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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.

Ceasefire in Gaza

Gazans Are Trying to Stay Online Under Siege. New Tech Is Struggling to Help.

22 Nov 2023
News
Gazans Are Trying to Stay Online Under Siege. New Tech Is Struggling to Help.
VICE ↗
22 Nov 2023
Gazans Are Trying to Stay Online Under Siege. New Tech Is Struggling to Help.
Press under Attack – Digital Strategies to Intimidate Journalists in Latin America

Claims that NSO’s Pegasus spyware helps Israel find hostages are ‘nonsense,’ experts say

22 Nov 2023
News
Claims that NSO’s Pegasus spyware helps Israel find hostages are ‘nonsense,’ experts say
Fast Company ↗
22 Nov 2023
Claims that NSO’s Pegasus spyware helps Israel find hostages are ‘nonsense,’ experts say
Victory for digital equity: court upholds New York's broadband price cap for low-income families

Anti-censorship tools are quietly disappearing into thin air in China

21 Nov 2023
News
Anti-censorship tools are quietly disappearing into thin air in China
TechCruch ↗
21 Nov 2023
Anti-censorship tools are quietly disappearing into thin air in China
Telecommunications blackout in the Gaza Strip is an attack on human rights

Depleting fuel and infrastructure damage: Gaza’s internet lifeline must be saved

15 Nov 2023

“With an impending internet blackout in Gaza, Access Now and Human Rights Watch received a response from Paltell Group emphasizing Israeli attacks on infrastructure as key blackout contributors and citing challenges in making repairs without a ceasefire.

Press Release
Depleting fuel and infrastructure damage: Gaza’s internet lifeline must be saved
15 Nov 2023
Depleting fuel and infrastructure damage: Gaza’s internet lifeline must be saved
PA Al Jazeera block

Let the courts decide: civil society takes on EU’s dangerous terrorist content regulation 

9 Nov 2023

The coalition filed a complaint against the French decree implementing the EU regulation on addressing the dissemination of terrorist content.

Press Release
Let the courts decide: civil society takes on EU’s dangerous terrorist content regulation 
9 Nov 2023
Let the courts decide: civil society takes on EU’s dangerous terrorist content regulation 
Palestine Israel Digital Ceasefire; Gaza’s internet

Physical and digital ceasefire in Gaza: UN, governments, Big Tech must act

20 Oct 2023

Governments, international institutions, tech companies, and other stakeholders must ensure a physical and digital ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Press Release
Physical and digital ceasefire in Gaza: UN, governments, Big Tech must act
20 Oct 2023
Physical and digital ceasefire in Gaza: UN, governments, Big Tech must act
AI Biometrics

No such thing as a “normal” body: new report explores how AI biometrics oppress people

16 Oct 2023

New report: “Bodily harms: mapping the risks of emerging biometric tech” explores AI biometric technology systems.

Press Release
No such thing as a “normal” body: new report explores how AI biometrics oppress people
16 Oct 2023
No such thing as a “normal” body: new report explores how AI biometrics oppress people
Telecommunications blackout in the Gaza Strip is an attack on human rights

#KeepItOn: Telecommunications blackout in the Gaza Strip is an attack on human rights

13 Oct 2023

People living in the Gaza Strip have been enduring a near-complete communications blackout, constituting a violation of human rights.

Press Release
#KeepItOn: Telecommunications blackout in the Gaza Strip is an attack on human rights
13 Oct 2023
#KeepItOn: Telecommunications blackout in the Gaza Strip is an attack on human rights
Saudi Arabia Internet Governance

IGF in Saudi Arabia: not with that human rights record

12 Oct 2023

Access Now and civil society partners are calling to reverse the decision to host the 2042 IGF in Saudi Arabia.

Press Release
IGF in Saudi Arabia: not with that human rights record
12 Oct 2023
IGF in Saudi Arabia: not with that human rights record
Syrian government

Before critical year for democracy, 38 States condemn internet shutdowns amid elections

10 Oct 2023

Today, thirty-eight governments, who compose the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC), condemn internet shutdowns and network disruptions amid elections.

Press Release
Before critical year for democracy, 38 States condemn internet shutdowns amid elections
10 Oct 2023
Before critical year for democracy, 38 States condemn internet shutdowns amid elections