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Alexia Skok

Director - Communications and Engagement

With the Communications and Engagement team, Alexia strives to ensure that human rights in the digital age are at the forefront of the global agenda. Before taking up this exciting role as Director – Communications and Engagement at Access Now, she fought the good fight for civil society and development organisations in Australia, Germany, and Timor-Leste.

Alexia holds a BA (Fine Art Photography) from RMIT University, and an MA (Visual and Media Anthropology) from Freie Universität Berlin.

Alexia was born and bred in Naarm (Melbourne), but lives life to fullest in Germany’s hip capital, Berlin. Her favourite #s include #RefugeesWelcome, #SmashThePatriarchy, and #RollerDerby.

Sierra Leone

New UN telecoms chief urges governments to keep the internet on

30 Sep 2022
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New UN telecoms chief urges governments to keep the internet on
30 Sep 2022
New UN telecoms chief urges governments to keep the internet on
Content removal

Russia ‘Tightening Screws’ on War Coverage

30 Sep 2022
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Russia ‘Tightening Screws’ on War Coverage
30 Sep 2022
Russia ‘Tightening Screws’ on War Coverage
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In Myanmar’s rebel strongholds, internet can mean life or death

29 Sep 2022
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In Myanmar’s rebel strongholds, internet can mean life or death
29 Sep 2022
In Myanmar’s rebel strongholds, internet can mean life or death
Poster header: KeepItOn - Stories from Tigray

Six million silenced: A two-year internet outage in Ethiopia

29 Sep 2022
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Six million silenced: A two-year internet outage in Ethiopia
29 Sep 2022
Six million silenced: A two-year internet outage in Ethiopia
Spyware: a threat to human rights and democracy

Geneva Declaration: international community unites to end spyware abuse

29 Sep 2022

Access Now and the Government of Catalonia are calling for an end to the proliferation of surveillance tech through the Geneva Declaration.

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Geneva Declaration: international community unites to end spyware abuse
29 Sep 2022
Geneva Declaration: international community unites to end spyware abuse
Indonesia MR5 Amicus Brief

Meta’s actions “adversely impacted” Palestinians’ rights: Access Now welcomes BSR findings

27 Sep 2022

Access Now welcomes the release of BSR’s human rights due diligence findings that expose Meta’s rights-violating actions against people in Palestine.

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Meta’s actions “adversely impacted” Palestinians’ rights: Access Now welcomes BSR findings
27 Sep 2022
Meta’s actions “adversely impacted” Palestinians’ rights: Access Now welcomes BSR findings
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Stop the EUMigraTool rollout: predictive AI systems have no place in EU migration policies

27 Sep 2022

Access Now and partners call on the ITFlows Consortium to withdraw the EUMigraTool and stop developing technologies that violate fundamental rights.

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Stop the EUMigraTool rollout: predictive AI systems have no place in EU migration policies
27 Sep 2022
Stop the EUMigraTool rollout: predictive AI systems have no place in EU migration policies
Burkina Faso internet

The world must support people in Iran: sanctions relief helps connect the nation

26 Sep 2022

Access Now supports sanctions relief to keep Iran country connected — to information, platforms for expression, and the outside world.

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The world must support people in Iran: sanctions relief helps connect the nation
26 Sep 2022
The world must support people in Iran: sanctions relief helps connect the nation
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#KeepItOn: 2022 elections and internet shutdowns watch

26 Sep 2022

Elections and internet shutdowns are a disaster for democracy. See which countries the #KeepItOn coalition is watching in 2022.

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#KeepItOn: 2022 elections and internet shutdowns watch
26 Sep 2022
#KeepItOn: 2022 elections and internet shutdowns watch
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Stop suppressing the population: authorities in Iran must #KeepItOn

22 Sep 2022

Access Now is outraged by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, and calls on authorities in Iran to reinstate internet access across the country.

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Stop suppressing the population: authorities in Iran must #KeepItOn
22 Sep 2022
Stop suppressing the population: authorities in Iran must #KeepItOn