Governor Kathy Hochul @governor.ny.gov Official Bluesky account for the 57th Governor of New York State. Social Media Use Policy: https://www.ny.gov/social-media-policy
Yana Gorokhovskaia @ygorokho.bsky.social Researcher
Grant @grantbkr.bsky.social Google knows what's in my cabinet and Facebook logs all of my favorite sandwiches.
Derechos Digitales @derechosdigitales.org ⚖️ Defendemos los derechos humanos en el entorno digital
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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Sarah Dougherty @flubber.bsky.social Int’l human rights lawyer (JD/MPH). Health, detention, torture, natsec, medical ethics & medical complicity. Prior: Physicians for Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, GlobalPost/PRI, DC Courts, American Political Science Association
Internet Policy Review @policyr.bsky.social Journal for internet studies. Interdisciplinary & open access. Published by @hiigberlin.bsky.social & @cais-research.bsky.social in cooperation with @create-glasgow.bsky.social @cis-cnrs.bsky.social IN3 @uocuniversitat.bsky.social & Skytte Institute UT
Alexa @alexakoenig.bsky.social JD PhD Co-Director, Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley + Co-Founder, Investigations Lab #BerkeleyProtocol
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Forthcoming books: Digital Witness 2 and At the Intersection
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Antonella Napolitano @svaroschi.bsky.social Working on surveillance technology, migration, welfare.
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Bridging and connecting.
Previously at Privacy International, Open Migration, TechPresident.
Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Co-host of the Amicus podcast. Dad.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social Real-time historian of the late cyber capitalist era @TechCrunch, writing about the intersection of hackers, human rights, and spies.
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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Virginia.
Vice Chairman, Senate Intel Committee.
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Cat Zakrzewski @cqzakrz.bsky.social Washington Post White House Reporter
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social Email salesman at Platformer.news and co-host at Hard Fork.
David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social @EFF's Senior Counsel, 1st Amdt prof @ USF, ex-SFSU. NOT any of the other David Greenes, like the ex-NPR host, the ex-UGA QB, or the 1 who directed Grease. Posts r mine only, so hands off.
Luis Fernando García @luisfgarcia.bsky.social Fighting digital authoritarianism.
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Jan Rydzak @janrydzak.bsky.social Rewilding tech accountability at Ranking Digital Rights. Past perambulations: World Benchmarking Alliance, Stanford GDPi, GNI, and PhD-ing on internet shutdowns in the Grand Canyon State.
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Open Technology Fund @opentechfund.bsky.social We advance internet freedom by supporting research, development, & implementation projects that fight censorship, increase privacy, and improve security online.
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social Media reporter at The Washington Post. GW adjunct professor of journalism. Send tips securely on Signal: scottnover.99
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Pierre Romera Zhang @pirhoo.com I’m CTO at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (@icij.org) where I build interactive stories, data driven investigations and tools.
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Cristiano Lima-Strong @viacristiano.bsky.social Senior AI & Government Reporter @bgov.com. Former WaPo, Politico. 🇧🇷🇺🇸 Tips/Signal: Cristiano.01
Heartland Initiative @heartlandorg.bsky.social Advancing Human Rights in Investment
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Noura Aljizawi @noura.bsky.social Senior Researcher @Citizenlab.ca , UofT
Exploring the dark dimensions of digital power: authoritarianism, transnational repression & disinformation.
Rachel Levinson-Waldman @rlevinsonwaldman.bsky.social Director, Liberty & National Security Program, Brennan Center for Justice. Raised in Austin TX; in DC for last 20+ years; MA/WA/IL/CA/NZ in between. Owner of extremely cute dog.
Setu @setupadhyay.bsky.social internet and rights advocate.also lawyer
lokman tsui @lokman.org writer, (recovering) academic, amateur activist. teach at graduate institute of journalism, national taiwan university. fellow @citizenlab.ca.
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Courtney R @courtneyr.bsky.social AI governance. Tech. Media. Political economy. Human rights. Director, Center for Journalism & Liberty cjl4news.bsky.social at Open Markets. Fellow at Brookings, CIGI, CDT, MRC. Former CPJ, UNESCO, NYT
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Richard Ngamita @ngamita.bsky.social researcher studying digital threats; society and tech.
