Digital Rights Weekly | April 10 - 14

[Team CommUNITY]

Hello Digital Rights Defenders!

Here is your weekly update on digital rights around the world for the
week of April 10 - 14. As a reminder, you can submit your news for the
newsletter here: https://www.digitalrights.community/weekly-newsletter

### Team CommUNITY (TCU) ###

1. Join our Event Series for Job Seekers Looking to Break into Digital
Rights, Internet Freedom.

This May we will be hosting the “Welcome to Digital Rights Village”
featuring diverse professionals talking about their personal career
paths in digital rights and Internet Freedom. Currently, these are the
sessions we have secured, with more being added in coming weeks.

May 16: An Overview of the Digital Rights Landscape for Career Seekers
with Danae Tapia and Sandra Ordonez

May 17: A Career in Policy Advocacy with Ayden Férdeline

May 18: A Career in Tech Tool Making with Giovanni Pellerano

May 23: A Career in Public Interest Technology with Daniel Kahn Gillmor

May 24: A Career in Grassroots to International Nonprofits in Digital
Rights with Nathaly Espitia Diaz

RSVP SOON!!!! Also, this is a great event-series to send to any folks
you may know looking to start a career in digital rights and/or
Internet Freedom.

https://www.digitalrights.community/blog/welcome-to-the-digital-rights-village


2. Take a look at our March Digital Rights Regional Briefs!

Every month, our Community Leads from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and
MENA, bring critical information about digital justice issues around
the globe, current opportunities for digital rights defenders,
community news, regional developments, and more!

This month, our Asia community lead, Astha shares an interesting
viewpoint on Internet Shutdowns and their economic impact both for
small, medium businesses, and big investments, as well as platforms’
workers. Our Africa lead shares the exciting case of a community
network provider that caters to rural South African communities. In
Latin America, López Obrador, the Mexican president, claims that
secret surveillance perpetrated by the army is “research and not
espionage”, and in the MENA region there is a transversal situation of
currency devaluation and a growing concern about digital financial
insecurity.

https://www.digitalrights.community/blog/regionalbriefsmarch2023

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### Digital Rights in the Community ###


1. Call for Applicants for Studying Online Violent Extremism: Methods,
Personal Safety, and Ethics

The Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX) and the Global Network on
Extremism and Technology (GNET) are accepting applications for their
inaugural student training workshop: “Studying Online Violent
Extremism: Methods, Personal Safety, and Ethics.” Date: 26-27 June
2023. Location: University of Oslo, Norway. Application Deadline: 1
May 2023.

https://gnet-research.org/phd-training-page/


2. Sweet QuaDreams: New Report from Citizen Lab

Based on an analysis of samples that Microsoft Threat Intelligence
shared, Citizen Lab developed indicators that enabled them to identify
at least five civil society victims of QuaDream’s spyware and exploits
in North America, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Middle
East. Victims include journalists, political opposition figures, and
an NGO worker.

QuaDream Ltd is an Israeli company that specializes in the development
and sale of advanced digital offensive technology to government
clients. The company is known for its spyware marketed under the name
“Reign”, which, like NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, reportedly utilizes
zero-click exploits to hack into target devices.

https://citizenlab.ca/2023/04/spyware-vendor-quadream-exploits-victims-customers/

The new revelations mark another blow to Apple, which has marketed its
security features as among the best in the world. Now, Reign appears
to be a new and potent threat to the integrity of the company’s mobile
phones. In a statement to the Guardian, Apple said it was “constantly
advancing the security of iOS” and that there was no indication that
QuaDream’s exploit had been used since 2021.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/apr/11/canadian-security-experts-warn-over-spyware-threat-to-rival-pegasus-citizen-lab


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### Digital Rights Resources ###

1. Podcast: Amid Growing Censorship & Malicious VPNs, Protestors
Combat Iran’s ‘Climate of Fear’

In an interview with the Click Here podcast, the Director of the MIaan
Group discusses the current state of Iran’s internet censorship,
malicious VPNs, and how a combination of online and in-person
repression has created a “climate of fear.” Miaan is a Human Rights
organization focused on Iran.

