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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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Access Now condemns Myanmar’s internet shutdown during military coup

1 Feb 2021

Myanmar’s military uses internet shutdowns to quell protests and control the online space.

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Access Now condemns Myanmar’s internet shutdown during military coup
1 Feb 2021
Access Now condemns Myanmar’s internet shutdown during military coup
Yemen

Op-ed: Why ordering internet shutdown is outrageous

29 Jan 2021
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Op-ed: Why ordering internet shutdown is outrageous
29 Jan 2021
Op-ed: Why ordering internet shutdown is outrageous
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Concerns over Google’s ‘dangerous’ Saudi-based cloud plans

29 Jan 2021
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Concerns over Google’s ‘dangerous’ Saudi-based cloud plans
29 Jan 2021
Concerns over Google’s ‘dangerous’ Saudi-based cloud plans
Data protection in MENA

Data exposed and exploited in Middle East and North Africa, new report explores

28 Jan 2021

From Ramallah to Beirut, the private data of millions is at risk. Access Now’s new report Exposed and exploited: Data protection in the Middle East and North Africa, explores the privacy dangers burgeoning in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Tunisia.

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Data exposed and exploited in Middle East and North Africa, new report explores
28 Jan 2021
Data exposed and exploited in Middle East and North Africa, new report explores
AI Action Summit

Facial recognition: Don’t use it to snoop on how staff are feeling, says watchdog

28 Jan 2021
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Facial recognition: Don’t use it to snoop on how staff are feeling, says watchdog
28 Jan 2021
Facial recognition: Don’t use it to snoop on how staff are feeling, says watchdog
Data protection in MENA

Google’s plans for Saudi-based Cloud is ‘dangerous,’ says digital rights advocacy group

28 Jan 2021
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Google’s plans for Saudi-based Cloud is ‘dangerous,’ says digital rights advocacy group
28 Jan 2021
Google’s plans for Saudi-based Cloud is ‘dangerous,’ says digital rights advocacy group

‘Prying eyes’: Fears over opening of Google Cloud region in Saudi Arabia

27 Jan 2021
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‘Prying eyes’: Fears over opening of Google Cloud region in Saudi Arabia
27 Jan 2021
‘Prying eyes’: Fears over opening of Google Cloud region in Saudi Arabia

Social justice groups warn Biden against throwing out Section 230

27 Jan 2021
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Social justice groups warn Biden against throwing out Section 230
27 Jan 2021
Social justice groups warn Biden against throwing out Section 230
Protest and human rights

The social media myth about the Arab Spring

27 Jan 2021
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The social media myth about the Arab Spring
27 Jan 2021
The social media myth about the Arab Spring
internet shutdown

From Egypt to Uganda, A Decade of Internet Shutdowns

27 Jan 2021
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From Egypt to Uganda, A Decade of Internet Shutdowns
27 Jan 2021
From Egypt to Uganda, A Decade of Internet Shutdowns