Skip to main content
Back to content

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.

Civil Society Pegasus Spyware

Dozens in Jordan targeted by authorities using NSO spyware, report finds

1 Feb 2024
News
Dozens in Jordan targeted by authorities using NSO spyware, report finds
The Guardian ↗
1 Feb 2024
Dozens in Jordan targeted by authorities using NSO spyware, report finds
Digital Security Helpline and Apple threat notifications

NSO’s Spyware Used to Hack Phones of Jordan Critics, Report Says

1 Feb 2024
News
NSO’s Spyware Used to Hack Phones of Jordan Critics, Report Says
Bloomberg ↗
1 Feb 2024
NSO’s Spyware Used to Hack Phones of Jordan Critics, Report Says
WhatsApp v NSO case

Digital rights groups identity 35 Pegasus hacking victims in Jordan

1 Feb 2024
News
Digital rights groups identity 35 Pegasus hacking victims in Jordan
Washington Post ↗
1 Feb 2024
Digital rights groups identity 35 Pegasus hacking victims in Jordan
Image of the investigation report on how Pegasus crushes civic space in Jordan

New spyware attacks exposed: civil society targeted in Jordan

1 Feb 2024

A new joint investigation reveals the widespread use of Israeli-owned NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware in Jordan.

Press Release
New spyware attacks exposed: civil society targeted in Jordan
1 Feb 2024
New spyware attacks exposed: civil society targeted in Jordan
Ceasefire in Lebanon

U.S. Senator joins civil society’s call: #StopSilencingPalestine

15 Dec 2023

U.S. Senator joins civil society’s call to #StopSilencingPalestine. Meta’s censorship of Palestine-related content must end now.

Press Release
U.S. Senator joins civil society’s call: #StopSilencingPalestine
15 Dec 2023
U.S. Senator joins civil society’s call: #StopSilencingPalestine
Palestine-Header

#StopSilencingPalestine: Meta must overhaul its biased content moderation

6 Dec 2023

Access Now and the #StopSilencingPalestine campaign are again calling Meta to end its long history of censoring Palestinian voices.

Press Release
#StopSilencingPalestine: Meta must overhaul its biased content moderation
6 Dec 2023
#StopSilencingPalestine: Meta must overhaul its biased content moderation
Ceasefire in Gaza

Gazans Are Trying to Stay Online Under Siege. New Tech Is Struggling to Help.

22 Nov 2023
News
Gazans Are Trying to Stay Online Under Siege. New Tech Is Struggling to Help.
VICE ↗
22 Nov 2023
Gazans Are Trying to Stay Online Under Siege. New Tech Is Struggling to Help.
Press under Attack – Digital Strategies to Intimidate Journalists in Latin America

Claims that NSO’s Pegasus spyware helps Israel find hostages are ‘nonsense,’ experts say

22 Nov 2023
News
Claims that NSO’s Pegasus spyware helps Israel find hostages are ‘nonsense,’ experts say
Fast Company ↗
22 Nov 2023
Claims that NSO’s Pegasus spyware helps Israel find hostages are ‘nonsense,’ experts say
Victory for digital equity: court upholds New York's broadband price cap for low-income families

Anti-censorship tools are quietly disappearing into thin air in China

21 Nov 2023
News
Anti-censorship tools are quietly disappearing into thin air in China
TechCruch ↗
21 Nov 2023
Anti-censorship tools are quietly disappearing into thin air in China
Telecommunications blackout in the Gaza Strip is an attack on human rights

Depleting fuel and infrastructure damage: Gaza’s internet lifeline must be saved

15 Nov 2023

“With an impending internet blackout in Gaza, Access Now and Human Rights Watch received a response from Paltell Group emphasizing Israeli attacks on infrastructure as key blackout contributors and citing challenges in making repairs without a ceasefire.

Press Release
Depleting fuel and infrastructure damage: Gaza’s internet lifeline must be saved
15 Nov 2023
Depleting fuel and infrastructure damage: Gaza’s internet lifeline must be saved