ERC StG "Safe and Sound" @ercsafeandsound.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu ERC StG "Safe and Sound" works on science for robot policy. @elawleiden.bsky.social
Kate O'Riordan @kathleenor.bsky.social Academic, queer, digital culture, technoscience, science and media studies. Sea swimming. Based in the UK.
eLaw Center for Law and Digital Technologies @elawleiden.bsky.social eLaw is a team of interdisciplinary scholars exploring issues at the intersection of law, technology, and society @leidenlaw.bsky.social- T @tiltronald.bsky.social @tiltronald.bsky.social
The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social Writes about law, history, and policy.
At The Empty City blog and elsewhere.
Birmingham/London. Janeite. #AVFC
www.theemptycity.com
AI Accountability Lab @aial.ie Trinity College Dublin’s Artificial Intelligence Accountability Lab (https://aial.ie/) is founded & led by Dr Abeba Birhane. The lab studies AI technologies & their downstream societal impact with the aim of fostering a greater ecology of AI accountability
IPBlawg - IP, Tech & AI Law @ipblawg.bsky.social IPBlawg - IP, Tech & AI Law News & Press from Intellectual Property Blawg. Powered by @WardblawG.bsky.social #iplaw #techlaw #ailaw #legaltech #legalai https://www.intellectualpropertyblawg.com/
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social Writer, strategist, co-presenter the U.K. No1 podcast The Rest Is Politics … love Britain hate Brexit, loved Twitter loathe Musk n Trump
Rory Stewart @rory-stewart.bsky.social Author The Middleland linktr.ee/middleland, PlacesinBetween, Jackson/Yale. PoliticsOnTheEdge. @Restispolitics podcast w Alastair Campbell.
Parody
LSE Data Science Institute @lsedatascience.bsky.social The Data Science Institute (DSI) forms the institutional hub for data science and AI activity at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Dave Michels @dave-michels.bsky.social Researcher @ Queen Mary University of London; Guest Teacher @ London School of Economics. All things cloud computing law: sovereignty, data protection, cybersecurity regulations, contracts, and digital assets (incl. crypto-currencies).
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social I teach media communications and social theory at London School of Economics. Main interests: data colonialism, AI, rebuilding social media. Links to my two new books: https://linktr.ee/SpaceOfTheWorldBook https://lnk.to/DataGrabBook
LSE Law School @lselaw.bsky.social
amac @amac0.bsky.social Lawyer, coder, baker.
Govt (Deputy US CTO for Obama and Biden), non-profit (Trust & Safety Professional Assn & Foundation, Data & Society, Public.resource), startup person (Google, Twitter).
Curious tinkerer.
@amac on the other thing.
Now in London.
Irene Kamara @irenekamara.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society
Robert Gorwa @gorwa.ca Researching global tech policy at the WZB Berlin. 📕: The Politics of Platform Regulation - How Governments Shape Online Content Moderation (out now OA 🔓) https://academic.oup.com/book/56385
Liberties.EU @liberties.eu 🗃️ Civil Liberties Union For Europe
⚖️ Defending rights. Promoting freedoms. For all.
✊ Democracy. Rule of law. Free speech.
🛑 Authoritarianism. Data surveillance.
👯♂️ Berlin & Brussels
📲 Quoted by Guardian• Spiegel• Politico
🌐 link.liberties.eu/3146e5
Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS) Research Group @lsts-vub.bsky.social We are an interdisciplinary Research Group at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). https://lsts.research.vub.be/
Bloor @bloor.bsky.social
Dr Carolina Are / Blogger On Pole @bloggeronpole.bsky.social 📱Digital criminologist @ #LSE 💃🏻 #poledance performer 🍑 Blogger, award-winning activist 🇮🇹 LDNer (she/her) 🧛🏻♀️ Thinking about Buffy like it’s the Roman Empire. https://bloggeronpole.com/all-my-links/
Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon @sophiestalla-b.bsky.social Co-Director Brussels Privacy Hub, Lsts, VUB
Visiting Prof, Southampton Law School
Amsterdam Law School @uvalawschool.bsky.social Welcome to the Amsterdam Law School. We draw students from around the world, bringing a truly international atmosphere. Go to: uva.nl/law
Nora Ni Loideain @nniloideain.bsky.social Associate Professor in Law & Director, Information Law & Policy Centre, IALS, University of London; Expert in privacy, data protection, human rights; Joint Editor-in-Chief, International Data Privacy Law; Author: EU Data Privacy Law and Serious Crime (OUP)
Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social Technology, Parkinson’s, #sophiefromromania
Felix M. Simon @felixsimon.bsky.social Research Fellow in AI, Information & News, Reuters Institute, Oxford University | Research Associate, Oxford Internet Institute | Junior Research Fellow, Corpus Christi College | AI, (mis)info, news, democracy | My views etc…
https://www.felixsimon.net/
Colin Gavaghan @digitalfutures.bsky.social Professor at Bristol Digital Futures Institute/UoB Law School.
