Tech Oversight Project @techoversight.bsky.social The Tech Oversight Project is a nonprofit dedicated to holding Big Tech accountable by passing comprehensive antitrust, privacy protections, and children's safety legislation.
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Andrew J. Hawkins @andyjayhawk.bsky.social Transportation editor at The Verge. EVs, e-bikes, self-driving cars, eVTOL, public transit, bike bus, and all things that go go go
Grant Irving @grantirving.bsky.social Producer of Panic World
Go birds
Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social reporter and whatnot
email: RASilverman@protonmail.com
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Editor in Chief, MeidasNews. Former Fed & State Prosecutor, Marine, Attorney. Switched parties from R to D in 2020. MeidasPlus.com/subscribe
Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social Security & Investigations Director at @WIRED.com. Send tips and/or dog pics.
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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social Apocalyptic shit disturber elephant trainer -
This is the only account . 👈 If I share something it doesn’t necessarily mean I agree
Founding board member
@Freedom.press please follow https://linktr.ee/freedomofpress
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Josh Kaul @joshkaulwi.bsky.social Father. Husband. Former federal prosecutor. Wisconsin's Attorney General.
http://bit.ly/kaulforag
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
Jenna McLaughlin @jennamclaughlin.bsky.social NPR Correspondent covering technology and national security.
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Secrets and Laws @secretsandlaws.bsky.social Former CIA attorney, addressing all things relating to national security, secrecy, classification, FOIA, climate change, and bird law.
Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Defense analysis with a focus on the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.
Philip Bump @pbump.com Hearst data editor and columnist
Formerly: Washington Post
Book: "The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America"
Newsletter: www.ctinsider.com/newsletters/data/
Email: hello@pbump.com
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Whistleblower Aid @wbaidlaw.bsky.social Report government and corporate lawbreaking, without breaking the law.
https://whistlebloweraid.org/
Aarian Marshall @aarianmarshall.bsky.social Writing about stuff w/wheels (mostly) @wired.com
Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social Senior Reporter @Wired covering platforms + power
https://www.wired.com/author/vittoria-elliott/
Signal: velliott88.18/vittoria89.82
elliott.vittoria@proton.me OR vittoria_elliott@wired.com
Garbage Day @garbageday.email I'm a newsletter (and sometimes other stuff) about the internet (and sometimes other stuff)
Colin Dickey @colindickey.com Writer of books, most recently Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy. Also Ghostland, The Unidentified, Afterlives of the Saints, Cranioklepty. Opinions mine, not my employer’s. He/him.
Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social Senior legal affairs reporter at POLITICO with a focus on democracy, the balance of power and the clash between the Trump administration and courts.
Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social Entrepreneur
Costplusdrugs.com
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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Adam Bumas @bumas.bsky.social Pronounced "BYOO-muss". He/They. adambumas.01 on Signal.
Head of Research and Assistant Editor, @garbageday.email. Researcher, @panicworld.com. Other research and journalism elsewhere.
The perfect level of online.
Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com Senior reporter at @CybersecurityDive.bsky.social covering all things digital security. I also co-host @hothtakes.bsky.social. | Send me tips: https://ericjgeller.com/contact.html
Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social Defunct account of Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Opinions here are my own. Decent people fight evil.
Signal: KenWhite.1969
Maria Gerth-Niculescu @mariag-n.bsky.social Freelance journalist 🎥 / 📝 / 🎙️
Currently based in 🇲🇩, also covering 🇷🇴
🧢France 24, Libération, Radio France…
Past #Senegal #Ethiopia #DW #FigaroInter #BBCAfrique
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Snopes @snopes.com Official Snopes profile
International Fact-Checking Network @factchecknet.bsky.social The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at Poynter has championed best practices in fact-based information since 2015 and is now a global leader in fact-checking excellence.
FactCheck.org @factcheck.org A nonpartisan, nonprofit consumer advocate for voters.
Full Fact @fullfact.org Full Fact is the UK's independent fact checking charity. We put reliable evidence at the heart of public debate so you can make sense of what matters.
www.fullfact.org
AFP Fact Check @factcheck.afp.com Fact-checking by AFP News Agency.
Official account of the world's biggest news fact-checking network. Also on Instagram: @AFPFactCheck
Help us fight misinformation https://factcheck.afp.com/contact
AAP FactCheck @aapfactcheck.bsky.social Checking misinformation by public figures and on social media. IFCN signatory and Meta fact-checking partner.
Lead Stories @leadstories.com Fact checking site looking at the most trending hoaxes on the Internet.
https://leadstories.com
Rusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com Strange but not a stranger. I’m an ordinary guy.
https://www.todayontrail.com
https://www.todayintabs.com
Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social Staff writer @newyorker, proud wife of @peterbakernyt and mom of @tab_delete, co-author, "Kremlin Rising," "The Man Who Ran Washington," and "The Divider: Trump in the White House."
Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times and MS NOW analyst. Proud husband of @sbg1.bsky.social and equally proud father of @tab-delete.bsky.social. Co-author of "The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021."
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
alice e marwick @alicetiara.bsky.social Dir of Research, Data & Society. Academic. Studies tech & society, scams & fraud, far-right disinfo. UNC CITAP. Mom, fashion victim, sci fi/fantasy enthusiast. Author of The Private is Political, Status Update. NYC forever. She/her/femme 💅🏻 tiara.org
Michael "Fallen Coffee Pot of Shadows" Senters the Sigillite:ABD @mikesenters.bsky.social PhD Candidate at Virginia Tech researching the translation of 4chan culture to American politics. MILR from Cornell. LGBTQ+ Ally. Former weeb. Militant defender of Democracy. The collapse of democratic rule is the sin of every citizen! 🀄️
Byline: MSNBC
Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social Dad. Political Theorist. Writes on white nationalism, the far right, critical theory. Author: The Rage of Replacement (2024, UMN Press). Words at The Washington Post, Slate, The Guardian.
