April 1 2021 GM

Glitter Meetups What are Glitter Meetups Notes from Past Glitter Meetups Virtual Events Calendar Join the IFF Mattermost

Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community at the IFF Square on the IFF Mattermost, at 9am EST / 2pm UTC. Do you need an invite? Learn how to get one here.

Upcoming events

@ April 7 | Africa Meetup https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Africa_Monthly_Meetups

@ April 8 | Glitter Meetup: Relaynet, a tool for Internet Blackouts https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/April_8_2021_GM

@ April 15 | MENA Meetup https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/MENA_Monthly_Meetups

@ April 21 | Asia Meetup https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Asia_Monthly_Meetups

Community Updates

• Myanmar orders wireless internet shutdown until further notice here
• Article 19 Mexico receives attacks from President Lopez Obrador
• There is a great webinar on building feminist data futures coming soon
• Book "Defend Dissent: Digital Suppression and Cryptographic Defense of Social Movements" (Glencora Borradaile)

Accessibility Corner

Accessibility Tip of the Week: one of the easiest ways to start testing your website

• Start with your keyboard!
• Hit the tab key and see what happens - you may see a "skip to content" button that pops up. This means that people can get to the text and not have to tab through all the menus
• You may also see outlines when you tab through your website - this is the focus feature
• Here's a link for the keyboard shortcuts you'll need
• By using the keyboard, you're testing accessibility for people with motor disabilities that make using a mouse difficult
• You're also seeing how a screen reader works
• And it's useful if your mouse or trackpad breaks and you're looking up repair information