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Carolyn Tackett

Campaigns & Rapid Response Director

As the Campaigns & Rapid Response Director at Access Now, Carolyn is a member of the joint senior leadership team for Access Now’s Advocacy arm, which brings together a wide range of policy, communications, legal, and campaign strategies to advance human rights in the digital age. As leader of the Campaigns & Rapid Response team, Carolyn provides strategic leadership on high-priority campaigns across the full spectrum of Access Now’s work, manages a growing cohort of advocates leading global and cross-sectional campaigns and coalitions, and mobilizes organizational resources to facilitate effective rapid response in moments of crisis. She has a strong background in public international law, including work with the U.N. Committee against Torture Project, the Public International Law & Policy Group, and American University International Law Review. Carolyn received her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law, Masters in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from American University School of International Service, and B.A. from Princeton University, where she focused on international relations and Chinese foreign policy.

Vietnam: Immediately release Pham Doan Trang

Iran’s digital shutdown: other regimes ‘will be watching closely’

21 Nov 2019
News
Iran’s digital shutdown: other regimes ‘will be watching closely’
21 Nov 2019
Iran’s digital shutdown: other regimes ‘will be watching closely’
Vietnam: Immediately release Pham Doan Trang

Iran Shuts Down Internet Amid Violent Protests Over Gas-Price Hikes

20 Nov 2019
News
Iran Shuts Down Internet Amid Violent Protests Over Gas-Price Hikes
20 Nov 2019
Iran Shuts Down Internet Amid Violent Protests Over Gas-Price Hikes
|Vietnam: Immediately release Pham Doan Trang

Iraq: Vicious tactics used against protesters and human rights defenders as death toll and arrests multiply

12 Nov 2019
Publication
Iraq: Vicious tactics used against protesters and human rights defenders as death toll and arrests multiply
12 Nov 2019
Iraq: Vicious tactics used against protesters and human rights defenders as death toll and arrests multiply
Vietnam: Immediately release Pham Doan Trang

Africa’s innovative response to internet repression

12 Nov 2019
News
Africa’s innovative response to internet repression
12 Nov 2019
Africa’s innovative response to internet repression
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Pegasus may have spread its tentacles into several apps

2 Nov 2019
News
Pegasus may have spread its tentacles into several apps
2 Nov 2019
Pegasus may have spread its tentacles into several apps
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Need surveillance reform, privacy law: Cyber experts

2 Nov 2019
News
Need surveillance reform, privacy law: Cyber experts
2 Nov 2019
Need surveillance reform, privacy law: Cyber experts
|Vietnam: Immediately release Pham Doan Trang

Inside the dystopian nightmare of an internet shutdown

31 Oct 2019
News
Inside the dystopian nightmare of an internet shutdown
31 Oct 2019
Inside the dystopian nightmare of an internet shutdown
U.S. Congressional briefing

Cyber Security Strategy 2020: Civil society experts slam ‘national security’ agenda

29 Oct 2019
News
Cyber Security Strategy 2020: Civil society experts slam ‘national security’ agenda
29 Oct 2019
Cyber Security Strategy 2020: Civil society experts slam ‘national security’ agenda
sistemas de identificación digital

WhyID: Protecting Our Identity in the Digital Age

21 Oct 2019

This global group of civil society, technologists, and other experts call on governments, development agencies, and others to answer critical questions for the defense of human rights in the age of digital identity.

Press Release
WhyID: Protecting Our Identity in the Digital Age
21 Oct 2019
WhyID: Protecting Our Identity in the Digital Age
sistemas de identificación digital

#WhyID: Human rights groups press for critical evaluation of digital identity programs

21 Oct 2019

Today a group of more than 60 civil society organizations, technologists, and experts from around the world released an open letter calling on international development agencies and funders, the United Nations, and national governments to fully evaluate the human rights implications of digital identity programs.

Press Release
#WhyID: Human rights groups press for critical evaluation of digital identity programs
21 Oct 2019
#WhyID: Human rights groups press for critical evaluation of digital identity programs