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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.
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More than 90 policy groups call for Apple to abandon plan to scan images on iPhones

20 Aug 2021
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More than 90 policy groups call for Apple to abandon plan to scan images on iPhones
20 Aug 2021
More than 90 policy groups call for Apple to abandon plan to scan images on iPhones
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Apple urged to drop plans to scan iMessages, images for sex abuse

19 Aug 2021
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Apple urged to drop plans to scan iMessages, images for sex abuse
19 Aug 2021
Apple urged to drop plans to scan iMessages, images for sex abuse
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Silicon Valley scrambles to find a unified approach to the Taliban

18 Aug 2021
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Silicon Valley scrambles to find a unified approach to the Taliban
18 Aug 2021
Silicon Valley scrambles to find a unified approach to the Taliban
We urge Kazakhstan's government to reject a plan to require tech platform “localization” as it would open the door to censorship.

TECNO Y2: the phone that’s compromising Africa’s data

18 Aug 2021

Privacy International’s new report explores the 200 vulnerabilities in the TECNO Y2 mobile device that are compromising Africa’s data, calling out the manufacturer and Big Tech’s role in ensuring privacy.

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TECNO Y2: the phone that’s compromising Africa’s data
18 Aug 2021
TECNO Y2: the phone that’s compromising Africa’s data

Afghans scramble to delete digital history, evade biometrics

17 Aug 2021
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Afghans scramble to delete digital history, evade biometrics
17 Aug 2021
Afghans scramble to delete digital history, evade biometrics
Nuevo análisis: Empresas que distribuyen tecnologías de vigilancia en LATAM no ofrecen transparencia en cuanto a su impacto en los derechos humanos

Videovigilancia en América Latina: informe detalla cómo gobiernos incrementan su uso

15 Aug 2021
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Videovigilancia en América Latina: informe detalla cómo gobiernos incrementan su uso
15 Aug 2021
Videovigilancia en América Latina: informe detalla cómo gobiernos incrementan su uso
U.S. blocklists Sandvine for enabling digital repression in Egypt

Policy explainer brief: the Pegasus Project revelations in India

29 Jul 2021
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Policy explainer brief: the Pegasus Project revelations in India
29 Jul 2021
Policy explainer brief: the Pegasus Project revelations in India
Breton's blocking statement

German Facebook ruling boosts EU push for stricter content moderation

29 Jul 2021
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German Facebook ruling boosts EU push for stricter content moderation
29 Jul 2021
German Facebook ruling boosts EU push for stricter content moderation
Burkina Faso internet

What’s happening in Tigray? Internet shutdowns avert accountability

29 Jul 2021

Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition are calling on all parties in the conflict to put an end to Tigray’s internet shutdowns.

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What’s happening in Tigray? Internet shutdowns avert accountability
29 Jul 2021
What’s happening in Tigray? Internet shutdowns avert accountability
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Le logiciel espion Pegasus et les faiblesses des Européens

28 Jul 2021
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Le logiciel espion Pegasus et les faiblesses des Européens
28 Jul 2021
Le logiciel espion Pegasus et les faiblesses des Européens