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Alexia Skok

Communications and Media Manager

Alexia is Access Now’s Communications and Media Manager, striving to ensure digital human rights issues are at the forefront of the global agenda. Before taking up this exciting role, she worked in various international development and civil society 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, but lives life to fullest in Germany’s hip capital, Berlin. Her favourite #s include #RefugeesWelcome, #SmashThePatriarchy, and #RollerDerby.
TikTok

TikTok “Focused View” letter reply: open questions on privacy

28 Mar 2023

TikTok’s response to Access Now’s ask to clarify how it applies EU laws and human rights safeguards when using this feature.

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TikTok “Focused View” letter reply: open questions on privacy
28 Mar 2023
TikTok “Focused View” letter reply: open questions on privacy

No to spyware: Biden administration bars U.S. federal government from using rights-abusing tech

28 Mar 2023

In a significant victory for human rights, the U.S. is barring operational use of foreign or domestic commercial spyware by all federal agencies, unless they meet stringent requirements.

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No to spyware: Biden administration bars U.S. federal government from using rights-abusing tech
28 Mar 2023
No to spyware: Biden administration bars U.S. federal government from using rights-abusing tech

Privacy first: Ugandan court hears civil society’s human rights warnings on digital identity system

27 Mar 2023

The High Court or Uganda has ruled to allow expert intervention from Access Now and partners on the human rights red flags around the country’s digital ID system.

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Privacy first: Ugandan court hears civil society’s human rights warnings on digital identity system
27 Mar 2023
Privacy first: Ugandan court hears civil society’s human rights warnings on digital identity system

Digital India bill may change the internet as we know it

24 Mar 2023
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Digital India bill may change the internet as we know it
Umang Poddar ↗
24 Mar 2023
Digital India bill may change the internet as we know it
TikTok

TikTok CEO testifies before US Congress amid growing security concerns

24 Mar 2023
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TikTok CEO testifies before US Congress amid growing security concerns
Colin Baker ↗
24 Mar 2023
TikTok CEO testifies before US Congress amid growing security concerns
Release Salma al-Shehab

President Museveni must veto Uganda’s repressive Anti-Homosexuality Bill

23 Mar 2023

President Museveni must veto Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill and help safeguard the rights of LGBTQ+ people.

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President Museveni must veto Uganda’s repressive Anti-Homosexuality Bill
23 Mar 2023
President Museveni must veto Uganda’s repressive Anti-Homosexuality Bill
ITFlows artificial intelligence

As AI booms, EU lawmakers wrangle over new rules

22 Mar 2023
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As AI booms, EU lawmakers wrangle over new rules
Supantha Mukherjee & Martin Coulter ↗
22 Mar 2023
As AI booms, EU lawmakers wrangle over new rules
Release Salma al-Shehab

Put human rights first: Ghana’s parliament must reject repressive anti-LGBTQ+ bill

16 Mar 2023

Access Now and partners call on Ghana’s parliament to immediately reject the new repressive anti-LGBTQ+ bill.

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Put human rights first: Ghana’s parliament must reject repressive anti-LGBTQ+ bill
16 Mar 2023
Put human rights first: Ghana’s parliament must reject repressive anti-LGBTQ+ bill
#KeepItOn 2022 Report: Weapons of control, shields of impunity - internet shutdowns in 2022

लगातार पांच साल: भारत 2022 में इंटरनेट बंद करने वाला सबसे बड़ा दोषी है

28 Feb 2023

2022 में भारत ने कम से कम 84 बार इंटरनेट बंद किया जो लगातार पांच साल में दुनिया के किसी भी देश की तुलना में सबसे अधिक है।

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लगातार पांच साल: भारत 2022 में इंटरनेट बंद करने वाला सबसे बड़ा दोषी है
28 Feb 2023
लगातार पांच साल: भारत 2022 में इंटरनेट बंद करने वाला सबसे बड़ा दोषी है
#KeepItOn 2022 Report: Weapons of control, shields of impunity - internet shutdowns in 2022

Five years in a row: India is 2022’s biggest internet shutdowns offender

28 Feb 2023

In 2022, India shut down the internet at least 84 times — more than any country, for the fifth consecutive year. Read “Weapons of control, shields of impunity: Internet shutdowns in 2022.”

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Five years in a row: India is 2022’s biggest internet shutdowns offender
28 Feb 2023
Five years in a row: India is 2022’s biggest internet shutdowns offender