The Center for Online Safety and Liberty (COSL) is looking for a volunteer Project Coordinator to design and execute a multi-jurisdictional campaign to advocate against the misuse of laws, policies, and terminology that should be reserved for real image abuse (such as CSAM and non-consensual abusive imagery) to suppress or prosecute other sorts of content, such as sex education, art, and fiction.
Key responsibilities
- Performing desk research on jurisdictions that do or do not use distinct laws, terminology, and official statistics for real image abuse cases, and creating an infographic to communicate the findings.
- Form a coalition with survivor groups to develop and promote the position that real abuse materials should be treated distinctly from other sorts of harmful, offensive, or obscene content.
- Promote other mechanisms to manage the harms associated with offensive fictional or artistic content, rather than censorship or criminalization.
- Convening a drafting group to write a position statement on the issue, and opening the statement as a letter/petition for the general public to sign.
- Working with other team members to prepare national and state level campaigns where pending laws or law reform opportunities exist to put our position statement into action.
Qualifications:
- Strong passion for digital rights, freedom of expression, and online safety.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to build networks and effectively engage stakeholders.
- Familiarity with social media campaign management, advocacy tools, and digital organizing.
- Comfort with collaborative international environments and cross-cultural communication.
Location: Remote
Commitment: Part-time, volunteer (estimated 5-10 hours/week).
Benefits:
- Professional development in advocacy, lobbying, and project coordination.
- Networking opportunities within global digital rights and civil liberties communities.
- Meaningful contribution toward protecting online freedom and safety worldwide.
About Us:
Center for Online Safety and Liberty (COSL) is a s.501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation which acts as the parent entity for multiple independent projects that align with our mission. Our mission is to empower individuals and communities to thrive online by building safer spaces, fostering creativity, combating harm, and championing digital rights and freedom.
Our current Priority Areas are:
- Safer Hosting: Maintaining online spaces that are safer both for users and for creators.
- Supporting Fans: Promoting self-expression, creativity, and connection in fan communities.
- Cyberbullying and Abuse: Treating online abuse as a preventable public health issue.
- Legal Advocacy: Standing up for the human rights of freedom of expression and privacy online.