https://therecord.media/click-here-amid-growing-censorship-iran-protestors


2. AI Propaganda Will Be Effective & Easily Accessible

The capacity of AI tools has grown in tandem with the potential
threats they pose to our information space, says Max Rizzuto, a
research associate at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research
Lab (DFRLab).

https://techpolicy.press/ai-propaganda-will-be-effective-and-easily-accessible/

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

1. Streaming into Southeast Asia, Netflix Faces Repeated Censorship Demands

As Netflix rapidly expands in Southeast Asia, the company’s commitment
to artistic expression is being repeatedly tested by governments that
have sought to control what their citizens watch and hear, according
to former employees, industry observers and rights activists. Netflix
has already accommodated at least a dozen government requests that
titles be removed from the service, according to company reports, and
been caught in the middle of heated debates over how the company
should be regulated.

These challenges come just as Netflix, which is losing subscribers in
North America, looks increasingly to Asia, and specifically to the
emerging economies of Southeast Asia, to fuel growth.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/08/netflix-streaming-censorship-southeast-asia/


2. Racial Hatred on the Rise in Tunisia: What is the Role of Digital Platforms?

Massive raids and attacks against Black migrants in Tunisia, triggered
by a virulent online campaign, recall the urgent need for big tech to
scrutinize the human rights risks.

https://www.openglobalrights.org/racial-hatred-tunisia-role-of-digital-platforms/


3. Amnezia VPN: Open Source VPN Out-Maneuvering Censorship in Russia

Amnezia, a free virtual private network, allows users to set up their
own servers, making it harder for censorship to block this portal to
the outside world in Russia.

https://www.wired.com/story/amnezia-vpn-russia-censorship/ (paywall)


4. Thai Political Parties Sign Election Code of Conduct, Pledge to
Uphold Human & Digital Rights

Numerous Thai political parties convened last month and signed two
documents: Code of Conduct for 2023 Election Campaign and a “Pledge
Solemnly Given By Political Parties to the People 2023.” The signing
ceremony demonstrates the parties’ shared aspirations for transparent
and fair elections and their commitment to implementing promised
policies collectively, including the protection of human and digital
rights.

https://globalvoices.org/2023/04/10/thai-political-parties-sign-election-code-of-conduct-pledge-to-uphold-human-and-digital-rights/


5. Consumer Advocates Reject Media Calls to Preserve Exemptions to
Australian Privacy Law

Consumer digital rights advocates have rejected media companies’ call
to preserve their exemption to privacy law, warning that commercial
models should not be put ahead of public interest.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/11/consumer-advocates-reject-media-calls-to-preserve-exemptions-to-australian-privacy-law


6. Meta Verified is Under Fire in Sex Work Ciricle for Revealing
Users’ Legal Names

With Meta Verified, users can pay for an enviable blue check next to
their name. But the feature also requires users to use their legal
name as their profile display name without the option to change it,
raising concerns among sex workers, trans creators and other privacy
advocates.

 https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/10/meta-verified-reveals-legal-name-sex-workers-warn/


7. Twitter’s Open Source Algorithm is a Red Herring

Elon Musk’s highly publicized decision distracts from his recent move
to reduce transparency on the platform.

https://www.wired.com/story/twitters-open-source-algorithm-is-a-red-herring/
(paywall)


8. Digital Rights Organizations Continue to Say that the ‘TikTok Ban’
in the US is a Horrible Idea

The Restrict Act — the bill purportedly intended to facilitate a
TikTok ban — does not stop at TikTok. It gives the executive branch
broad discretion, with little to no judicial review, to ban or
restrict communications technologies from any country on an open-ended
list of “foreign adversar[ies].”

https://freedom.press/news/unamerican-restrict-act-would-enable-mass-censorship/


9. Just Security: Digital Privacy Legislation is Civil Rights Legislation

As Congress ponders legislation to reform “big tech,” it must view
comprehensive digital privacy legislation as desperately needed civil
rights legislation, because data abuses often disproportionately harm
communities already bearing the brunt of other inequalities.

https://www.justsecurity.org/85810/digital-privacy-legislation-is-civil-rights-legislation/


10. TikTok Vs. Everybody: You can listen to NPR’s conversations about
this, which also includes input from journalists covering the TikTok
ban.

