Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social Web publication & idea forum based in Brussels, discussing the future of the internet from a broad perspective on society's digital evolution โก Web: https://netopia.eu | https://x.com/NetopiaEU | LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/netopia-eu/
Mattias Vermeiren @mattvermeir.bsky.social Associate Professor of International Political Economy at Ghent University
Max von Thun @maxvonthun.bsky.social Europe Director @openmarkets.bsky.social. Former UK Parliamentary adviser and tech policy consultant. Pro-tech, anti-monopoly.
Ian Brown ๐จ๐ปโ๐ป @ianbrown.tech ๐ป regulation (๐ #privacy ๐ณ)
โท๐ด๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ฅพ๐บ ๐ฎ๐จ๐ช๐ธ๐ช๐บ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ป
Visiting Prof @fgvoficial.bsky.social ๐จโ๐ซ
Formerly DCMS Principal Scientific Officer/Prof. Information Security & Privacy @oii.ox.ac.uk
Tech News @1br0wn.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy
Wolfie Christl @wchr.bsky.social Public-interest researcher at Cracked Labs | Research fellow at Citizen Lab | Vienna, Austria | Tech and society. Tracking, surveillance, data economy, platform power, algorithmic decisions, datafication of work.
wolfie.crackedlabs.org/en
Andreas Schwab @andreasschwab.bsky.social Gemeindeprรคsident von Bremgarten bei Bern (SP), Autor, Ausstellungsmacher
2024: Freiheit, Rausch und schwarze Katzen. Eine Geschichte der Boheme.
Catalina Goanta @cgoanta.bsky.social Associate prof in private law & tech (Utrecht University) & PI ERC Research Stg HUMANads '22-'27 @goanta@someone.elses.computer
Edie Hancock @edithhancock.bsky.social Writing about EU competition, trade and tech policy for the Wall Street Journal and/or Dow Jones. Send tips, invitations & affirmations to Edith.hancock@wsj.com
Simonetta Vezzoso @wavesblog.eurosky.social https://competitionwave.blogspot.com/ (daily reading list and more)
Robert Bateman @robertjbateman.bsky.social โข I post about privacy, data protection, security, AI โข Regular updates on big tech shenanigans โข Views absolutely represent those of my employer (me) โข Consultancy and training services โข
Aaron Moss @copyrightlately.bsky.social Copyright lawyer, along with trademark, media and entertainment litigation. Visit copyrightlately.com for copyright stuff
Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social Law professor & journalist looking at tech geopolitics, free expression, internet law, online governance, & AI.
Senior Editor at Lawfare.
https://klonick.substack.com/
www.kateklonick.com
W.W.D.D.
Paddy Leerssen @pjleerssen.bsky.social Postdoc @ivir_uva | DSA Observatory | social media law
EPP Group in the European Parliament @eppgroup.bsky.social The largest political group in the European Parliament. We defend centre-right policies to promote growth and jobs in a more integrated Europe. #JobsJobsJobs
European Commission @ec.europa.eu News and information from the European Commission. Social media and data protection policy: http://europa.eu/!MnfFmT
Renew Europe @reneweurope.bsky.social We are the pro-European political group in the
European Parliament!
Our mission? to Renew Europe! ๐ช๐บ
Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social Technology + democracy.
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Opinions do not reflect the views of Tech Policy Press. Reposts do not equal endorsements.
Tech Transparency Project @ttp-updates.bsky.social The Tech Transparency Project is a research initiative of Campaign for Accountability that investigates the power, influence, & impact of Big Tech. https://www.techtransparencyproject.org
Tech Wonโt 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.
https://techwontsave.us/
Euractiv @euractiv.com Euractiv is an independent pan-European media network. We are an essential, trusted source for news, analysis and debate on EU politics and policy. www.euractiv.com
Politico @politico.com Nobody knows politics and policy like we do.
www.politico.com
euobserver โ EU news that matters @euobserver.com Brussels' premier independent news media on EU affairs. EUobserver is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand what's really going on in Europe. Your support keeps us going: https://euobserver.com/memberships
Elisa Braun @elisabraun.bsky.social Chief Brussels correspondent, Euractiv
Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social Tech journalist and author, who increasingly also talks on TV and radio. Interested in the sparks that happen when the online and offline worlds collide
@stokel on the other place. Buy my book: How AI Ate the World!
