Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social Washington Post alum covering hacking, disinformation and what’s left of privacy. Author of books on the Cult of the Dead Cow, organized criminal hacking, and Napster. Pulitzer co-finalist 2024. Signal joemenn.01
Dr Brianna Rosen @briannarosen.bsky.social Senior Fellow and Director, AI and Emerging Tech Initiative at Just Security | Senior Research Associate at the University of Oxford | Formerly White House NSC
Website: www.drbriannarosen.com
Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social Prof of Media and Communication at the University of Edinburgh. Based in Politics/IR. Researching #AI, #Journalism and #Public Service Media. Views own. She/Her
Johan Farkas @jfarkas.bsky.social Assistant Professor. Author of 'Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy' (https://t.ly/1JHye), University of Copenhagen, Firstgen 🎓. he/him. Free access to my work: http://www.johanfarkas.com/research
Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social Professor of Financial Accounting, Vice Dean of Programmes, co-Director, Cambridge Centre for Financial Reporting & Accountability, Univ of Cambridge
Founder & Chair, Cambridge Disinformation Summit
Research: IFRS, GAAP, governance, information risks
Rory Cormac @rorycormac.bsky.social Professor: Subversion & Secret Statecraft | Author: Fakers (coming 2026); Disrupt & Deny; How to Stage a Coup; Crown, Cloak, & Dagger
Jo(sephine) Lukito @jolukito.bsky.social DDC Professor of Digital Communication and DIAS Chair at the University of Southern Denmark | Modern Kilogirl 👩💻 | Computational Linguistics & Global/US PolComm
Timothy Graham @timothyjgraham.bsky.social Associate Professor at Queensland University of Technology. Computational communication, social theory. Interests: Propaganda, dark political communication, the relationship between technology, truth, and knowledge
Francesca Tripodi @ftripodi.bsky.social Dr. Tripodi is a sociologist who studies the internet and how information flows online
www.spillab.com
vortex_egg @vortexegg.com Cyberoccult investigator. Sociotechnical gremlin. Swarm intelligence egregore. Magitek knight. Combat librarian. Bearer of the cursed knowledge.
Rogue information scientist, researcher, & technologist. MLIS.
Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social Associate Fellow, Center for Security & Defense / Zentrum für Sicherheit & Verteidigung, @dgap.org
Postdoc, Durham University.
Remote war, armed drones, OSINT / guerre à distance, drones armés, enquêtes OSINT.
Personal account, EN/FR/DE
John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social Chasing digital badness. Senior Researcher at Citizen Lab, but words here are mine.
Carlos Diaz Ruiz @carlosdiazruiz.com Associate Professor at Hanken in Finland. I write about the consumer culture and advertising markets that allow disinformation to thrive on social media.
Author of the book "Market-Oriented Disinformation Research."
https://www.carlosdiazruiz.com
Luca Luceri @luceriluc.bsky.social Research Assistant Professor @USC-ISI
🤖 I investigate malicious activity on social media networks 🕵🏼
Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social Professor, journalist, political analyst, cynical optimist —- Public speaker via London Speakers Bureau --- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@scottlucasworldview
Stéphane Prud’homme Msc, MBA, PhDc, C.Adm @stepru.com Adjunct Professor in YUL, YOW 🇨🇦 & HKG 🇭🇰 • PhD Candidate 🇲🇴 Influential narrative, Propaganda & Slopaganda, Reputation, Credibility, Legitimacy, Trustworthiness; MBA Marketing, Economics 🇨🇳🇺🇸; MA Credibility, Crisis Mgmt 🇨🇦 • Founder @CredibilityInstitute.com
Matt Schrader @mattschrader.bsky.social Taco Bell stan account, Phoenician by choice. Mostly tweets about China stuff, with some occasional bleating about sport or sci-fi. Opinions are not my employer's.
Luca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social Associate Professor in IR at @swanseauni_ppir
Work on assassination, covert action, US foreign policy, secrecy. Host on the New Books Network. Author of The Brush Contact Substack.
Ben O'Loughlin @benoloughlin.bsky.social Prof. of IR. Director, New Political Communication Unit, Royal Holloway | Co-Editor: Media, War and Conflict journal | Co-author: Strategic Narratives | Book series editor: AI Politics
Matthew Sussex @matthewsussex.bsky.social Adjunct Associate Professor, Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, SDSC @ANU. Russia / info ops / hybrid / Aus security policy / Indo-Pac. Usual disclaimers.
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social Researching intelligence, all things covert 🕵️👀, and hybrid warfare.
Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Intelligence Analysis. Researching/teaching bioweapons, counterintelligence, intel methods, deception, clandestine communications and Cold War tech. Also random posts about 1970s TV shows, dogs and cats, ties & suits, etc.
