More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social Nonprofit newsroom. Media that builds power for working people.
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vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social music maker // free all political prisoners // fight all supremacies // Fifteen (2026), Defiant Life (2025), Thereupon (2025), Sanctuary (2025), Compassion (2024), Trouble (2024), Love in Exile (2023) // prof @ h*rv*rd // linktr.ee/vijayiyer
Jeff Stein @jeffreystein.bsky.social Staff Attorney, ACLU National Security Project. Views here are my own.
Rozina Ali @rozinaali.bsky.social NYT Magazine contributing writer. Journalist covering conflict, MidEast and South Asia, Islamophobia, immigration
Signal: rozina.30
AI Now Institute @ainowinstitute.bsky.social The AI Now Institute produces diagnosis and actionable policy research on artificial intelligence.
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kate brennan @kate-brennan.bsky.social senior director of ainowinstitute.org
Amba Kak @ambakak.bsky.social I co-direct @AINowInstitute; @Signalapp board. Cover art by my mother https://shoumabanerjeekak.com/about-the-artist/
@gowanuscag.bsky.social @gowanuscag.bsky.social
Antonella Napolitano @svaroschi.bsky.social Working on surveillance technology, migration, welfare.
Collaborating with public interest newsrooms and human rights orgs.
Bridging and connecting.
Previously at Privacy International, Open Migration, TechPresident.
Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social Director of Platform Regulation, Stanford Law School LST Program. Former Google (2004-2015) Legal Director for Web Search, Speech and Intermediary Liability Issues.
May be cranky.
https://law.stanford.edu/daphne-keller/
Nicole Ozer @nicoleozer.bsky.social EFF Executive Director | All about rights, technology & democracy | Trailblazer in public interest tech law | 2025 Technology & Human Rights Fellow - Harvard Kennedy School | Former ACLU |
Rest of World @restofworld.org We're a nonprofit publication covering global technology outside the West.
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Yi-Ling Liu @yilingliu95.bsky.social writer & editor covering China | journalist-in-residence
@tarbellcenter | writing a book on the Chinese Internet for
@AAKnopf
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social I cover DHS and immigration policy for the New York Times
LA Times, BuzzFeed News, SF Chronicle alum
@nicolamorrow.bsky.social @nicolamorrow.bsky.social
Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social President @TechFreedom.org | 🇺🇸🇩🇪🇪🇺🗽 | Lawyer: tech, free speech, FTC, FCC, admin | “Resident Antagonist”—Politico | “The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right” | 🇫🇷🏳️🌈📚⛰️🥾🚣🎼 | doing PhD in 🇪🇺/🇺🇸 platform law @ Dublin City U
John Horgan @johnhorgan.bsky.social Professor of psychology who studies terrorism, forensic psychology, and school safety📍Atlanta, GA via Ireland. Seven Summits 🏔️ (5/7 so far). Adopt don’t shop 🐶 Personal account.
James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
Fellow @ Tech Policy Press
Fellow @ Demos
PhD researcher @ UCL Laws
newsletter @ techtris
Latest book: The Other Pandemic – How QAnon Contaminated The World. 🏳️🌈
https://www.jamesrball.com/
Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social New York Times Opinion Columnist. The world, especially the global south, migration, inequality, the human future, queer stuff. Reachable via email or on Signal @lpolgreen.39
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social senior reporter at the guardian us / julia.wong@theguardian.com / juliacarriewong.11 on Signal
Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us A left-wing podcast for a better world and better tech. Hosted by @parismarx.com. Made in partnership with @thenation.com.
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Hafiz 🇵🇸 Rashid @hafizr.bsky.social Back at work writing about breaking news at @newrepublic.com
Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social Journalist and Researcher | Reporting and Research on the U.S. Radical Right | Publisher of Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social | Subscribe: https://www.radicalreports.org | Support My Work: https://linktr.ee/reportbywilson
Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com Reporter at ICIJ.org and author. GILDED RAGE: ELON MUSK AND THE RADICALIZATION OF SILICON VALLEY is out in paperback.
Signal: jacobsilverman.99
www.jacobsilverman.com
https://linktr.ee/gildedrage
Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social Reporter and Computer Guy at WIRED. Previously: Bloomberg News, Center for Investigative Reporting, Gizmodo, eyebeamnyc.
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net For 20 years, Mondoweiss has covered the powers that sustain Israeli apartheid – and how people resist it, from Palestine to the U.S.
Banner: Palestinian children with a donkey cart on the beach in Gaza before the Israeli genocide.
https://mondoweiss.net
Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com Senior Technology Reporter at The Intercept
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Jeremy Scahill @jeremyscahill.com Journalist at @DropSiteNews.com. Author of Blackwater and Dirty Wars. Former twitter combatant. Proton: jeremy@dropsitenews.com
Zeteo @zeteo.com Unfiltered news. Bold opinions. A new media organization from @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social ✍🏽 • RACE AFTER TECHNOLOGY: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code • VIRAL JUSTICE: How We Grow the World We Want • IMAGINATION: A Manifesto 📚www.ruhabenjamin.com
Séamus Malekafzali @seamus-malekafzali.com Journalist and writer.
