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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.

Police in Latin America are turning activists’ phones against them

16 Jul 2021
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Police in Latin America are turning activists’ phones against them
16 Jul 2021
Police in Latin America are turning activists’ phones against them

Facial-recognition technology gets a smack in the chops from civil rights campaigners

14 Jul 2021
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Facial-recognition technology gets a smack in the chops from civil rights campaigners
14 Jul 2021
Facial-recognition technology gets a smack in the chops from civil rights campaigners
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Cuba: l’internet mobile, grand allié des manifestations de colère

13 Jul 2021
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Cuba: l’internet mobile, grand allié des manifestations de colère
13 Jul 2021
Cuba: l’internet mobile, grand allié des manifestations de colère
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Israeli surveillance firm’s Nasdaq plans challenged by digital rights groups

13 Jul 2021
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Israeli surveillance firm’s Nasdaq plans challenged by digital rights groups
13 Jul 2021
Israeli surveillance firm’s Nasdaq plans challenged by digital rights groups
Spy firm for sale Twitter card

Going public? Cellebrite’s tech is incompatible with human rights, investors must make a stand

13 Jul 2021

As Cellebrite bids to go public, Access Now calls on stakeholders to stop this alarming deal until the company demonstrates human rights commitments. 

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Going public? Cellebrite’s tech is incompatible with human rights, investors must make a stand
13 Jul 2021
Going public? Cellebrite’s tech is incompatible with human rights, investors must make a stand
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Cuba darkens its internet during biggest protests in decades

12 Jul 2021
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Cuba darkens its internet during biggest protests in decades
12 Jul 2021
Cuba darkens its internet during biggest protests in decades
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Twitter is a mess in India. Here’s how it got there

12 Jul 2021
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Twitter is a mess in India. Here’s how it got there
12 Jul 2021
Twitter is a mess in India. Here’s how it got there
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Telenor’s exit from Myanmar leaves behind safety and human rights questions

8 Jul 2021

Access Now is alarmed by Telenor’s rapid exit from Myanmar, which raises serious questions about the future of rights online in Myanmar. 

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Telenor’s exit from Myanmar leaves behind safety and human rights questions
8 Jul 2021
Telenor’s exit from Myanmar leaves behind safety and human rights questions

Europe makes the case to ban biometric surveillance

7 Jul 2021
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Europe makes the case to ban biometric surveillance
7 Jul 2021
Europe makes the case to ban biometric surveillance
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Africa’s last kingdom is using modern methods to silence dissent

7 Jul 2021
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Africa’s last kingdom is using modern methods to silence dissent
7 Jul 2021
Africa’s last kingdom is using modern methods to silence dissent