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com My New York Times bestseller: ON COURAGE: HOW TO BE A DISSIDENT IN AN AGE OF FEAR (HarperCollins) tinyurl.com/yxpvn488
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Dan Goodin @dangoodin.bsky.social Cybersecurity Reporter, Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/author/dan-goodin/ Hungry for tips. Text me on Signal: DanArs.82. "The world isn’t run by weapons anymore, or energy, or money. It’s run by little 1s and 0s, little bits of data."
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Parmy Olson @parmy.bsky.social Tech columnist for Bloomberg Opinion, ex-WSJ, Forbes; author of We Are Anonymous.
Ina Fried @inafried.bsky.social Chief Technology Correspondent at Axios. Huge fan of the sportsball. Also Lego. She/her
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social Journalist @404Media.co
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Richard Nieva @richardnieva.bsky.social Senior Writer at Forbes covering AI. Previously: BuzzFeed News. East Bay native. Tips: rnieva@forbes.com or Signal at username Rnieva.26
Geoffrey A. Fowler @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social Tech Columnist at The Washington Post. Geoffrey.Fowler@washpost.com
Lauren Goode @laurengoode.bsky.social WIRED Senior Correspondent covering Silicon Valley and its impact beyond. Send tips to Signal handle ChaoticGoode.12. (No PR pitches please)
Art Pericles @arturpericles.art Lecturer on AI law & policy & Schmidt Visiting Scholar @ Yale Jackson School
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Riana @riana.bsky.social Tech policy researcher at Stanford. Former litigator. Anger is an energy. Dum spiro spero. she/her
Kevin Roose @kevinroose.com NYT tech columnist, Hard Fork co-host, best at 0.8x speed
Beth Goldberg @bgoldberg.bsky.social Fan of applied research for gnarly tech policy and product questions | Head of Research at Jigsaw (Google) | Lecturer at Yale Jackson School | Lurking for laughs and spicy discussion sections
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Jeff Kosseff @jkosseff.bsky.social Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law and Director of the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law, University of Minnesota, jeffkosseff.com
Nate Persily @persily.bsky.social James B. McClatchy Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social I am a law professor and information scientist at the University of Washington. I have a new book about law and technology that I hope you read. 💙
Nicole Wong @nicolewong.bsky.social Forever OOO. Formerly US Deputy CTO, also previously at Google, Twitter, Perkins Coie. Now board member for Mozilla Foundation, Tech Talent Project, CalMatters & Open Technology Fund. Currently studying words.
Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social Associate Dean for Research & Professor, Santa Clara Law. Internet Law, IP, Advertising Law. He/him. Website: http://www.ericgoldman.org. Email: egoldman@gmail.com
Emily Bell @emilybell.bsky.social Prof Columbia J School. Director Tow Center . Writes Guardian + elsewhere. Lives in airports…views are my own, thank goodness
nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social journalist and lawyer based in Portland, OR.
Mike Masnick @masnick.com Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform
Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social Pulitzer-winning investigative journo at New Yorker. Documentaries at HBO. Ex-diplomat. Bad lawyer. Disused phd. Tips: ronan_farrow@newyorker.com.
Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social Security & Investigations Director at @WIRED.com. Send tips and/or dog pics.
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Tim Engelhardt @tengelhr.bsky.social Mostly on human rights, digital tech. Work at UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR). Posts personal.
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Jonathan Horowitz @jonathanhorowitz.bsky.social Legal Advisor @ICRC - emerging tech, urban warfare, partnered ops. I'm also at https://technconflict.substack.com/
issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social Journalist covering tech, politics, and national affairs. Formerly WIRED and Protocol. Work featured in The New York Times, Fast Company, Inc., The Atlantic, and more. www.issielapowsky.com
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Jonathan Corpus Ong @joncong.bsky.social Professor of Global Digital Media and Director, GloTechLab.net at UMass Amherst. #CarnegieFellows #OracleOng 🔮
Lauren Feiner @laurenfeiner.bsky.social Covering tech policy @theverge.com | Formerly @CNBC.com | she/her | Tips? Find me on Signal @ laurenfeiner.64 (no PR pitches via Signal please)
Sarah Knuckey @sarahknuckey.bsky.social Professor, Columbia Law. Director, Human Rights Clinic & Human Rights Institute.