Sam Harper @sharper.bsky.social Journaliste pour https://pivot.quebec | Journalist at Pivot
https://lebruitdesbottes.ca
Infosec dilettante | OSINT amateur
Cofondateur | co-founder https://cybercitoyen.org
Norman @noaasm.bsky.social ๐ผ Privacy Lawyer | ๐ Corporate & Commercial Law LL.M alumni @ Maastricht University | ๐ Public Int'l Law LL.M alumni @ University of Oslo | interested in tech, cybersecurity, data protection, international law & geopolitics | ๐๐ช๐ช | views my own
Mathias Vermeulen @mathver.bsky.social EU law and tech policy, mostly musings on content moderation, platform governance, privacy, AI. Now: Co-Founder & Director @awo.agency. Fellow at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Then: EU Parliament. UN. Mozilla. PhD in EU law.
Michiel van Hulten @michielvanhulten.eu Democracy defender. Former EU/NL politician and official. No longer on Twitter, Facebook or Whatsapp.
Maria Magierska @mariamagierska.bsky.social ECPC Maastricht University Senior Lecturer, PhD Researcher European University Institute in Florence, editor European law blog , ex-NOYB, ex-European Parliament Press Officer.
data protection, eu administrative law and books
Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social I'm a law professor at GW Law School and an expert on privacy, AI, technology, and data security law. I also write about law, literature, and the humanities. More about me at https://danielsolove.com - N nicklevine.bsky.social @nicklevine.bsky.social
Glyn Moody @glynmoody.bsky.social writer (Rebel Code, Digital Code of Life, Walled Culture - free ebook download - https://walledculture.org/the-book/), journalist, blogger. On #DigitalRights, #privacy, #surveillance, #openness, #copyright, and #patents. email: glyn.moody@gmail.com
Paris Marx @parismarx.com ๐ฅ PREORDER MY NEW BOOK HYPERSCALE ๐ฅ
๐๏ธ @techwontsave.us
๐ฌ https://disconnect.blog
๐ https://hyperscalebook.com
keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net David M. Wood (DMW)
Surveillance / Security / Cities / Technology / Human Rights / Environment
https://ubisurv.net
Personal account.
News Eye @newseye.bsky.social A career spent in government affairs & media. Now an interested eye on the news. Not always balanced; there arenโt two sides to fascism.
Now on TikTok ๐ https://www.tiktok.com/@news_eye?_t=ZN-8zwNc7WZeII&_r=1
Please use ALT text :-)
LobbyControl @lobbycontrol.bsky.social Fรผr Transparenz, demokratische Kontrolle und klare Schranken der Einflussnahme auf Politik und รffentlichkeit.
Newsletter-Abo: ๐ https://www.lobbycontrol.de/newsletter/
Fรถrdermitglied werden: ๐ https://www.lobbycontrol.de/foerdern/
Alexander Fanta @alexfanta.bsky.social Journalist with Follow the Money. All things tech, EU, transparency. FOI curious. Find me as "fanta.99" on Signal.
Rachel Griffin @rachelgriffin.eurosky.social researching EU AI regulation @ duisburg essen university | blue haired feminist, FT reading socialist & other clichรฉs | paris/berlin, she/sie/elle | free palestine ๐
https://rachelgrfn.wordpress.com/publications/
Gateklons @gateklons.eurosky.social EU digital policy nerd | data protection & privacy | competition | platform & media regulation | identity | cybersecurity
Focus: consent-or-pay & (messaging) interoperability
https://gateklons.substack.com/
๐ @gateklons@eupolicy.social
๐ฆ @gateklons
People Vs Big Tech @peoplevsbigtech.eurosky.social Algorithm, weโre onto you. Letโs build a better digital world.