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1168807221

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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

Lacuna Fund
Deadline: Multiple Depending on Topic
https://lacunafund.org/apply/

Ford Foundation
Dignity and Justice Fund
Spyware Accountability Initiative
Deadline: April 16, 2023
https://fordfoundation.forms.fm/spyware-accountability-initiative-spring-2023-request-for-concept-notes/forms/9600

African Women Development Fund
Deadline: April 25, 2023
https://awdf.org/we-are-inviting-applications-for-grants/

Digital Good Network
Digital Good Research Fund
Deadline: April 28, 2023
https://digitalgood.net

Indela in Panama
Deadline: May 15, 2023
https://indela.fund/indela-panama/

Digital Rights Research Grant
PrivacyCo
Deadline: Rolling
https://www.top10vpn.com/research-grant/

Sovereign Tech Fund
Deadline: Rolling
https://sovereigntechfund.de/en/applications/

Incident Emergency Fund
Digital Defenders Partnership
Deadline: Rolling Basis
https://www.digitaldefenders.org/incident-emergency-fund/

Safety Net Fund
Deadline: Ongoing
https://wphfund.org/whrds-safety-net/

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/

Secure Usability and Accessibility Lab
Open Tech Fund
Deadline: Rolling
https://www.opentech.fund/labs/sua-lab/
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### Events Calendar ###

LATAM Monthly Meetup
April 19, 2023
6:30pm EDT / 10:30pm UTC
https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=19_de_Abril,_2023_LATAM

Glitter Meetup: Ecuador - The Digital Rights Challenges in the Country
and Ola Bini's Case
April 20, 2023
9am EDT / 1pm UTC
Online
https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=April_20_2023_GM

MENA Monthly Meetup
April 26, 2023
10am EDT / 2pm UTC
Online
https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=April_26_2023,_MENA_Meetup

Africa Monthly Meetup
April 27, 2023
9am EDT / 1pm UTC
Online
https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=April_27_2023,_Africa_Meetup

7th Palestine Digital Activism Forum
7amleh
May 23-25, 2023
TBD
https://7amleh.org/2023/01/24/palestine-digital-activism-forum

Advocacy Evaluation Workshop
Center for Victims of Torture
May 29 - June 1, 2023
Mexico City
https://www.newtactics.org/e2a-upcoming-training-opportunities

RightsCon
Access Now
June 5 - 8, 2023
Hybrid
https://www.rightscon.org/attend/

North American School of Internet Governance
June 10 - 11, 2023
Washington DC, USA
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdST3GSV-nNF-8j7H9hO9ZDCaWMHJylM-oo9Z1VSpzUORhoig/viewform

Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute
July 31 - August 11, 2023
Oxford, USA
http://pcmlp.socleg.ox.ac.uk/oxford-media-policy-summer-institute-2023/

Freedom Not Fear
September 1- 4, 2023
Brussels
https://freedomnotfear.org

The Global Gathering
Team CommUNITY
September 15-17, 2023
Portugal
https://www.digitalrights.community/blog/announcing-team-communitys-global-gathering

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 sent to us 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

✎ Fundraiser | Decidim
+ Remote
http://decidim.org/blog/2023-04-03-job-offer-fundraiser/

✎ Junior RoR developer | Decidim
+ Remote
http://decidim.org/blog/2023-04-03-job-offer-junior-ror-developer/

✎ Operations Assistant/Office Manager | Freedom of the Press Foundation
+ Brooklyn, New York, USA
https://grnh.se/5989cb4a5us

