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Deji Olukotun

Senior Global Advocacy Manager

As a member of the advocacy team, Deji Bryce Olukotun (email: [email protected]) manages Access Now’s global campaigns on fighting internet shutdowns, the open internet, cybersecurity, and ensuring that our fundamental rights are respected online. He came from the literary and human rights organization PEN American Center, where he founded PEN’s digital freedom program and managed its capacity-building work in Myanmar, South Africa, Haiti, and Nigeria. He holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School, a BA from Yale University, and dual masters degrees in Creative Writing and Justice & Transformation from the University of Cape Town, where he was a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar. He has also worked as corporate counsel for a small technology startup. An avid writer, Deji is the author of the novel Nigerians in Space (Unnamed Press) and After the Flare (forthcoming, 2017). His work has been featured in The Atlantic, NPR, The New York Times, and Vice.

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Access Now joins legal brief supporting privacy of Facebook users

12 Jan 2017

A mass warrant served on Facebook related to 381 users has worrying implications for our privacy and free expression.

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Access Now joins legal brief supporting privacy of Facebook users
12 Jan 2017
Access Now joins legal brief supporting privacy of Facebook users
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#KeepItOn: Mobile carriers boost internet for U.S. inauguration events and demonstrations

5 Jan 2017

The move will enable free expression and the documentation of any potential rights abuses.

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#KeepItOn: Mobile carriers boost internet for U.S. inauguration events and demonstrations
5 Jan 2017
#KeepItOn: Mobile carriers boost internet for U.S. inauguration events and demonstrations
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U.S. trade agency forces Turn to be honest about “supercookies”

22 Dec 2016

Action shows cost of employing business practices that fail to respect privacy

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U.S. trade agency forces Turn to be honest about “supercookies”
22 Dec 2016
U.S. trade agency forces Turn to be honest about “supercookies”
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Access Now welcomes Encryption Working Group’s year-end report

20 Dec 2016

‘Star Wars’ is teaching a new generation that it’s impossible to keep vulnerabilities secret. The Encryption Working Group is sharing that lesson with the U.S. Congress.

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Access Now welcomes Encryption Working Group’s year-end report
20 Dec 2016
Access Now welcomes Encryption Working Group’s year-end report
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#KeepItOn campaign reaches over 12 million people and delivers 45,927 signatures

7 Dec 2016

We beat our target and will deliver to world leaders signed petitions from 148 countries.

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#KeepItOn campaign reaches over 12 million people and delivers 45,927 signatures
7 Dec 2016
#KeepItOn campaign reaches over 12 million people and delivers 45,927 signatures
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Victory! The Gambia elects a new president, turns the internet back on

2 Dec 2016

The election is over, the internet is back, and many voters are celebrating — including sharing the news online.

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Victory! The Gambia elects a new president, turns the internet back on
2 Dec 2016
Victory! The Gambia elects a new president, turns the internet back on
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Gambia shuts down internet on eve of elections

30 Nov 2016

Just hours after we called for the government to keep the internet on, it carried through on its nefarious plans.

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Gambia shuts down internet on eve of elections
30 Nov 2016
Gambia shuts down internet on eve of elections

#KeepItOn: Joint letter on the internet and the election in Gambia

30 Nov 2016

After worrying signs of a clampdown, groups from around the world have called on Gambia to keep the internet on during the election.

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#KeepItOn: Joint letter on the internet and the election in Gambia
30 Nov 2016
#KeepItOn: Joint letter on the internet and the election in Gambia
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Highlights: Access Now and Lush fight shutdowns in creative style

29 Nov 2016

People got creative in pushing back against internet shutdowns.

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Highlights: Access Now and Lush fight shutdowns in creative style
29 Nov 2016
Highlights: Access Now and Lush fight shutdowns in creative style
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Lush and Access Now launch 404 “bath bomb” to fight internet shutdowns worldwide

23 Nov 2016

40 countries. 6 languages. Nearly 1,000 stores. We’re going big with Lush to fight internet shutdowns.

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Lush and Access Now launch 404 “bath bomb” to fight internet shutdowns worldwide
23 Nov 2016
Lush and Access Now launch 404 “bath bomb” to fight internet shutdowns worldwide