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Interesting gig alert:
OpenITP is looking for a researcher to examine and report on circumvention technology usage in China (the project will later expand to more of Asia).
Interested? Consider applying! Also please feel free to repost this anywhere you think appropriate — & retweet / redent.
Circumvention Tech: (noun) Technology, including software tools, designed to help people circumvent censorship and surveillance by state and non-state actors.
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