✎ Junior Designer | SMEX
+ Remote
https://smex.org/job-opening-junior-designer/

✎ Freelance Project Manager, Bloom in German | Chayn
+ Remote
https://chayn.notion.site/Freelance-Project-Manager-Bloom-in-German-358f43a18c1b4b91b2a2d5cdcdc41767

✎ Feminist Tech eXchange project coordinator | Association for
Progressive Communications
+ Remote
http://www.apc.org/en/news/job-call-apc-looking-feminist-tech-exchange-ftx-project-coordinator

✎ Accountant | Access Now
+ Washington, DC or New York, NY, USA
https://accessnow.bamboohr.com/careers/179?source=aWQ9MjA%3D

✎ Digital Campaign Manager | Accelerate Change
+ Remote
https://bit.ly/40PIstI

✎ Senior Manager, Accounting | Wikimedia Foundation
+ Remote
https://grnh.se/cf3db7821us

✎ Designer | Decidim
+ Remote
https://decidim.org/blog/2023-04-03-job-offer-designer/

✎ Editor | Bellingcat
+ Remote
https://www.bellingcat.com/bellingcat-editor-job-apply/

✎ Product Designer (Contract) | The Tor Project
+ Remote
https://www.careers-page.com/tor-project/job/L6XVW7RR

✎ Student Researchers | Systemic Justice
+ Remote
https://systemicjustice.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=24&source=bamboohr

✎ Manager | Information System Security at Citizen Lab
+ Toronto, Canada
https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Manager%2C-Information-System-Security-ON/568434017/

✎ Learning & Evaluation Officer | Disability Rights Fund
+ Remote
https://disabilityrightsfund.org/about/were-hiring/learning-evaluation-officer/

✎ Digital Democracy Program Associate | Democracy Reporting International
+ Berlin, Germany
https://democracy-reporting.jobs.personio.de/job/1055674

✎ Deputy Director | Free Software Foundation
+ Boston, MA, USA
https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-job-opportunity-deputy-director

✎ Director of Finance | Chicago Teachers Union
+ Chicago, USA
http://movementtalent.org/job/director-of-finance/

✎ Digital Safety Technologist (Pashto and Dari languages) | Internews
+ Remote in Europe
http://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=1998

✎ Global Technology Hub Helpdesk Officer (Turkish language) | Internews
+ Remote in Europe
http://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=INTERNEWS&cws=4&rid=2003

✎ Senior Program Manager | Ranking Digital Rights
+ Remote
https://newamerica.applytojob.com/apply/PkyuYUIgcj/

✎ Vice President of Operations and Technology | B Lab U.S. & Canada
+ New York or Toronto Preferred
https://www.goodcitizen.com/executive-search/b-lab-us-can-vice-president-of-operations-and-technology/

✎ Program Associate, Americas | Internews
+ Remote in Brazil or USA
https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=INTERNEWS&cws=38&rid=2023

✎ Research Director for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan | Freedom House
+ Washington, DC or New York, NY, USA
https://phe.tbe.taleo.net/phe01/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=FREEHOUS&cws=1&rid=1328

✎ Anglophone Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Editor | Global Voices
+ Remote
https://globalvoices.org/2023/03/28/global-voices-seeks-an-anglophone-sub-saharan-africa-regional-editor/

✎ Global Voices seeks an Anglophone Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Editor
| Global Voices
+ Remote
https://globalvoices.org/2023/03/28/global-voices-seeks-an-anglophone-sub-saharan-africa-regional-editor/

✎ Senior Developer | Free Ice Cream
+ Remote, Berlin or London
https://www.freeicecream.co.uk/jobs/FreeIceCream_SeniorDevJDMarch2023.pdf

✎ Data / Integration Engineer (d/w/m) | Open Sanctions
+ Remote or Berlin, Germany
https://www.opensanctions.org/docs/jobs/2023-03-data-engineer/

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