Tech law geek. Genre fic nerd. Proud Scot-kiwi-Bristolian.
Igor Szpotakowski @iszpotakowski.bsky.social Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in IP Law at University of Leeds. Passionate about copyright, Chinese law, tech law, AI, and digitalisation. With a sip of Roman Law 📚 - https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/law/staff/2704/igor-szpotakowski
Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social Professor of IT Law at UEA Law School. Geek. Privacy, Politics. Wolves. Irish and British. Not always polite. Expect herons.
Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social Hopeful technologist.
Community tech, careful innovation, socially progressive tech policy.
https://www.careful.industries
https://hopeful.technology
https://buttondown.email/justenoughinternet
DMs don't work but hello@careful.industries will find me
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; economist
Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social Chief Executive, The British Academy
Chair, Our World in Data
Board, National Audit Office
Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE
Visiting Professor, Kings College London
Fellow, Birkbeck College
Views my own
Safiya Umoja Noble, PhD @safiyanoble.bsky.social Living in Los Angeles. Native Californian. #MacFellow
Writer, professor. Comedian.
Author, “Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism,” which is unfortunately still relevant to understanding today’s LLMs and AI.
safiyaunoble.com
Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social assistant prof/senior postdoc criminology VUB/substitute lecturer KULeuven - research: digital & green criminology, surveillance, AI, youth justice, human rights
https://researchportal.vub.be/en/persons/rosamunde-elise-van-brakel
Andrew Sharpe @tmt-lawyer.bsky.social Former RAF engineer turned technology, media and telecommunications lawyer. England & Wales solicitor working in-house for b2b division of international telco.
Probably ASD/ADHD, but too old now to bother getting formal diagnosis.
Was @TMT_Lawyer on X.
Damian Tambini @damiantam.bsky.social Author of ‘Media Freedom’. Tech, journalism, media reform.
Christer Veland Aas @chrisvaas.bsky.social CEO and Technology Strategy Advisor at Climbr. Work with clients and projects enabling technological innovations. AI, Cloud, Apps, UX, GDPR, DSA.
Public speaker: About children's safety online, social media and education.- G @gavingaunt.bsky.social @gavingaunt.bsky.social
Richard Osman @richardosman1.bsky.social Books etc
Dr Elif Biber @elifbiber.bsky.social Law and Technology Scholar🌻🇪🇺 at the University of Luxembourg & Academic Visitor at the Oxford institute for Ethics in AI #AILaw #HumanRights #EULaw #RuleofLaw PhD in Law (summa cum laude) @ScuolaSantAnna Head of Digital Rights @The_Digi_Con
Andrew Charlesworth @chipatbris.bsky.social Professor of Law, Innovation and Society at University of Bristol Law School. Semi-pro tech law dilettante. Researching 'AI-adjacent' legal things (as one does), until .... SQUIRREL!! (metaphorically). Powered by ADHD and someone else's kidney.
Francesca Palmiotto @francescapalmiotto.bsky.social AI, Human Rights and Criminal Justice
Assistant Professor at @ielawschool
Editor and co-founder @The_Digi_Con
Sharing resources and abstract art
Owen Bennett @owbennett.bsky.social Now: Independent consultant and Fellow at the Hertie School.
Then: Head of International Online Safety at Ofcom; Senior Policy Manager at Mozilla.
Crime Girl @crimegirl.co.uk “Well-known tweeting Barrister” Bar Council “Popular anonymous Barrister” Daily Mail “Possibly cabin crew” my neighbour
Diamond Ashiagbor @diamondashiagbor.bsky.social professor of law, University of Birmingham | labour, EU, equality, race & colonialism | editor, European Law Open | FAcSS | fixed-term member, Matrix Chambers | trustee, Black Cultural Archives
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7533-8853
The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman.
Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth•
Also writes thrillers. The Cut Throat Trial out now at all good bookshops.
Kill All The Lawyers coming July 2027…
University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk Welcome to our official account 👋 Follow for the latest news, research and updates about life at Oxford.
Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social Building a better online world for all
Visit our website for all the latest analysis, commentary, research and resources relating to online safety, OSA enforcement, AI and emerging harms: www.onlinesafetynetwork.uk
James MacLaren @maclaren.bsky.social PhD in Law - looked at recommender systems at the BBC. Currently working at UoB, operations lead on project at JTC-21. Interested (acad.) in (moral/pol), Media, AI; (non acad.) in music, tv and movies, writing a blog no-one reads.