Writing about the Middle East at http://seamus-malekafzali.com and about film at http://burntnitrate.com.
Email: s.malekafzali@protonmail.com
The Nation Magazine @thenation.com Founded by abolitionists in 1865. Committed to progressive journalism. Subscribe: http://subscriptions.thenation.com.
Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social Independent journalist covering tech, culture, and politics @spitfirenews.com. Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/kattenbarge
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social Columnist, The Nation: https://www.thenation.com/authors/jeet-heer/ Podcast: The Time of Monsters: https://www.thenation.com/content/time-of-monsters/
Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social Just asking questions.
Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org.
Send story ideas and tips to anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org
Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social Reporter at Mother Jones. Previously
@washingtonian and freelancing from Mexico City. Now New York.
Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social Political correspondent @zeteo.com
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Prem@zeteonews.com
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Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social Architecture, landscape, urbanism. Independent nonprofit public scholarship on the built environment. Free & accessible to all.
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Emily Bowe @emilyrbowe.bsky.social Urban nerd @bplmaps. @unc & @parsonsdesign alum. Mostly here for talk about cities, maps, libraries, and knitting. She/her
WebDesignMuseum @webdesignmuseum.org Web Design Museum exhibits thousands of screenshots and videos of websites, apps, software, and Flash games from the 1990s to the late 2000s.
Zentrum für Netzkunst Berlin @zfn.bsky.social http://netzkunst.berlin ➠ reconstructing, archiving and exhibiting pioneering and contemporary net art & culture · /rosa project space w/ @pankegallery.bsky.social · Heidelberger Str. 28, 12059 Berlin Neukölln/Alt-Treptow
César Escudero Andaluz @escuderoandaluz.bsky.social Artist focused on digital culture, interface criticism, dataveillance, algorithm governance, tactical interface and critical mining. Lecturer at Interface Cultures.
https://escuderoandaluz.com/
netart archives @netartarchive.bsky.social Netart from the 90's on
[internet art | netart | network art | cyberspace | cybernetic | information | technology | communication]
Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social i work across nyc’s libraries and archives; i was a full professor of media studies, art history + anthropology
architecture, archives, 🎨, cities, 🐕, infrastructure, libraries, 🗺️, sound++
nyc + upstate
wordsinspace.net
Dave Willner @dwillner.bsky.social Co-Founder at Zentropi. Formerly Head of Trust & Safety at OpenAI, of Community Policy at Airbnb, and of Content Policy Facebook. Strictly cold takes.
Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social JD/PhD | THREAT OF DISSENT: A HISTORY OF IDEOLOGICAL EXCLUSION AND DEPORTATION IN THE UNITED STATES | https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674292352 | Posts are mine, not the views of my employer. ❤️ & Reposts are not endorsements.
Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University; Exec Editor, Just Security; former ACLU. knightcolumbia.org.
Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social An independent research and policy institute working toward a future where people, not technology, come first.
Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social Monitoring the press, tracking the evolving media business & encouraging excellence in journalism since 1961.
@joelsimonsays.bsky.social @joelsimonsays.bsky.social
All Rise News @allrisenews.com Fearless journalism about the law, your rights, and your powers to effect change in the Trump era. By Adam Klasfeld
Kate Ruane @kateruane.bsky.social Free expression advocate. Whiskey drinker. Friend of dogs. Views my own
Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University defends the freedoms of speech & the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, policy advocacy, and public education.
https://knightcolumbia.org/
Sarah Kay Wiley @sarahkwiley.bsky.social Tech policy and litigation at the intersection of 1A, monetization, and competition. Currently at Tech Justice Law Project.
Lawyer sometimes.
Adrenaline junkie always.
Would rather be trail running.
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
Stephanie Krent @stephaniekrent.bsky.social Staff Attorney @ Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University.
All views my own, especially those about the abiding importance of Diet Coke.
Candace White @candacewhite.bsky.social Deputy Director of Communications & Digital Strategy @knightcolumbia.org
Theo Tamayo @theotamayo.bsky.social Law Clerk, Former Legal Fellow at the Knight First Amendment Institute. Opinions mine.
Jelena Berković @jelenazg.bsky.social Freedom of information geek, recovering journalist, media & tech policy explorer. Hedgehogs advocate. Zagreb, Croatia
Etienne - Tek @tek.randhome.io Technologist @ Human Rights Watch (previously Amnesty, Citizen Lab)
Malware, Threats, Online Investigations, Disinformation, Human Rights and silly memes.
On Mastodon: tek@todon.eu
Also on https://maynier.eu/
Noura Aljizawi @noura.bsky.social Senior Researcher @Citizenlab.ca , UofT
Exploring the dark dimensions of digital power: authoritarianism, transnational repression & disinformation.
Kaan Cankat @kcankat.bsky.social phd student in econ at Princeton. Interested in urban, public finance, history and labor.