Jayson Harsin @jaysonharsin.bsky.social Professor, American U. Paris. Dir., Ctr 4 Media, Comm, & Global Change. @ topical x-roads of Political Deception, Persuasion, Influence, gender,Economic Rights. For my recent publications, see https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1gK3IjoAAAAJ&hl=en&oi
Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com PhD UCL SSEES, Visiting Senior Research Fellow at CEU, director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity, author of books "Russia and the Western Far Right" and "Russian Political Warfare", columnist at EUObserver, outdoor research fellow.
Mike Jensen @mikejjensen.bsky.social Political Science, Information Warfare, Political Communication
Mark Jacobson @drmarkjacobson.bsky.social Historian of political and psychological warfare; Senior Fellow, The Pell Center at Salve Regina University; co-host of the Active Measures Newsletter Podcast and host of “You May Have Heard,” Army and Navy vet, and proud University of 〽️ichigan grad.
Joe McReynolds @joemcreynolds.bsky.social Japan urbanism: Emergent Tokyo (2022). China-US NatSec: China's Evolving Military Strategy (2016), China's Evolving Information Warfare (2025). 摸着石头过河, learning as I go.
James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social Historian of UK-Israel relations, British decline, and propaganda. Hittites. Blues harmonica. Aberystwyth Cricket Club. Just posting stuff that interests me really.
A. Brad Schwartz @abradschwartz.bsky.social Historian of Media, Fake News, and Propaganda. Author/Co-Author of BROADCAST HYSTERIA; SCARFACE AND THE UNTOUCHABLE; ELIOT NESS AND THE MAD BUTCHER. Michigan Wolverine with a Princeton PhD.
Dr. Marc-André Argentino @maargentino.com Counterterrorism | National Security | Child Safety | www.maargentino.com | 🇨🇦 Facta Non Verba
My Books:
QAnon: From Conspiracy Theory to New Religious Movement
Contemporary Far-Right Culture
Paul Lashmar @paullashmar.bsky.social Dr Paul Lashmar, Investigative Journalist, author and Emeritus Fellow at CityStGs UoL, retired Associate Professor. Book: Drax of Drax Hall: Landed Gentry, Sugar and Slavery (Pluto March 2025). I RT when interested not necessarily because I agree.
Rūta Kazlauskaitė @rutakazlauskaite.bsky.social Researcher, PhD, University of Helsinki. Memory politics, VR/XR, emotions, propaganda, populism.
@philgunson.bsky.social @philgunson.bsky.social 
Charles Bouëssel @charlesbouessel.bsky.social Analyste sur le Tchad et la République centrafricaine pour International Crisis Group @crisisgroup.org
Michelle Malaney @michellemalaney.bsky.social Public Affairs Manager at the Australian Embassy Bxl. Former Crisis Group and Marvel Studios. Views mine.
Floor Keuleers @floorkeuleers.bsky.social Strategic Adviser in President's Office @crisisgroup.org | Previously REACH Initiative in #Niger and PhD at KU Leuven
Liesl Louw-Vaudran @lieslvaudran.bsky.social Senior Advisor, African Union @crisisgroup.org
Margarite Clarey @margariteclarey.bsky.social Senior Communications and Advocacy Officer @crisisgroup.org in Asia. Ex humanitarian and journo. DMs open 💫 Views my own.
👻 x.com/MargariteClarey 
Enrica Picco @enripicco.bsky.social Central Africa Director @CrisisGroup | #Cameroon #CARcrisis #Chad, and #Russia in the region | Italian in Kenya 🇮🇹🇰🇪 | Usual caveats.
@jhjezequel.bsky.social @jhjezequel.bsky.social 
Lisa Musiol @lisamusiol.bsky.social Head of EU Affairs @crisisgroup.org. Working on EU Foreign and Security Policy, Conflict Prevention, Early Warning, Crisis Management. Based in BXL.
Glaeldys González @glaeldys.bsky.social Analyst, South Andes @crisisgroup.org
Christina Boutros | كريستينا بطرس @christina-boutros.bsky.social Senior Communications & Advocacy Officer for the Middle East & North Africa @crisisgroup. Ex @msf in Syria & Ukraine.
Crisis Group | Sahel @sahel.crisisgroup.org Compte officiel du Projet Sahel de @crisisgroup.org. Nous sommes une ONG à but non lucratif oeuvrant pour la prévention et la résolution des conflits armés.
Renata Segura @renatasegura.bsky.social Latin America and the Caribbean Program Director at Crisis Group
Crisis Group Latinoamérica @latam.crisisgroup.org @CrisisGroup.org para América Latina y el Caribe. Investigamos e incidimos para prevenir y resolver conflictos letales.