Judith Skillen @jaskillen.bsky.social Lecturer in Private Law, KCL. Interested in: private law, politics, pop culture, podcasts. Hobbies (some more intermittent): running, guitar, reading, cooking. Special skill: dating songs with surprising accuracy if released between 1994-2011
Tristan Henderson @tnhh.org Computer scientist (ish) at St Andrews. Insane in the membrane. Except when running. Running photos at @tnhh.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy
Burkhard Schafer @burkhardschafer.bsky.social Intellectual nomad grazing across the borders of law and computer science, University of Edinburgh. Corrupting the youth since 1996. Re-skeeting = unconditional love https://www.law.ed.ac.uk/people/professor-burkhard-schafe
LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social The world's largest dedicated social sciences blogging platform hosted by The London School of Economics and Political Science.
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Asser Institute @tmcasser.bsky.social The Asser Institute is a Hague-based research institute on #InternationalLaw & #EULaw. Research, events, education & legal perspectives on current affairs. https://linktr.ee/tmcasser
Fatima Ahdash @fatimaahdash.bsky.social Legal academic (counterterrorism, national security, family regulation, feminist legal theory, human rights). Free 🇵🇸
Wilton Park @wiltonpark.bsky.social We bring together experts and policy-makers to engage in genuine dialogue and address the most complex global challenges.
An Executive Agency of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.
wiltonpark.org.uk
Rachel Griffin @rachelgriffin.eurosky.social researching EU AI regulation @ duisburg essen university | blue haired feminist, FT reading socialist & other clichés | paris/berlin, she/sie/elle | free palestine 🍉
https://rachelgrfn.wordpress.com/publications/
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
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
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social CEO at Castlebridge (https://castlebridge.ie). Also on Mastodon (https://mastodon.ie/@CastlebridgeChief) Talks about data from the business perspective. Doing a doctorate in #DataGovernance because life just wasn’t busy enough. Also: Aikido keeps me sane.
Daragh Ó Briain @daraghobrien.bsky.social Flumping along in the world of data since Long Ago. Posts as @castlebridge-chief here & on Mastodon at https://mastodon.ie/@CastlebridgeChief CEO @ Castlebridge.ie.
Doctoral candidate at UL looking at #DataGovernance. Author of several books on data stuff.
Ignacio Cofone @ignaciocofone.bsky.social Prof of Law & Regulation of AI at @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk. Books: "The Privacy Fallacy" (2023) "Canadian Privacy Law" (2026). Likes tech, dogs, and sustainable industrial policy
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Akua Reindorf KC @akuareindorfkc.bsky.social Employment, discrimination & human rights barrister at Cloisters Chambers | LSE Law Visiting Senior Fellow | Legal Business UK Barrister of the Year 2023 | Chambers & Partners Employment Junior of the Year 2022
Marta Soprana @martasoprana.bsky.social Project Associate at LSE Ideas. PhD @Bocconi. Researcher and trade policy advisor. Areas of interest: digital trade, AI regulation, global trade governance, international economic law.
Frank Pasquale @frankpasquale.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Author of The Black Box Society & New Laws of Robotics; law professor at Cornell Law School & Cornell Tech.
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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
Techni-Calli @iwillleavenow.bsky.social Global Privacy Counsel at EPIC, privacy advocate, nerd. Personal opinions, terrible jokes. CIPM, CIPP-US/E/C, FIP.
Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social Associate Professor at the University of Oxford. Author of Prophecy ("Witty and surprising...intelligent" - NYT) and Privacy Is Power (An Economist Book of the Year). TED Speaker. Posts about #privacy, #AIethics, #philosophy, #philtech
Paul Schwartz @paulschwartz.bsky.social Law professor at UC Berkeley and a Co-Director Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. International Expert in #Privacy & Security Law 🌐 paulschwartz.net
Rob van Eijk @rvaneijk.bsky.social Data & AI | Technologist, PhD (Law) | NYT, Bloomberg, MLEX, POLITICO
Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social Law professor; activist; not convinced we have time; acting as if we do.
Frederick Lane @fredericklane.com Father (now Grand-). Husband. Author. Runner. Fulbright Specialist in Law and Computer Technology. Hard-core liberal. Red Sox. Current book project: "The Cybertraps of Choice: Privacy and Pregnancy in a Post-Roe World." On @thedailyshow.com once (8/16).
Katie Nolan @katieanolan.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Law and Technology, University College Dublin. Privacy/tech law enthusiast.
Amelia Vance @ameliaivance.bsky.social Child & student privacy geek, founder of @pipcprivacy.bsky.social, teach privacy and data protection at William & Mary Law School. Mostly sharing news on privacy, tech, civil rights, & things that make me smile.
