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Carolyn Tackett

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.

Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition's report unpacks internet shutdowns in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and globally.

Weapons of control, shields of impunity: Internet shutdowns in 2022

28 Feb 2023
Publication
Weapons of control, shields of impunity: Internet shutdowns in 2022
28 Feb 2023
Weapons of control, shields of impunity: Internet shutdowns in 2022
Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition's report unpacks internet shutdowns in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and globally.

Armes de contrôle, boucliers de l’impunité: Coupures d’internet en 2022

28 Feb 2023
Publication
Armes de contrôle, boucliers de l’impunité: Coupures d’internet en 2022
28 Feb 2023
Armes de contrôle, boucliers de l’impunité: Coupures d’internet en 2022
Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition's report unpacks internet shutdowns in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and globally.

Silaha za udhibiti, ngao za kutokujali: Kuzimwa kwa mtandao mnamo 2022

28 Feb 2023
Publication
Silaha za udhibiti, ngao za kutokujali: Kuzimwa kwa mtandao mnamo 2022
28 Feb 2023
Silaha za udhibiti, ngao za kutokujali: Kuzimwa kwa mtandao mnamo 2022
Authorities in Kenya must immediately restore access and #KeepItOn throughout protests and unrest

Weapons of control, shields of impunity: Internet shutdowns in 2022

28 Feb 2023

Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition documented 187 internet shutdowns in 2022, across a record-setting 35 countries.

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Weapons of control, shields of impunity: Internet shutdowns in 2022
28 Feb 2023
Weapons of control, shields of impunity: Internet shutdowns in 2022
Poster header: KeepItOn - Stories from Tigray

After years in the dark, Tigray is slowly coming back online

1 Feb 2023

For many, the years-long shutdown in Tigray continues, and those regaining access are largely struggling with slow speeds and limited 2G services.

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After years in the dark, Tigray is slowly coming back online
1 Feb 2023
After years in the dark, Tigray is slowly coming back online
U.S. Congressional briefing

Your body, your data: data-veillance and reproductive rights in a post-Roe world

13 Sep 2022

Register by Sept 26 to join us for this U.S. Congressional Briefing on data privacy and reproductive rights following the Supreme Court’s historic overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Press Release
Your body, your data: data-veillance and reproductive rights in a post-Roe world
13 Sep 2022
Your body, your data: data-veillance and reproductive rights in a post-Roe world

#KeepItOn: fighting internet shutdowns around the world

19 Aug 2022

The #KeepItOn coalition brings together hundreds of civil society organizations and our allies from around the world – in government, international institutions, media, the private sector, and beyond – to fight for an end to internet shutdowns.

Campaign
#KeepItOn: fighting internet shutdowns around the world
19 Aug 2022
#KeepItOn: fighting internet shutdowns around the world
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Updates: Digital rights in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

18 Aug 2022

See Access Now’s latest updates on the rapidly evolving Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Press Release
Updates: Digital rights in the Russia-Ukraine conflict
18 Aug 2022
Updates: Digital rights in the Russia-Ukraine conflict
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Updates: Digital rights in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

18 Aug 2022

See Access Now’s latest updates on the rapidly evolving Russia-Ukraine conflict.

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Updates: Digital rights in the Russia-Ukraine conflict
18 Aug 2022
Updates: Digital rights in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

#PorQuéNosVigilan

19 Jul 2022

Las herramientas usadas para identificarnos, individualizarnos y rastrearnos donde vayamos son inherentemente incompatibles con los derechos humanos y las libertades civiles. Únete a la campaña para exigir respuestas a las empresas que las fabrican sobre #PorQuéNosVigilan.

Campaign
#PorQuéNosVigilan
19 Jul 2022
#PorQuéNosVigilan