Rocco Bellanova @ikkibop.bsky.social Research Professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium). PI of the ERC DATAUNION project - www.dataunion-project.eu. Views my own. RT ≠ endorsement.
Eva Cossé @evacosse.bsky.social Europe senior researcher at Human Rights Watch. Focusing on #Greece and #France.
Moa Eriksson Krutrök @moaerikssonkrut.bsky.social PhD | Assoc Prof Media & Comms Umeå University | Digital media research | Crisis and memes | Editor JDSR | Humlab | DIGSUM | Weird double last name 💣
Daniela Jaramillo-Dent @danijaradent.bsky.social Senior Research and Teaching Associate
at the Media Change and Innovation Division at the Department of Media and Communication Research at the University of Zurich. Internet scholar focusing on diaspora and inequality.
Katy Pearce @katypearce.bsky.social Associate Prof @uwcomm. I study tech & inequality in 🇦🇲 & 🇦🇿. Posts research & pop culture & parenting. She/her.
Meryl Alper @merylalper.bsky.social Associate Professor of Communication Studies @ Northeastern. Technology, kids, disability, mental health. BOOKS: Digital Youth with Disabilities (MIT 2014) Giving Voice (MIT 2017), Kids Across the Spectrums (MIT 2023) https://bit.ly/kidsacrossthespectrums
sarah edwards @seedwards.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Media Studies, North Central College. Feminist media studies // influencer industry // platforms // labor // tech. Formerly: UW-Madison Comm Arts, Social Media Collective. She/her.
https://sarahedwardsphd.com/
Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández @ariadnamf.bsky.social Associate Professor at University College Dublin
Social media cultures, platform governance, online harms, and algorithmic systems.
Opinions are my own. She/her.
taylor annabell @taylorannabell.bsky.social Postdoc for HUMANads, Utrecht University
🔍 influencer cultures & platform governance; everyday experiences of datafication; digital memory work by and through social media platforms
🥝 in 🇳🇱 via 🇬🇧
Alex Turvy @alexturvy.bsky.social Internet culture researcher | PhD Candidate in Sociology | alexturvy.com
CJ Reynolds @reynoldscj.bsky.social Postdoc at the University of Copenhagen. Researching finfluencers, gamblers, and general troublemakers. Still missing GeoCities.
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher PGMT Lab @Uni Bremen | prev. DigitalValues project | Critical Platform Studies | European/German/feminist | first gen | she/her
Laura Aade @laade.bsky.social PhD candidate at University of Luxembourg 🇱🇺 | consumer protection, platform governance & social media commerce | affilitations @humanadserc @stanfordlaw TTLF |laura.aade@uni.lu
Lucinda Nelson @lucinda-nelson.bsky.social 👩🏼💻 Lecturer and PhD candidate | QUT Law @qutdmrc.bsky.social @admscentre.org.au
📚 law, tech, violence against women
🏳️🌈 no terfs 🏳️⚧️
Nicolette Little @nicolettelittle.bsky.social Researcher, author & erstwhile prof
New book 📕: From Red Dresses to Memory Stones: Multimedia Activism and Gender-Based Violence in Canada (UBC Press, 2026)
Media activism, tech-facilitated gender-based violence & memory
McGill & UAlberta
Naomi Robinson @naomieir.bsky.social ethnographic researcher | writer | gamer
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!
Stefanie Duguay @dugstef.bsky.social Assoc. Prof in Communication Studies at Concordia University. Director of the Digital Intimacy, Gender and Sexuality (DIGS) Lab (digslab.net). Posts and opinions are my own.
Smith Mehta @mediaindustries.bsky.social Academic, Assistant Prof @Uni. of Groningen. More active on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/smithmehta
@lucanuz.bsky.social @lucanuz.bsky.social 
Graeme Smith @graemesmithauthor.bsky.social Senior Analyst, International Crisis Group
Isabelle Arradon @isabellearradon.bsky.social Strategic Adviser. Tweets on #ConflictPrevention #CivilianProtection #Gender.
Ex-Research Director for 10+ years @CrisisGroup, and formerly Senior Research Policy Adviser @Amnesty. Based in Europe.
Ivan Briscoe @ibriscoe.bsky.social Senior director for policy @crisisgroup.org. Fan of Stone Roses, Jorge Luis Borges and Toffee Crisps. Preoccupied by the world and devoted to Latin America. Ex Buenos Aires Herald, El País, UNESCO & Clingendael Institute.
Jorge Gutierrez Lucena @jgutlucena.bsky.social ▪ Documentary Photographer & Video Producer
▪ @crisisgroup.org Video & Photography Manager
Lahib Higel @lahibhigel.bsky.social Interim Deputy Director, MENA. International Crisis Group.