๐พ Linktree linktr.ee/peoplevsbigtech
๐ฉ Newsletter blog.peoplevsbig.tech
Mirko Brรผร @bruess.law Rechtsanwalt. Urheber-, Medien-, Markenrecht, Film, Musik, Politik
Attorney-at-law. Copyright, Media, Trademarks, Movies, Music, Politics
Schreibe auf Deutsch und Englisch / Writing in German and English
#teamiprecht #copyright #trademarks #GuestKat #MPA
Andres Guadamuz @technollama.bsky.social Law and technology academic. Posts about copyright law, internet regulation, AI, llamas, pandas, and cats. ๐จ๐ท ๐ฌ๐ง
https://www.technollama.co.uk/
Todd Davies @todddavi.es Competition Law PhD Candidate @ University College London
Working on a theory of the competitive process, polycrisis, private power, political economy, ecology and democracy. Previously a software engineer.
https://todddavi.es
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Samuel Stolton @samuelstolton.bsky.social European Competition Reporter at Bloomberg News. https://bloomberg.com/authors/AWTd_b4tFic/samuel-stolton
Email: sstolton@bloomberg.net
Martin Husovec @hutko.bsky.social
David Newhoff @davidnewhoff.bsky.social AAP | All statements are my own and not attributable to any current or previous employers. www.illusionofmore.com
KinkyKongAI @handle.invalid The color of my dress means NOTHING. #Midjourney Event Host, Guide, and Community Outreach | Moderator at Hedra | Shares the best I see in AI | Your Fun, Friendly Creator at the Bleeding Edge of #AI . I BLOCKED MAGA words, Cuz I value my peace.
Mathew Lowry @mathewlowry.eurosky.social Australian in Brussels. Info architect, innovation, knowledge, community & content strategist.
Stuff I Like, Think & Do: https://myhub.ai/@mathewlowry
AAAA (About? Add "/About" , Above)
Federation of European Publishers @fep-fee.bsky.social FEP is the voice of the great majority of publishers in Europe. We represent 31 national associations of publishers of books, learned journals and educational materials, in all formats, in Europe. More about us: https://fep-fee.eu/
@dataspelsbranschen.bsky.social @dataspelsbranschen.bsky.social
Motion Picture Association โ EMEA @mpa-emea.bsky.social The voice and advocate of the major international producers and distributors of movies, home entertainment and television programming in Europe.
Mira @mirainbrussels.bsky.social ๐ช๐บ E-Mobility. Sustainability. Tech. Electrification. EU & Brussels.
mirainbrussels.substack.com
Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee @imco.europarl.europa.eu European Parliament Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Managed by EP press service. Reposts โ endorsement.
John Perrino @johnperrino.com ๐ค Internet policy nerd
๐ @InternetSociety.bsky.social "Senior Expert"
๐ Always learning
โพ ๐๏ธ NY sports & DC life
Tom Egbers @tomegbers.bsky.social
Anton Dingeman @dingemananton.bsky.social
Jesse Klaver @jesseklaver.groenlinkspvda.nl Fractievoorzitter Progressief Nederland. Hij/hem. Dit account wordt beheerd door Jesse en zijn team. Sluit je aan bij onze beweging en word lid! ๐
Energy Data Infrastructure | Global Energy Analytics @energtx.bsky.social Clean global energy data โ 106 countries, 170+ indicators, 12 sources. Plus 380+ energy grants & scholarships with deadline alerts. Charts in R. Custom analysis available. energtx.com | info@energtx.com
Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social Professor at ICREA, ICTA, and the Department of Political Science & Public Law at UAB โข Author of THE DIVIDE and LESS IS MORE โข Global inequality, political economy and ecological economics
Tom Berendsen @ministerbz.bsky.social Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken | Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands | Posts by Tom and communication team
Timothy Garton Ash @fromtga.bsky.social Historian, author, commentator. Author of Homelands: A Personal History of Europe, The File etc. See www.timothygartonash.com
Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social Senior Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations. #Drone politics PhD @ox.ac.uk. Teaches at @SciencesPo.bsky.social. Writes about all things #Germany #Defence #miltech. Podcast host at @SicherheitsPod.de & LeCollimateur
Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social Professor of EU and Human Rights Law. Usual disclaimers. Latest book: European Union Law, 5th edition, co-edited with Catherine Barnard.
Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social Political science professor at McGill ๐จ๐ฆโ๏ธHiram Mills Chair; Co-Director, Jean Monnet Centre Montreal;
Russo-Ukrainian war; Rule of law, (anti)corruption; European politics ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ช๐บ. Opinions mine.
https://linktr.ee/popovaprof
Gideon Rachman @gideonrachman.bsky.social FT columnist. Also have podcast. Author of three and a half books. Four kids. Two cats. One wife. Numerous friends. Fulham fan.
Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social ๐ต๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ช๐บโ๏ธ Senior Research Coordinator at @democracyreporting.bsky.social, re:constitution programme - rule of law in the EU. Lives on a Berlin-Poznaล-Warszawa train. "European Elitist". He/him. Full-time nerd. I'm a fan of bios longer than 160 characters.
Jacob รberg @profjacob.bsky.social PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social; Professor in EU Law/Deputy HoD at @sdu.dk. EU & #brexit nerd. #Ukraine supporter. Member @ec.europa.eu's expert group on EU Crim Policy. Author of "Normative Foundations of EU Criminal Justice" @hartpublishing.bsky.social
Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social European political economy and geoeconomics commentator. Publisher of the Wealth of Nations newsletter. Previously chief Europe commentator @WSJ, chief leader writer @TheTimes. Runner, cold water swimmer, aspiring chef.
https://nixons.substack.com/
mathieu gallard @mathieugallard.bsky.social Research director Ipsos | Lecturer Sciences Po | Author "Les รtats-Unis au bord de la guerre civile ?" | ๐ณ๏ธ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฒ๐ผ
Gesine Weber @gesineweber.bsky.social European security & defence, global order, EU in US-China competition.
Senior Researcher, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zรผrich. PhD Defence Studies, Kingโs College London. Into running, matcha, ไธญๆ. Views my own.
geopoliticaleurope.substack.com
Camille Grand @camillegrand.bsky.social Secretary General @asdeurope.bsky.social Previously Distinguished Policy Fellow @ecfr.eu Former senior official @NATO, Ministรจre des Armรฉes, Ministรจre de lโEurope et des Affaires รtrangรจres and think tanker at FRSโฆ
Laurent Pech ๐บ๐ฆ @profpech.bsky.social Professor of Law, Dean of @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social, Senior Research Fellow at the CEU Democracy Institute in Budapest, and co-director of @goodlobbyprofs.bsky.social. Usual disclaimers.
Lucas Guttenberg @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social Director ๐ช๐บ, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Berlin
Ex-BMWK, Jacques Delors Centre, ECB
Prof John O Brennan @jobmaynooth.bsky.social Professor of European Politics, Maynooth University, Ireland.
Posts on EU, Balkans and International Politics.
Author: The Eastern Enlargement of the EU.
Director, Centre for European and Eurasian Studies: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/europe
Peter Nedergaard @peternedergaard.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Research interests: European and Nordic Politics, Political Economy. Collector of modern ceramics, Faroese paintings and Christine Swane paintings. Lifelong fan of Bob Dylan and modernist poetry.
Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social Asst Prof of Comparative Politics Georgetown Qatar โข Economic shocks, inequality, authoritarianism, class relations, populism, health โข Political economy of development โข FirstGen โข former Fellow @ Harvard CES & Cambridge Sociology โข gaborscheiring.com
Florian Bieber @fbieber.bsky.social ๐ฆซ, professor, coordinator BiEPAG, director CSEES Uni. Graz, President ASN, in english, Deutsch i naลกki. Seriously Balkans Podcast.
Zselyke Csaky @zecsaky.bsky.social Senior research fellow CER @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social. Mostly EU stuff, sprinkled with some democracy & Central Europe. Past lives Freedom House, EUI, Bloomberg.
Jonas Bornemann @jonasbornemann.bsky.social Assistant Professor of European Law at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
@groningeneulaw.bsky.social | re:constitution fellow 2024/2025
European Constitutional and Migration Law
Ioana Manolescu @mioana.eurosky.social Senior researcher at Inria and Ecole polytechnique, France.
ACM Senior Member.
Working on BigData, AI, Fact-Checking, Disinformation https://pages.saclay.inria.fr/ioana.manolescu/
Valรจre Ndior @hvaloche.bsky.social ๐๏ธLaw Professor - Universitรฉ de Brest (UBO).
Chaire Institut universitaire de France. Team GEODE & Yale ISP.
๐ปInternational Law, Tech Regulation, Social Media, Digital Rights.
