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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.

Sierra Leone

Senegal must set an example, keep the internet accessible during elections

20 Jan 2022

Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition are urging the government of Senegal to keep the internet accessible during the upcoming elections.

Press Release
Senegal must set an example, keep the internet accessible during elections
20 Jan 2022
Senegal must set an example, keep the internet accessible during elections
Australia's privacy laws

Submission to the Australian Attorney-General’s Department on the Review of the Privacy Act 1988

17 Jan 2022
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Submission to the Australian Attorney-General’s Department on the Review of the Privacy Act 1988
17 Jan 2022
Submission to the Australian Attorney-General’s Department on the Review of the Privacy Act 1988
Más allá de Pegasus: políticas públicas contra periodistas y sociedad civil en El Salvador

Unsafe anywhere: attacked by Pegasus, women activists speak out

17 Jan 2022

Front Line Defenders and Access Now’s new report, “Unsafe anywhere: women human rights defenders speak out about Pegasus attacks,” unpacks the first-hand experiences of women navigating an increasingly hostile and dangerous environment.

Press Release
Unsafe anywhere: attacked by Pegasus, women activists speak out
17 Jan 2022
Unsafe anywhere: attacked by Pegasus, women activists speak out
Burkina Faso internet

#KeepItOn: жители Казахстана имеют право на доступ к интернету

17 Jan 2022

Access Now и коалиция #KeepItOn призывают власти Казахстана восстановить и сохранить доступ к открытому и безопасному интернету по всей стране.

Press Release
#KeepItOn: жители Казахстана имеют право на доступ к интернету
17 Jan 2022
#KeepItOn: жители Казахстана имеют право на доступ к интернету
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#KeepItOn: people in Kazakhstan have the right to internet access

17 Jan 2022

Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition are calling for open, accessible internet in Kazakhstan, and a commitment from authorities to ensure it is upheld.

Press Release
#KeepItOn: people in Kazakhstan have the right to internet access
17 Jan 2022
#KeepItOn: people in Kazakhstan have the right to internet access
Kazakhstan internet

Nigeria Ends Twitter Ban After Seven Months

13 Jan 2022
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Nigeria Ends Twitter Ban After Seven Months
13 Jan 2022
Nigeria Ends Twitter Ban After Seven Months
surveillance

Pegasus spyware used in ‘jaw-dropping’ phone hacks on El Salvador journalists

13 Jan 2022
News
Pegasus spyware used in ‘jaw-dropping’ phone hacks on El Salvador journalists
13 Jan 2022
Pegasus spyware used in ‘jaw-dropping’ phone hacks on El Salvador journalists
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Salvadoran journalists’ phones hacked with spyware, report finds

13 Jan 2022
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Salvadoran journalists’ phones hacked with spyware, report finds
13 Jan 2022
Salvadoran journalists’ phones hacked with spyware, report finds
NSO Group

NSO spyware found targeting journalists and NGOs in El Salvador

13 Jan 2022
News
NSO spyware found targeting journalists and NGOs in El Salvador
13 Jan 2022
NSO spyware found targeting journalists and NGOs in El Salvador
Press under Attack – Digital Strategies to Intimidate Journalists in Latin America

Pegasus attacks in El Salvador: spyware used to target journalists and activists

13 Jan 2022

Access Now and partners reveal that NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware has been used to infect the devices of 35 Salvadoran journalists and activists.

Press Release
Pegasus attacks in El Salvador: spyware used to target journalists and activists
13 Jan 2022
Pegasus attacks in El Salvador: spyware used to target journalists and activists