Paola Cammilli @paolacamm.bsky.social Trade unionist. Feminist. Anti-fascist. Workers rights @BWIGlobal ⚽️👷🏽🌱
Elizabeth Dickinson @dickinsonbeth.bsky.social Deputy Director for Latin America @crisisgroup.org. Past lives in the Arabian Peninsula and West Africa. Ex-journo, @economist.com @foreignpolicy.com. Runner.
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Graham Lanktree @glanktree.bsky.social Canadian in London. Senior Reporter, UK Trade
at POLITICO.
https://www.politico.eu/staff/graham-lanktree/
Just Vervaart @datajournalist.nl Investigative datajournalist @ Omroep Gelderland | PrepCom Member @ European Press Prize | Winner Dutch Sportspress Prize 2024 | De Loep Longlist 2025 | Sent a Bluetooth-tracker to a warship
Samuel Verschoor @samuelv.bsky.social Onderzoeksjournalist
OSINT & Data
Tips & doodsbedreigingen:
samuel.verschoor@protonmail.com
pronouns: hij/hem
Jerry Vermanen @handle.invalid Data- en onderzoeksjournalist voor Pointer (KRO-NCRV) 📈🕵️♂️ Winnaar van De Tegel, SODA en Sigma Award 🥳 Luister naar de podcast Het Escortbedrog 🎧
Stephan Okhuijsen (Steeph) @okhuijsen.nl Doet iets met IT. En iets met data. En iets met besturen. En iets met bloggen. En....
Afijn, druk baasje.
Utrecht, NL
Ook @Datagraver.com
Elger van der Wel @elger.fm Bakfietsvader die denkt wat te weten van online media. Heeft een eigen podcaststudio (o.a. Trust Nobody, Steengoed & Spoorcast)
Daniël Verlaan @daniel.verlaan.xyz journalist RTL Nieuws ☎️ 06 2089 8142 📫 daniel.verlaan@rtl.nl 🏆 winnaar Wie is de Mol, Tegel & Loep 📕🎙️🍿 boek, podcast en docu ‘Ik weet je wachtwoord'
thomas @thomasvantv.bsky.social onderzoeksjournalist bij Pointer
Peter Keizer @peterkeizer.bsky.social onderzoeksjournalist (OSINT)
@Pointer (KRO-NCRV)
Felix Voogt @felixvoogt.bsky.social Wetenschapsjournalist NRC
Wouter van Loon @wloon.bsky.social Journalist @nrc.nl. Data & onderzoek https://www.nrc.nl/auteur/wouter-van-loon/
Rik @handle.invalid Datajournalist at NRC
Joost Schellevis @schellevis.net journalist @ NOS
Sjoerd Mouissie @sjoerdmouissie.bsky.social Data journalist at NOS Nieuws, The Netherlands | speaks 🇳🇱 🇧🇷 🇬🇧, R, GGPlot2, QGis, D3 and Svelte
https://nos.nl/
Tony 🧢 @tonymatic.bsky.social Loves data, design and dataviz 📊 🎨
Old-skool Gamer 🕹👾
Proud to play with Lego ✌
Interested in AI 🤖, news and (geo)politics 🌍
Post mostly in Dutch, sometimes in English
# 867.376
Remy Koens @remy.bsky.social Datajournalist for Follow the Money (ftm.nl / ftm.eu). Posts about news, politics and my cats. EN/NL
Eva Meesterberends @meesterberends.bsky.social 
Serena Frijters @serenafrijters.bsky.social Datajournalist de Volkskrant 
Hay Kranen @haykranen.nl I build things on the thin line between art, data, tech and narrative. 🇳🇱🇪🇺🌍
Also on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@hayify
Read my biweekly newsletter: https://www.haykranen.nl/circulaire
Dimitri Tokmetzis @tokmetzis.bsky.social Datanerd @ Follow the Money by day, Geographical Information Scientist-wannabe by night. Knows some stuff about investigative journalism, spatial data, python, company research, OSINT, privacy and security. Signal: @dtokmetzis.97.
@xandervanuffelen.bsky.social @xandervanuffelen.bsky.social Journalist van de Volkskrant (data, osint), Editor at Dutch daily de Volkskrant (data, osint).
Bastiaan Vroegop @vroeg.app Onderzoeksjournalist Leeuwarder Courant en Dagblad van het Noorden
Games bij Unpause, NRC Handelsblad en Kidsweek. Duikt soms nog op bij Bright. Eerder: Gamer, Power Unlimited
Nieuwsbrief: https://gamepraat.nl/
Podcast: https://spelkost.nl/