian-language content moderator for Instagram and a former
content moderator have said Iranian intelligence officials offered
them money to remove Instagram accounts of journalists and activists.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-61516126

6. Pinterest Banned Climate Change Disinformation

Pinterest is the first major social media platform to ban content that
denies climate change. The new rules apply to both posts and ads.
Since Pinterest's announcement, Twitter has prohibited ads that
contradict the scientific consensus on climate change and taken steps
to limit spam tweets.   But there's much more to do. There are up to
1.36 million views of climate misinformation every day on Facebook,
according to one study.

https://www.edf.org/article/pinterest-banned-climate-change-disinformation-will-other-social-media-giants-do-same

7. Twitter Ordered to Hand Personal Information of Pro-Labor Account,
as Part of Defamation Suit

Twitter has been ordered to hand over the personal information of a
widely followed and anonymous pro-Labor account as part of a
defamation lawsuit brought on by far-right figure Avi Yemini.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/07/twitter-ordered-to-hand-over-prguy17s-personal-information-as-part-of-defamation-suit

8. Myanmar: UN Experts Condemn Military’s “Digital Dictatorship”

UN human rights experts have condemned the Myanmar military junta’s
attempts to establish a “digital dictatorship” in Myanmar by imposing
further restrictions on the access to the internet, internet
shutdowns, online censorship, surveillance and other barriers to
internet access.  The experts urged UN Member States to condemn the
junta’s policies to curtail fundamental freedoms on and off-line, and
to adopt targeted sanctions against the military and military-linked
companies, including sanctions restricting the sale or supply of
dual-use surveillance technology. They also urged UN Member States and
international donors to support civil society initiatives to counter
censorship and surveillance in Myanmar.

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/06/myanmar-un-experts-condemn-militarys-digital-dictatorship

9. Study Finds that Artificial intelligence to be UAE's top Sector
over Next Decade

Artificial intelligence is being tipped to be the UAE's most important
industry over the next 10 years, with universities urged to step up
efforts to prepare the next generation of high-tech workers. The
fast-rising sector was ranked ahead of construction, electronics,
aerospace, robotics, design engineering and IT and cybersecurity in a
poll of technology and engineering employees in the Emirates.

https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2022/05/20/artificial-intelligence-to-be-uaes-top-sector-over-next-decade-survey-finds/

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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 in this newsletter, please email details to
team at digitalrights.community
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Fundraising_Opportunities

Digital Freedom Fund
23 May - 1 July 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/

Open Briefing’s Responsive Assistance
Deadline: Rolling Basis
https://www.openbriefing.org/support/referral/

Processing Foundation
Deadline: June 10
https://medium.com/processing-foundation/open-call-processing-community-lead-fellowship-f9bc1c4e18a6

Amnesty International
Deadline: June 12
https://careers.amnesty.org/vacancy/digital-forensics-fellowship-3390/3418/description/

EngageMedia
Deadline: June 12
https://engagemedia.org/2022/digital-security-localization-fellowship/

Mellon Fellowship Program
Deadline: July 2
https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/mellon-fellowship-program-0

Mozilla Tech Policy Fellowship
Deadline: Not Specified
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/mozilla-is-seeking-senior-tech-policy-fellows-apply-today/

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### Global Events Calendar ###

Digital Rights Job Fair
June 16
Online
https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/jobfair

Pathways to Organizational Health
June 22
10am EDT / 2pm UTC
https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/cks58

LATAM Monthly Meetup
June 22
6:30pm EDT / 10:30pm UTC
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/22_de_Junio,_2022_LATAM

PETS 2022
July 11 - 15
Sydney, Australia
https://petsymposium.org/2022/stipends.php

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.

Want to see more jobs? OR Have a job opening you want us to promote?
Check out the Team CommUNITY Job Board:
https://www.digitalrights.community/job-board

✎ Front-End Developer | Konnektiv Kollektiv GmbH
+ Berlin/Remote
https://konnektiv.de/join-us/

✎ PHP Developer | Konnektiv Kollektiv GmbH
+ Berlin/Remote
https://konnektiv.de/join-us/

✎ Web Developer | Access Now
+ Africa, Asia-Pacific, LATAM, EU (UK, Brussels, Berlin)
https://accessnow.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=121&source=aWQ9MjA%3D

✎ Web Content Coordinator | Access Now
+ Africa, Asia-Pacific, LATAM, EU (UK, Brussels, Berlin)
https://accessnow.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=128&source=aWQ9MjA%3D

✎ Policy Counsel - MENA | Access Now
+ MENA, Sub-Saharan Africa Regions, Europe
https://accessnow.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=126&source=aWQ9MjA%3D

✎ Campaigner - US | Access Now
+ Remote and/or Washington DC, USA
https://accessnow.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=129&source=aWQ9MjA%3D

✎ Security and Technology Office | CNS Global Consulting
+ South East Asia
https://www.devnetjobs.org/jobdescription.aspx?job_id=234500

✎ Senior Trainer | CNS Global Consulting
+ South East Asia
https://www.devnetjobs.org/jobdescription.aspx?job_id=234501

✎ Security Response Program Manager | The Apache Software Foundation
+ Remote in North America or Europe
https://blogs.apache.org/security/entry/position-available-security-response-program

✎ Donor Relations Intern | HURIDOCS
+ Remote in Switzerland
https://www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit-job/1ffa5f3bf9f6405eabd50052cb595e2c-donor-relations-intern-huridocs-human-rights-information-and-documentation-systems-geneva

✎ Site Reliability Engineer - Data Engineering | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
https://grnh.se/f289faba1us

✎ Cryptpad Web Developer | XWiki
+ Remote
https://xwiki.com/en/company/jobs/#cryptpad-web-developer

✎ Program Associate, Greater Internet Freedom | Internews
+ Serbia
https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1763

✎ Project Officer, Greater Internet Freedom | Internews
+ Serbia
https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1762

✎ Digital Rights Coordinator, Greater Internet Freedom | Internews
+ Serbia
https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1761

✎ Project Director, Greater Internet Freedom | Internews
+ Serbia
https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1764

✎ Digital Threat Solutions Specialist | Internews
+ Remote in US/UK
http://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1753

✎ Digital Rights Coordinator | Internews
+ Serbia
https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1761

✎ Director | Measurement Lab, Code for Science & Society
+ Remote
https://www.measurementlab.net/jobs/2022-05/director/

✎ Senior Manager, HRBP | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
https://grnh.se/773df24b1us

✎ Digital Forensics Fellowship | Amnesty International
+ Remote
https://careers.amnesty.org/vacancy/digital-forensics-fellowship-3390/3418/description/

✎ Junior Software Developer (Contract) | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
https://grnh.se/b567b1a41us

✎ Pentester | SumOfUs
+ Remote
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AnMwyzMsPiouXt6PsOJQB36EpHb67wV0IGFI_O_xLbE/edit#heading=h.7yw4pcjzftz

✎ Regional Programme Manager | Videre Est Credere
+ Remote (GMT-1 to GMT+6 or East Africa)
http://reliefweb.int/job/3850866/regional-programme-manager

✎ French translation reviewer - therapists and activists apply | Chayn
+ Remote
https://www.notion.so/chayn/French-translation-reviewer-therapists-and-activists-apply-bd879277e42640958efbb010613e20b5

✎ Senior Software Engineer, API Platform | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
https://grnh.se/968ab6e91us

✎ Director (Project Lead for Blocky) | GreatFire
+ Remote
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eLJJo9ZkeIwLkbXS6mIsq4Y84RLUj-ufp8kPuuiIfdE/edit

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