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sidebar_label: Week in the Privacy
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# Week in the Privacy News

| Lead | Links | Workgroup |
| --- | --- | --- |
| @Tree | • Web: [news.web3privacy.info](https://news.web3privacy.info/)<br/> • newsletter: [paragraph.xyz/@privacynews](https://paragraph.xyz/@privacynews) | [GitHub](https://github.com/web3privacy/news), [Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#w3p-news:gwei.cz) |

Weekly newsletter with round-up of the most important news happening around privacy in Web3.

* [Subscribe now!](https://paragraph.xyz/@privacynews/subscribe)

## Topics

* privacy protocols news
* research and statistics
* interviews and panel discussions
* regulatory news
* educational and inspiring videos
* security news incl. exploits
* events (IRL, online…)
* social layer news
* news regarding human freedoms
* interesting talks on social media

## Web frontend

* [news.web3privacy.info](https://news.web3privacy.info/) ([source code](https://github.com/web3privacy/news-app))

## Newsletter platform

We use [Paragraph](https://paragraph.xyz/) as a platform for newsletter subscription and distribution:

* [paragraph.xyz/@web3privacy](https://paragraph.xyz/@web3privacy)

## How to contribute?

* Manually add a news item via PR to the [`@web3privacy/news`](https://github.com/web3privacy/news) repository  
* Send a suggestion to our Matrix chat channel: [`#w3p-news:gwei.cz`](https://matrix.to/#/#w3p-news:gwei.cz)

## Guidelines

Each issue of Week in the Privacy consists of the following parts:

* [News items](#news-items) - divided into [categories](#categories)
* [Upcoming events](#upcoming-events)

### Categories

* Research
* Concepts
* Ecosystem
* Governments
* Releases - only software releases
* Podcasts
* Videos
* Community
* Events
* Other

### News items
```
* <text> [(<src>)]
```

* Keep it as brief and informative as possible
* Each news item must contain a link directly in the `text`
* There should only be one link in the `text`, rarely more
* The main link should be made up of words that capture the essence of the news item
* Use a Twitter/X handle in a message if it's about someone specific - e.g. `Horswap: ...., by @MicahZoltu (src)`

Usually each message has 1-2 links:
* main link - points to a specific project, report, message, etc.
* source link (optional) - points to the source of this news like article, tweet etc.

For links to pages to article with a paywall, its a good idea to use e.g. [web.archive.org](https://web.archive.org/), through which the whole articles are available.

### Examples of news item

| Good example | Bad example |
| --- | --- |
| ✅ Wired: experience with [Signal usernames](https://web.archive.org/web/20240225123658/https://www.wired.com/story/signal-launches-usersnames-phone-number-privacy/) | ❌ [Keep your phone number private](https://www.wired.com/story/signal-launches-usersnames-phone-number-privacy/) with Signal usernames |
| ✅ [Memetic warfare](https://dark.fi/insights/memetic-warfare.html): notes from the W3PN Summit meme talk by @lunar_mining | ❌ [lunar_mining](https://twitter.com/lunar_mining) from DarkFi shared [txt / img / meme version of her speech](https://dark.fi/insights/memetic-warfare.html) at Web3Privacy Summit Prague 2023 
| ✅ EFF: [Unregulated, Exploitative, and on the Rise](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/unregulated-exploitative-and-rise-vera-institutes-report-electronic-monitoring) report on electronic monitoring from Vera Institute | ❌ Unregulated, Exploitative, and on the Rise: [Vera Institute's Report on Electronic Monitoring](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/unregulated-exploitative-and-rise-vera-institutes-report-electronic-monitoring) |
| ✅ Aleo users alarmed by [leaked KYC documents](https://cointelegraph.com/news/privacy-focused-aleo-users-concerned-after-kyc-documents-leak) | ❌ Privacy-focused Aleo users concerned after [KYC documents leak](https://cointelegraph.com/news/privacy-focused-aleo-users-concerned-after-kyc-documents-leak) | 
| ✅ Russia [arrested a woman for a $51 donation](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/20/russia-arrests-us-dual-national-for-51-ukrainian-charity-donation) to Ukraine charity, facing up to 20 years in prison | ❌ Arrested in Russia a US-Russian dual citizen [faces up to 20 years for donating $51 to Ukraine](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/20/russia-arrests-us-dual-national-for-51-ukrainian-charity-donation)) |


### Upcoming events

This section lists future privacy-related events.

#### Event item
```
* <date>, <event-name> [(<city>)] [type-of-event]
```

* `city` - not needed if it is clear from the event name (eq. ETHBerlin - Berlin)
* `date` - can be exact date or just a month
* if the event has been edited or added, then whole line should be in bold

For example:
```
* May 24-26, [ETHBerlin](https://ethberlin.org/) hackathon
```

#### Example of Upcoming events

```
### Upcoming events
*(new/changes in **bold**)*

* May 24-26, [ETHBerlin](https://ethberlin.org/) hackathon
* Oct, [Web3Privacy Now Summit](https://web3privacy.info/events/) (Brno) conference
* **Oct, [ETHBrno](https://ethbrno.cz/) hackathon**
```

## Weekly frequency

The news is divided to calendar weeks. At the end of each week the news is taken, polished and published in the form of a newsletter.

### Weekly checklist
1. collect all suggestions from the input funnels and create a records from them
2. check all items, add categories and other mandatory parameters

## Trial Period

A 4-week trial period has been set to start.

* Period: Feb 5 - Mar 3, 2024 (4 weeks)

| Week | Start - End | Curator |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [2024-06](https://github.com/web3privacy/news/blob/main/data/2024/week06.md) | Feb 5 - 11 | Tree |
| [2024-07](https://github.com/web3privacy/news/blob/main/data/2024/week07.md) | Feb 12 - 18 | Mykola |
| [2024-08](https://github.com/web3privacy/news/blob/main/data/2024/week08.md) | Feb 19 - 25 | PG |
| [2024-09](https://github.com/web3privacy/news/blob/main/data/2024/week09.md) | Feb 26 - Mar 3 | Coinmandeer |

## Repositories

| Repository | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [`@web3privacy/news`](https://github.com/web3privacy/news) | News source data & web frontend |

## Sources (alternatives)

* [Privacy Matters](https://mirror.xyz/0xd0A0012b360B92A14c655A3fD60cfC52A99353e4) (weekly) by Automata Network

## Curators

* Tree (lead)
* Mykola
* Coinmandeer
* PG