Campaign Organizer – Digital Rights & Online Privacy

We are seeking a part-time early-career digital rights advocate, policy student, or campaign organizer to help build a public interest campaign addressing a new wave of state-level online age-verification and age-assurance laws in the United States.

Recent legislation—including California’s California Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043) and Colorado’s Colorado SB26-051—would require operating systems, platforms, or online services to implement mechanisms that determine users’ ages before allowing access to certain online content or features.

While these laws are often framed as child-safety measures, they raise significant concerns about privacy, freedom of expression, anonymous speech, data security, and the future architecture of the open Internet.

This campaign will focus on ensuring that policymakers and the public understand the civil liberties implications of large-scale online age verification, while advocating for child safety approaches that protect both young people and fundamental rights.

Role and Responsibilities

The Campaign Organizer will help design and implement an advocacy strategy that may include:

• Building or joining a coalition of civil society groups, creators, technologists, and digital rights advocates
• Coordinating policy research and analysis on emerging state legislation
• Developing campaign messaging and public education materials
• Engaging with journalists, policymakers, and technology companies
• Organizing events, briefings, and online advocacy campaigns
• Supporting efforts to promote rights-respecting policy alternatives

The scope of the role can be tailored depending on the candidate’s expertise and availability.

Qualifications

Ideal candidates will have experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Digital rights, technology policy, or civil liberties advocacy
• Campaign organizing or coalition building
• Online safety, privacy, or freedom of expression policy
• Legislative advocacy or public policy research
• Public communications or media engagement

Familiarity with U.S. technology regulation or Internet policy debates is highly desirable.

Why This Work Matters

State-level Internet regulations are increasingly shaping how online platforms operate nationwide. This campaign seeks to ensure that efforts to protect children online do not unintentionally undermine privacy, free expression, or secure access to information.

How to Apply

Please submit:

• A brief description of your relevant experience
• Links to advocacy, research, or campaign work
• A short note describing how you would approach building a campaign on this issue

Applications and inquiries can be sent to: info@c4osl.org

This is a short-term, part-time internship with a $1,000 stipend. We recognize that this is modest compensation, and the role is best suited for someone who is motivated by the issue and interested in gaining experience in digital rights advocacy.

Our hope is that this initial internship will grow into a longer-term role if the campaign gains momentum. In particular, we are interested in candidates who may be able to help build grassroots support and fundraising capacity.

We are also actively pursuing grant funding and organizational partnerships that could support continuation of the role beyond the initial internship period.