David Carroll @davidcarroll.org admin of federate.social (circa 2022)
faculty of parsons.edu (circa 2000)
subject of The Great Hack (Netflix 2019)
headshot by Bryan Derballa (Wired 2019)
header from Cadillacs & Dinosaurs (Capcom 1993)
Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com Tech reporter / Data journalist.
I report on AI and Big Tech.
Work has appeared in Sherwood News, The Markup, WSJ, MIT Technology Review.
Aspiring 46er. ⛰️
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Daniel B. Rodriguez @dbrodriguez.bsky.social Harold Washington Prof., Northwestern. Former dean (NU & USD). New book: Good Governing: The Police Power in the American States (Cambridge 2024). Public law, state/local, constitutionalism & democracy, legal ed & higher ed, law-tech, regulation.
Tonya Riley @tonyariley.bsky.social Writing weird girl lit. Rep: @starlingliterary.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com
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Lisa P. Ramsey @lpramsey.bsky.social University of San Diego Law Professor. I teach IP law and write about potential conflicts between trademark laws and free speech rights. Author of “Trademarks and Free Speech: Conflicts and Resolutions” (Cambridge University Press 2026) www.lisapramsey.com
William McGeveran @wmcgeveran.bsky.social Dean, University of Minnesota Law School. Legal education, data privacy/IP/tech law, preservation of democracy. All opinions are just my own.
jenn brice @jennbrice.bsky.social
Simone van der Hof @joix.bsky.social Professor of Regulating Digital Technologies | Privacy, Data Protection, Commercial Exploitation, Digital Play, Digital Child Rights | Center for Law & Digital Technologies (eLaw), Leiden University
Jessica Silbey @jessicasilbey.bsky.social Frank R. Kenison Distinguished Scholar in Law, Associate Dean, Boston University School of Law
https://www.bu.edu/law/profile/jessica-silbey/
Matthew Kugler @mbkugler.bsky.social Law professor, Northwestern University. Doing privacy and intellectual property. Views are my own.
https://www.law.northwestern.edu/faculty/profiles/matthewkugler/
Free privacy casebook
https://www.privacycasebook.com/
Jaap-Henk Hoepman 🟥 ⬜️ 🟩 ⬛️ @xotoxot.eurosky.social Visiting Professor Karlstad University. Associate professor Radboud University Nijmegen. Privacy Engineering Boffin.
Author of "Privacy Is Hard and Seven Other Myths. Achieving Privacy Through Careful Design", MIT Press, 2021.
Posts in English and Dutch
Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app Founder & PI @aial.ie. Assistant Professor of AI, School of Computer Science & Statistics, @tcddublin.bsky.social
AI accountability, AI audits & evaluation. Cognitive scientist by training. Ethiopian in Ireland. She/her
Niklas Selberg @nselberg.bsky.social Associate Professor of Private Law, Lund University. / Docent i civilrätt, forskar och undervisar vid Juridiska fakulteten, Lunds universitet. Krönikör, Lag&Avtal.
Eve Gaumond @evegaumond.bsky.social Scholar - Law & tech
Chercheuse - Droit & techno
Barry Friedman @barryfriedman1.bsky.social Professor @nyulaw. Director @policingproject. Litigator, author (and dad). Author - Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission; The Will of the People; Open Book
Lukasz Olejnik @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social Security & Privacy. Data Protection. Research & Development. Engineering. Analyst. Policy. W3C. Consultant. Author. King’s College London/War Studies. me@lukaszolejnik.com
lukaszolejnik.com/books
blog.lukaszolejnik.com
techletters.substack.com
Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social Words and smiles.Partridge,Thick of It,Veep,Death of Stalin, Dr Strangelove Taskmaster,Podcast #StrongMessageHere. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0024cp6?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Patron of Child Poverty Action Group, @cpaguk.bsky.social.
Nicolas Jondet @njondet.bsky.social IP/IT Law Academic - University of Edinburgh Law School
VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social Lee Jackson, Victorianist, historian, author of 'Dirty Old London' (Yale, 2014), 'Palaces of Pleasure' (Yale, 2019), 'Dickensland' (Yale, 2023) ... new book out soon 'Covent Garden: A People's History' (Yale, 2027)
@conorgearty.bsky.social @conorgearty.bsky.social
Adam Wagner KC @adamwagner1.bsky.social Barrister specialising in human rights, public law and public inquiries. Views my own https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/barristers/adam-wagner
PeatWorrier @peatworrier.bsky.social Prolixity from Dr Andrew Tickell. Law & Scottish politics. Senior lecturer in law at GCU Law, Jacobin scribbler, Sunday National columnist, and jaded flâneur.