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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.

Surveillance and hacking by Indian authorities? Civil society demands oversight

26 Aug 2021

Access Now is calling for an immediate, independent investigation into allegations of surveillance and hacking by Indian authorities.

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Surveillance and hacking by Indian authorities? Civil society demands oversight
26 Aug 2021
Surveillance and hacking by Indian authorities? Civil society demands oversight

Vom Facebook-Profil auf die Verhaftungslisten der Taliban

25 Aug 2021
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Vom Facebook-Profil auf die Verhaftungslisten der Taliban
25 Aug 2021
Vom Facebook-Profil auf die Verhaftungslisten der Taliban

An Artificial Intelligence Helped Write This Play. It May Contain Racism

23 Aug 2021
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An Artificial Intelligence Helped Write This Play. It May Contain Racism
23 Aug 2021
An Artificial Intelligence Helped Write This Play. It May Contain Racism
Artificial intelligence image AI

The computer says No: How the EU’s AI laws cause new injustice

23 Aug 2021
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The computer says No: How the EU’s AI laws cause new injustice
23 Aug 2021
The computer says No: How the EU’s AI laws cause new injustice
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Big Tech Thought It Had A Billion Users In The Bag. Now It Might Be Forced To Make Hard Choices To Get Them.

20 Aug 2021
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Big Tech Thought It Had A Billion Users In The Bag. Now It Might Be Forced To Make Hard Choices To Get Them.
20 Aug 2021
Big Tech Thought It Had A Billion Users In The Bag. Now It Might Be Forced To Make Hard Choices To Get Them.

Afghan panic over digital footprints spurs call for data collection rethink

20 Aug 2021
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Afghan panic over digital footprints spurs call for data collection rethink
20 Aug 2021
Afghan panic over digital footprints spurs call for data collection rethink
|Image: surveillance cameras on the street.

More than 90 policy groups call for Apple to abandon plan to scan images on iPhones

20 Aug 2021
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More than 90 policy groups call for Apple to abandon plan to scan images on iPhones
20 Aug 2021
More than 90 policy groups call for Apple to abandon plan to scan images on iPhones
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Apple urged to drop plans to scan iMessages, images for sex abuse

19 Aug 2021
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Apple urged to drop plans to scan iMessages, images for sex abuse
19 Aug 2021
Apple urged to drop plans to scan iMessages, images for sex abuse
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Silicon Valley scrambles to find a unified approach to the Taliban

18 Aug 2021
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Silicon Valley scrambles to find a unified approach to the Taliban
18 Aug 2021
Silicon Valley scrambles to find a unified approach to the Taliban
We urge Kazakhstan's government to reject a plan to require tech platform “localization” as it would open the door to censorship.

TECNO Y2: the phone that’s compromising Africa’s data

18 Aug 2021

Privacy International’s new report explores the 200 vulnerabilities in the TECNO Y2 mobile device that are compromising Africa’s data, calling out the manufacturer and Big Tech’s role in ensuring privacy.

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TECNO Y2: the phone that’s compromising Africa’s data
18 Aug 2021
TECNO Y2: the phone that’s compromising Africa’s data