๐ Co-auteur "Etats et rรฉseaux sociaux" (LGDJ)
https://grsomedia.wordpress.com
Philippe Marliรจre @phmarliere.bsky.social Professor of French and European Politics at University College London (UK) |
I am writing a book on the mainstreaming of the far right in France |
Sociology of football | Films and plays |
https://philippemarliere.substack.com/
Dr. Olaf Bachmann @falo2.bsky.social War Studies PhD KCL, MA War in the Modern World, now retired from African Leadership Centre King's College London and Nairobi, but still consultant on governance of security, Africa and Middle East. German and French citizen, resident in Spain.
Marcus How @marcus-how.bsky.social Head of Analysis at VE Insight (formerly ViennEast). Interested in Austria & CEE. Austro-Essexian hybrid. Opinions expressed are my own.
Benjamin Duerr @benjaminduerr.com Diplomat. International lawyer. Writer | https://www.benjamin-duerr.com | The Hague / Den Haag (EN/NL/DE)
Paul Schmidt @paulschmidt.bsky.social Leitet die รsterreichische Gesellschaft fรผr Europapolitik / Secretary General of the Austrian Society for European Politics / โฉ paul.schmidt@oegfe.at
Kristof Bender @kristofbender.bsky.social For a strong & democratic Europe. Balkans, Moldova, Ukraine. Asylum policy, HR
Deputy chair European Stability Initiative (ESI), Europeโs Futures @iwm.at
https://kristofbender.eu, www.esiweb.org
Filip Ejdus @filipejdus.bsky.social Professor of security studies at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade. Spare time democracy activist. www.filipejdus.com
Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social Professional: Foresight & Horizon Scanning | Research: Resilience (CNI / Societal) & Comprehensive Security, Total Defence, National Preparedness | Emerging Risks & CM / EM | Military mobility | High North, GIUK-NGap & Arctic Futures | Personal: #OnXII
Liviu Horovitz @liviuhorovitz.bsky.social Researcher @swp-intsecurity.bsky.social & leading #STAND | once @csds.bsky.social, @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social, the CSS @ethz.ch or @belfercenter.bsky.social | nukes | transatlantic stuff | qual & archives buff
Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social Professor; new Jean #Monnet Chair in Democratic Governance in the EU @ #Panteion University in #Athens | #EU institutions, other European stuff in ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฌ๐ท๐ซ๐ท๐ฉ๐ช | Own views https://shorturl.at/P8nak
Also on @jmchairpanteion.bsky.social
Arturo Varvelli @arturovarvelli.bsky.social Head Rome Office and Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations - ECFR
Antoinette Scherz @ascherz.bsky.social Associate Professor in Practical Philosophy, Stockholm University
Stockholm Center on Global Governance
ARENA, University of Oslo, ENROL โ Enforcing the rule of law: What can the European Union do to prevent rule of law deterioration from within?
Frode Overland Andersen @foandersen.bsky.social Norwegian ๐ณ๐ด. Writing about Europe, foreign policy and things that interest me ๐. Personal account.
Tom Van de Weghe @tomvandeweghe.bsky.social International correspondent VRT NWS Belgium | Expert Geopolitics & Tech | Curator Wintercircus Ghent | Former China + USA correspondent | Stanford University Fellow JSK | Slavicist | Co-host podcast "China voorbij de Muur" | Author & keynote speaker
Steven Van Hecke @stevenvanhecke.bsky.social Europe | Politics | KU Leuven
โ https://soc.kuleuven.be/io/stevenvanhecke
โ https://shop.acco.be/nl-be/items/9789033402074/Het-kantelende-continent
Andrei Sterescu @andreisterescu.bsky.social EU Economist | Formerly @ecb.europa.eu | European ๐ช๐บ and International Economic Policy | Views are my own and do not represent those of my employer
Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/outsample
Maurice Paulussen @mauricepaulussen.bsky.social NL diplomat with @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social/ @minbz.bsky.social
Deputy Head of Mission in Tbilisi, Georgia ๐ฌ๐ช
Previously worked in ๐ฝ๐ฐ/ ๐ณ๐ฌ/ ๐บ๐ณ
(usual disclaimers)
@alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social Retired @EU_Commission, PhD CAU Kiel #EUI #EconomicHistory #sustainability #FarRight #ClimateActionNow #ActOnClimate #SmartCities #FutureOfEurope #cycling
Andrรกs Bรญrรณ-Nagy @bironagyandras.bsky.social 'The Path of Hungary's EU Membership' (Palgrave): https://sl1nk.com/j7ldzgu