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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.
Tunisia biometric passports

Statement: Tunisia’s newly proposed biometric ID and e-passport threaten privacy

9 Mar 2021

Access Now joins 30 groups in sounding the alarm about Tunisia’s revived biometric ID proposal, which still poses a serious threat to Tunisians’ privacy.

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Statement: Tunisia’s newly proposed biometric ID and e-passport threaten privacy
9 Mar 2021
Statement: Tunisia’s newly proposed biometric ID and e-passport threaten privacy
#KeepItOn

Iran: Internet blackouts curb protests and conceal human rights violations in Sistan and Baluchistan

26 Feb 2021

Access Now joins civil society partners in calling on the government of Iran to immediately restore full internet access to Sistan and Baluchistan.

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Iran: Internet blackouts curb protests and conceal human rights violations in Sistan and Baluchistan
26 Feb 2021
Iran: Internet blackouts curb protests and conceal human rights violations in Sistan and Baluchistan
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Reclaim your face from surveillance 🥸

23 Feb 2021

Sign this European Citizens’ Initiative to urge EU lawmakers to put a stop to harmful, discriminatory biometric mass surveillance practices.

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Reclaim your face from surveillance 🥸
23 Feb 2021
Reclaim your face from surveillance 🥸
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Reclaim your face from surveillance 🥸

23 Feb 2021

Sign this European Citizens’ Initiative to urge EU lawmakers to put a stop to harmful, discriminatory biometric mass surveillance practices.

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Reclaim your face from surveillance 🥸
23 Feb 2021
Reclaim your face from surveillance 🥸
internet shutdowns elections

Help #KeepItOn during these 2021 elections

18 Feb 2021

In 2021, at least a dozen countries with a history of internet shutdowns are headed to the polls for important elections, and people fighting for their democracies need the world’s solidarity and support.

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Help #KeepItOn during these 2021 elections
18 Feb 2021
Help #KeepItOn during these 2021 elections
Musk

No to the new Google Cloud in Saudi Arabia: Access Now, CIPPIC flag serious human rights concerns

3 Feb 2021

Access Now and CIPPIC are calling on Google to immediately halt plans to establish a new Google Cloud region in Saudi Arabia — a country with an appalling human rights record.

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No to the new Google Cloud in Saudi Arabia: Access Now, CIPPIC flag serious human rights concerns
3 Feb 2021
No to the new Google Cloud in Saudi Arabia: Access Now, CIPPIC flag serious human rights concerns
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U.S. Digital Rights in the Biden Era

20 Jan 2021

As the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration and new U.S. Congress get to work, human rights in the digital era need to be at the top of their agenda. Here’s how we’re tracking U.S. tech policy in 2021 — and how you can help.

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U.S. Digital Rights in the Biden Era
20 Jan 2021
U.S. Digital Rights in the Biden Era
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It wasn’t all bad: 2020 digital rights wins

17 Dec 2020
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It wasn’t all bad: 2020 digital rights wins
17 Dec 2020
It wasn’t all bad: 2020 digital rights wins
Digital ID Systems

Civil society organizations call for a full integration of human rights in the deployment of digital identification systems

17 Dec 2020

In August 2020, more than 60 civil society organizations from across the world come together for dialogue with the World Bank’s ID4D Initiative and other key stakeholders. The consultation was an intervention to center human rights in the field of digital ID, and today we are releasing a report summarizing the discussion.

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Civil society organizations call for a full integration of human rights in the deployment of digital identification systems
17 Dec 2020
Civil society organizations call for a full integration of human rights in the deployment of digital identification systems
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Stop Trump’s pro-censorship FCC nominee

12 Nov 2020

Action Alert: Trump is trying to appoint one of the worst, most dangerous FCC commissioners the United States has ever seen to gut protections for free speech online, and Mitch McConnell is speeding the Senate toward his confirmation.

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Stop Trump’s pro-censorship FCC nominee
12 Nov 2020
Stop Trump’s pro-censorship FCC nominee