[Xmca-l] Re: Fwd: [liberationtech] Hiring Internet censorship researchers (MENA, Turkey, China, Iran, Pakistan)

[JULIE WADDINGTON]

Certainly does. Have just passed it on to a colleague in Iran.
Thanks,
Julie

> Seems worth knowlng about.
> mike
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Netalitica Inc. <netalitica@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 2:16 PM
> Subject: [liberationtech] Hiring Internet censorship researchers (MENA,
> Turkey, China, Iran, Pakistan)
> To: <liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu>
>
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> Netalitica is looking to hire researchers to investigate Internet
> censorship in the following regions/countries: MENA, Turkey, Pakistan,
> China and Iran.
>
> *About Netalitica*
>
> Netalitica is a new research-oriented organization in the Internet freedom
> community which focus is on investigating information controls, Internet
> censorship and surveillance in various parts of the world. It has been
> recently set up to conduct its first project called “Improving Test
> Lists
> of Censored Online Content”.
>
> *About the project*
>
> This project aims to improve Citizen Lab’s test lists
> <https://github.com/citizenlab/test-lists/tree/master/lists> that network
> measurement tools (i.e. *OONI Probe* <https://ooni.torproject.org/>) use
> to
> do their job. If network probes have evolved over the years, test lists
> for
> some countries have seen little updates, which negatively affects the
> quality of collected measurements and wastes resources of testers on the
> ground. This project aims to address these issues by updating the test
> lists of select censorship hot spots. To reach this goal, Netalitica is
> looking to hire:
>
> ·         One *Regional Researcher* to update the lists for select Middle
> East and North Africa states (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Yemen, Syria,
> Morocco, Tunisia and others);
>
> ·         Four *Country Researchers* to service the lists for Turkey,
> Pakistan, China and Iran.
>
> More countries will be added as the project unfolds. This is a part-time
> position where country researchers will be hired on a monthly basis.
>
> *What will you do:*
>
> As a *country researcher,* you will have one month to service the test
> lists of your state of interest and you will be hired for this duration of
> time. The MENA *regional researcher* will be asked to update the lists of
> at least seven countries from that area and will be hired for the entire
> duration of the project, starting from March 1 until September 30.  The
> expectation is that you will spend 3.5 hours daily to conduct the
> following
> activities:
>
> ·         Update the test lists for your respective country(s) with fresh
> URLs of recently blocked or likely to be blocked critical websites. For
> this purpose, you will examine various resources reporting information on
> Internet censorship topics such as analytical reports, media accounts,
> social media channels of Internet freedom activists, etc.
>
> ·         Examine and clean “country” test lists from faulty URLs;
>
> ·         Balance “country” lists to include representative number of
> URLs
> from each category;
>
> ·         Examine and clean the “global” test list from faulty URLs;
>
> ·         Outreach to local Internet freedom organizations, researchers
> and
> activists to further improve the quality of test lists;
>
> ·         Meet online weekly with the rest of the team;
>
> ·         Assist community researchers in areas serviced by the project;
>
>
> *You should have:*
>
> ·         Excellent reading and writing skills in the main language(s)
> spoken in your country/region of interest
>
> ·         Strong communication and research skills
>
> ·         Knowledge of the Internet landscape of your country of
> interest,
> including the Internet filtering regime, Internet freedom organizations,
> etc.
>
> ·         Outreach experience
>
> ·         Experience in conducting research on Internet censorship topics
> will be an asset
>
> ·         Experience using anonymization tools and ability to conduct
> this
> research safely
>
> ·         Familiarity with using social media platforms popular in your
> focus country
>
> ·         Experience using network measurement tools (OONI probe) is an
> asset
>
> ·         You should not be receiving other forms of USG support
>
>
>
> *Location*
>
> Remote. This is a part-time position that does not require you to be
> located in the country that you intend to research. In fact, for some
> high-risk security countries (i.e. Turkey), it would be better if you
> conduct this research remotely from another safe state.
>
> *Salary*
>
> The monthly salary will be $2,741 USD, based on $37 USD hourly rate and 74
> work hours per month.
>
> *Start date*
>
> The MENA researcher will start on March 1. The start date for other
> country
> researchers will be determined following interviews with successful
> candidates.
>
> *To apply*
>
> To apply, send us an email to netalitica@gmail.com with the following
> documents attached:
>
> ·         Résumé/CV
>
> ·         Cover letter outlining your suitability for the role
>
> *Deadline*
>
> Applications for MENA will be accepted until February 25. Applicants who
> are interested to update the lists of any of the other countries included
> in the project (Turkey, Pakistan, China, Iran) are invited to send their
> applications by March 17.
>
> Thank you for your interest.
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Dra. Julie Waddington
Departament de Didàctiques Específiques
Facultat d'Educació i Psicologia
Universitat de Girona