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Carolyn Tackett

Carolyn Tackett

Campaigns & Rapid Response Director

As the Campaigns & Rapid Response Director at Access Now, Carolyn is a member of the joint senior leadership team for Access Now’s Advocacy arm, which brings together a wide range of policy, communications, legal, and campaign strategies to advance human rights in the digital age. As leader of the Campaigns & Rapid Response team, Carolyn provides strategic leadership on high-priority campaigns across the full spectrum of Access Now’s work, manages a growing cohort of advocates leading global and cross-sectional campaigns and coalitions, and mobilizes organizational resources to facilitate effective rapid response in moments of crisis. She has a strong background in public international law, including work with the U.N. Committee against Torture Project, the Public International Law & Policy Group, and American University International Law Review. Carolyn received her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law, Masters in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from American University School of International Service, and B.A. from Princeton University, where she focused on international relations and Chinese foreign policy.

2025 elections and internet shutdowns watch

30 Jan 2025

Governments around the world continue to shut down the internet during elections. Join our 2025 elections watch to #KeepItOn.

Campaign
2025 elections and internet shutdowns watch
30 Jan 2025
2025 elections and internet shutdowns watch
Digital Public Infrastructure

A human rights-centered approach to digital public infrastructure

24 Oct 2024

Read Access Now’s recommendations for lawmakers to ensure digital public infrastructure protects human rights.

Guide
A human rights-centered approach to digital public infrastructure
24 Oct 2024
A human rights-centered approach to digital public infrastructure
KeepItOn 2024 Elections and Internet Shutdowns Watch

2024 elections and internet shutdowns watch

21 Oct 2024

Governments around the world continue to shut down the internet during elections. Join our 2024 elections watch to #KeepItOn.

Campaign
2024 elections and internet shutdowns watch
21 Oct 2024
2024 elections and internet shutdowns watch
Image: #FreeAlaa Campaign

#FreeAlaa: You have not yet been defeated

1 Oct 2024
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#FreeAlaa: You have not yet been defeated
1 Oct 2024
#FreeAlaa: You have not yet been defeated
DRC #KeepItOn

Après 22 jours de coupure d’internet, le gouvernement mauritanien doit s’engager à garder internet accessible tout le temps

31 Jul 2024

La coalition #KeepItOn demande les autorités en Mauritanie à prendre une position claire contre les coupures d’Internet au début de ce nouveau mandat.

Press Release
Après 22 jours de coupure d’internet, le gouvernement mauritanien doit s’engager à garder internet accessible tout le temps
31 Jul 2024
Après 22 jours de coupure d’internet, le gouvernement mauritanien doit s’engager à garder internet accessible tout le temps
DRC #KeepItOn

Authorities in Mauritania must #KeepItOn during presidential inauguration and beyond

31 Jul 2024
Press Release
Authorities in Mauritania must #KeepItOn during presidential inauguration and beyond
31 Jul 2024
Authorities in Mauritania must #KeepItOn during presidential inauguration and beyond
DRC #KeepItOn

After 22 days of internet shutdown, the government of Mauritania must commit to #KeepItOn at all times

31 Jul 2024

#KeepItOn coalition urges authorities in Mauritania to take a clear stance against internet shutdowns at the start of this new term.

Press Release
After 22 days of internet shutdown, the government of Mauritania must commit to #KeepItOn at all times
31 Jul 2024
After 22 days of internet shutdown, the government of Mauritania must commit to #KeepItOn at all times
DRC #KeepItOn

Shrinking democracy, growing violence: internet shutdowns in 2023

15 May 2024

Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition documented 283 internet shutdowns in 2023 — the highest number since 2016.

Publication
Shrinking democracy, growing violence: internet shutdowns in 2023
15 May 2024
Shrinking democracy, growing violence: internet shutdowns in 2023
STOP Methodology KeepItOn 2023

#KeepItOn: why we’re updating our internet shutdown tracking methodology 

15 May 2024

The #KeepItOn coalition has made some important changes to its STOP methodology for tracking internet shutdowns.

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#KeepItOn: why we’re updating our internet shutdown tracking methodology 
15 May 2024
#KeepItOn: why we’re updating our internet shutdown tracking methodology 
DRC #KeepItOn

The most violent year: internet shutdowns in 2023

15 May 2024

Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition documented 283 internet shutdowns in 2023 — the highest number since 2016.

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The most violent year: internet shutdowns in 2023
15 May 2024
The most violent year: internet shutdowns in 2023