Viola Gienger @violagienger.bsky.social Writer, editor, professional questioner in foreign affairs/natsec. Washington Sr. Editor @justsecurity.bsky.social. Posts=HedsUp. Like=notable
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Yvonne Lee @yvonnelee.bsky.social GenAI & product policy external engagement @ Meta. PhD student @ Oxford Internet Institute.
Washington DC.
Josh Goldstein @joshagoldstein.bsky.social Research Fellow @Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET).
Studying emerging tech, national security, and online manipulation. Trying to bridge the academia/policy divide.
https://cset.georgetown.edu/staff/josh-a-goldstein/
Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social @FilmmakerJulie's lesser half
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Tim Wu @superwuster.bsky.social Professor Columbia University & contributing opinion writer for the NY Times. Latest book THE AGE OF EXTRACTION (the rise of the platforms) (Nov 2025) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691177/the-age-of-extraction-by-tim-wu/
Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social Democratic nominee for Congress in NY-10. Dad Lander. Love unions, justice, seltzer, and NYC. #FightDontFold
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Jake Laperruque @jakelaperruque.bsky.social Center for Democracy & Technology Deputy Director on Surveillance, privacy and 4th Amendment expert
Focused on tech, privacy, and surveillance: AI, FISA, facial recognition, location tracking, drones (Also cooking, movies, and baseball)
The Alliance for Universal Digital Rights @audrights.bsky.social Creating a future where everyone in the digital world can enjoy the right to safety, freedom & dignity. Started by Equality Now and Women Leading in AI. #DigitalRights
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Alessandro Accorsi @aleaccorsi.bsky.social Researcher Technology and Conflict | Previously @crisisgroup.org Stratcom EEAS, Middle Eastern and investigative journalist | @cityjournalism alumni
Aliya Bhatia @aliyabhatia.bsky.social Tech & human rights @cdt.org
Posts, thoughts, dreams my own.
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🌎 Sebastian Smart @sebasmartl.bsky.social Human rights, technology and extractivism. Senior Research Fellow at ARU
Patrick Boehler @pboehler.net Media & autocrats / pug kahu
https://www.gazzetta.xyz
Mark Scott @markscott.bsky.social Senior Resident Fellow, Atlantic Council’s Democracy + Tech Initiative. Weekly newsletter: www.digitalpolitics.co
Stephen Horowitz @gtlegalenglish.bsky.social Legal English prof for GeorgetownLaw LLMs & USLawEssentials.com. Ukraine supporter. Editor of the GeorgetownLegalEnglishBlog (georgetown.legalenglish.domains) & JETwit.com. Legal English community leader, ultimate frisbee player & JET Alum;
Amos Toh @amostoh.bsky.social senior counsel, Brennan Center for Justice. interested in all the ways money in tech helps and hurts. he/him, 🇸🇬 in 🇺🇸
Jacob Mchangama @mchangama.bsky.social Executive Director at @futurefreespeech.org, Research professor Vanderbilt University, Senior Fellow at FIRE, author of "Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media"
Victoire Rio @riovictoire.bsky.social Obsessing over fixing information integrity @whattofix.tech
Usama Khilji @usamakhilji.bsky.social Activist | Pukhtun | Director Bolo Bhi | Vice Chair GNI | Board voicepk.net| Chair Cities for Children | DDN Carnegie Endowment | OpEds Dawn, Al Jazeera | LSE alum. Dawn author page: https://www.dawn.com/authors/7248/usama-khilji
Amber Sinha @ambersinha07.bsky.social Executive Director at EDRi | Author of “The Networked Public” | Contributing Editor, Tech Policy Press | he/him/his
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Marlena Wisniak @marle.bsky.social Lawyer(ish) fighting for human rights & AI accountability @ECNL
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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social She/her. Human rights lawyer (national security, warfare); humanitarian law, civilian protection, and the occasional rant about Belfast. BPLS board member. Legal Director @propertyofthepeople.org 🇮🇪 / 🇩🇿📍Belfast / Paris / NYC