Xiangnong (George) Wang @georgewang.bsky.social staff attorney @ Knight First Amendment Institute | he/him
Katie Fallow @katiefallow.bsky.social Dep. Litigation Dir., Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. Cat enthusiast.
Nadine Farid Johnson @nadinefj.bsky.social Policy Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University | Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Center for International Policy. Opinions mine.
Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social The global network for surveillance studies research. Surveillance & Society journal https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society, conferences, workshops, mentoring, prizes & more. Join us here: https://surveillance-studies.net
The Least Famous Jason Kelley @jason.exposed I used to tweet a lot as @EFF. All the bad tweets were mine.
https://www.eff.org/about/staff/jason-kelley
This here account is where I mostly post dog
Brian Hofer @brianhofer.bsky.social Executive Director, Secure Justice (@securejustice.bsky.social) https://secure-justice.org/ fmr. Chair, City of Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission (2016-2025)
Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com tech & society @washingtonpost.com
stories: https://drewharwell.com/
videos: tiktok.com/@drewharwell
+ instagram.com/drewharwell
Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social Investigative Reporter, Bloomberg News. "FOIA terrorist." Subscribe to my newsletter, FOIA Files and my FOIA podcast, Disclosure.
Signal: JasonLeopold.666
http://swap.fm/l/O8A3zzBKsGWpqLtjzLSF
https://www.bloomberg.com/foiafiles
Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social NYTimes Tech Policy Reporter, co-author "An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination" with @sheeraf.bsky.social
Also tree, moss, boulder hugger from PNW, transplant to the Potomac
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceciliakang
Center for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org The Center for Democracy & Technology. Shaping technology policy and architecture, with a focus on equity and justice. @cdteu.org for our EU-based team.
https://cdt.org
Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org We fight for digital rights. Join us.
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Creative Commons @creativecommons.bsky.social The nonprofit behind the licenses & tools the world uses to share 🌍
https://creativecommons.start.page
Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social I cover digital threats for NBC News. Tip me! @kevincollier.01 on signal, kevin.collier@nbcuni.com. NYC, from West Virginia.
dell cameron @dell.bsky.social Sr. writer @wired.com:
Surveillance & coptech
Signal: dell.3030
Cristiano Lima-Strong @viacristiano.bsky.social Senior AI & Government Reporter @bgov.com. Former WaPo, Politico. 🇧🇷🇺🇸 Tips/Signal: Cristiano.01
Privacy Badger @privacybadger.org Privacy Badger is a browser extension that automatically learns to block hidden trackers. Privacy Badger is made by the leading digital rights nonprofit @eff.org to stop companies from spying on you.
https://privacybadger.org/
Plan C @plancpills.bsky.social The Guide to Abortion Pills by Mail in ✨All✨ 50 States and U.S. Territories.
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Tor Project @torproject.org We're a nonprofit defending your privacy and freedom online. Download Tor Browser for protection against surveillance and censorship. http://t.me/TorProject
Allie Funk @alfunk.bsky.social Geeking out on human rights, tech, & internet freedom. She/her.
Opinions are all mine, y’all, no one else's.
Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social The New York Times national security and legal reporter. Not the Welsh footballer, Roddy Doyle character or 19th Century adventurer in Fiji.
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com 🇸🇬 Writer and activist. Author of 'The Singapore I Recognise: Essays on home, community and hope'. Editor-in-Chief of @mekongreview.com. Everything Elf at https://wethecitizens.net.
Derechos Digitales @derechosdigitales.org ⚖️ Defendemos los derechos humanos en el entorno digital
🌎 América Latina
🤖 IA, privacidad, seguridad, acceso, internet ¡y más!
Jeremy C. Young @jeremycyoung.bsky.social No longer actively using this account. Find me here: https://tinyurl.com/5y7htysf
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social 🇵🇷 genderqueer bisexual writer, they/multitudes. danielshankcruz.com #Mets #haiku #FountainPens
Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social Human Rights Lawyer | Executive Director at TIMEP @timep.bsky.social
Larry Siems @larrysiems.bsky.social Writer, chief of staff at Knight First Amendment Institute. knightcolumbia.org.
Alex Abdo @alexabdo.bsky.social Litigation Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University (he/him)
Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social Media nerd. CNN chief media analyst. INSIDE THE HIVE podcast host. Author of "Network of Lies," "Hoax," and "Top of the Morning." Former Shorenstein fellow, NYT reporter and blogger.
Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com 🙅🏻♀️ Author (2 books & The Wayfinder newsletter), disinformation expert, advocate for targets of online abuse.
☀️ CEO, @americansunlight.org
😆 Tucker Carlson once called me a “highly self confident young woman” and meant it as an insult
Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social Reporter lady @ms.now
Signal username: brandyzadrozny.53
Email from a non-work account: brandy.zadrozny@ms.now
Summer Lopez @selopez.bsky.social Chief Program Officer, Free Expression @PENAmerica | Former USAID | she/her | Views my own.