Jane Mayer @janemayer.bsky.social New Yorker writer, author Dark Money, The Dark Side, Strange Justice, Landslide, wife & mom.
Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social Senior Editor, Lawfare. Practiced law a long time ago. Email: roger.parloff@lawfaremedia.org ; signal rparloff.61
FRONTLINE @frontlinepbs.bsky.social Award-winning documentaries, podcasts and digital reporting that question, explain and change our world. We answer to no one but you.
Explore our storytelling on PBS or online at pbs.org/frontline, YouTube and in the PBS App.
Jennie King @jkingy.eurosky.social Professionally Online. Director of Climate Research & Policy @ ISD www.isdglobal.org. Co-founder @ Climate Action Against Disinformation www.caad.info.
Come for the heady combo of conspiracies, hate and extremism; stay for the whimsical use of semicolons.
Dr. Lotte Pummerer @lpummerer.bsky.social PostDoc political psychology - research and insights about conspiracy theories, societal transformation, social norms, morality.
Sara A. @coolfacejane.bsky.social 
Stephanie Simoes @critikid.bsky.social Founder of Critikid.com, a critical thinking site for kids and teens. Posting about:
- Science, data, and media literacy
- Clear communication
- Logic, puzzles, and paradoxes
Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social Assistant Prof at Furman | Former NSF SBE postdoc at Vanderbilt | PhD in clinical psych from Emory | studying intellectual humility, polarization, and misinformation
https://sites.google.com/view/shaunambowes/home
Siri Christiansen @sirichr.bsky.social Frilansjournalist och faktagranskare 🤖
Melissa Goldin @melissagoldin.bsky.social News Verification Reporter @apnews.com
Previously: @newsguard.bsky.social | mgoldin@ap.org
apnews.com/ap-fact-check
melissagoldin.com
Cecile Simmons @cecilesimmons.bsky.social Researcher specialising in online harms and gender equality. Recovering wellness enthusiast thinking about community and resilience. First book: CTRL, HATE, DELETE (out March 2025 with Policy Press).
Maria Ressa @mariaressa.bsky.social 
Cris Tardaguila @ctardaguila.bsky.social Anti-disinformation journalist and researcher in Washington, DC. Founder of @agencia-lupa.bsky.social (Brazil). Former ICFJ, IFCN/Poynter, revista piauí, O Globo, Folha de S.Paulo. She/her. Portuguese/Spanish/English. Wine and trips. Breaking news ❤️
Léa Ronzaud @learonzaud.bsky.social Senior Investigator @ Graphika
Hacktivism/OSINT/State-Sponsored IOs/Extremism
🇲🇫 in 🇪🇪
Iryna Hnatiuk @irhnatiuk.bsky.social Fact-checker at Logically Facts
Focused on geopolitics, health misinformation, and conspiracies
Johanna @discomedusae.bsky.social Hi!
I'm a feminist, a science-based nurse and a QAnon casualty. I use sarcasm when sarcasm is needed ☺️
📍Sweden
Lorena Martínez @lorenamjz.bsky.social Journalist. Head of Editorial Operations in UK & EU @logicallyfacts
Dina Sadek @dinamsadek.bsky.social Senior Analyst @Graphika.
I have opinions of my own.
Noura Aljizawi @noura.bsky.social Senior Researcher @Citizenlab.ca , UofT
Exploring the dark dimensions of digital power: authoritarianism, transnational repression & disinformation.
Seana Davis @seanadavis.bsky.social Information integrity | Exploring AI Risk Mitigation
Dr. Michelle Lynn Kahn @michellelkahn.bsky.social Historian of far-right extremism, writing a book about German & American neo-Nazis | Also: migration, racism, & sexuality in Europe/global | Author of Foreign in Two Homelands (2024) | University of Richmond | Ask me about fascism & my 3 cats
Olga Tokariuk @olgatokariuk.bsky.social Academy Associate, Chatham House. Journalist, disinfo researcher, occasionally lecturer, speaker and moderator. Proud Ukrainian, currently in the UK
Shelby Grossman @shelbygrossman.bsky.social Professor of Practice at the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University
BostonJoan 🏳️🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social I am the founder of The Critical Internet Studies Institute and an Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies at Boston University
www.criticalinternet.org
Tessa Knight @awildknight.bsky.social Researching disinformation for DFRLab | She/her | DMs usually open | tessaknight132@protonmail.com
Julia Smirnova @jsmirnova.bsky.social Senior researcher for @cemas.io. Disinfo, extremism, technology. Previously, @isdglobal and journalist writing for @spiegel, @zeit, @welt. Alumna @warstudies
Abbie Richards @abbierichards.bsky.social I research and create educational videos about misinformation, propaganda, climate change, and sometimes (unfortunately) AI
makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social writing about politics + the internet
formerly: @wired.com, @theverge.com
DMs open, Signal: makenakelly.32
FAQ, Instagram, + everything else at linktr.ee/makenakelly
Hebe Campbell @hebecampbell.bsky.social Video Journalist and Presenter at The Independent. Covering disinformation/social media.
Brent Lee @brentlee.bsky.social Host / Producer of Some Dare Call It Conspiracy podcast. Former conspiracist turned debunker. Now that I debunk conspiracy theories, I have become an actual conspiracy theory. True story.
Brandon Carter @brandonetc.bsky.social staff editor, NYT Opinion. ex-WaPo; NPR. union punk.
Esme Nicholson @ejnicholson.bsky.social 
Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social Creative Director at the Financial Times. I lead visual journalism strategy and oversee visual investigations, visual stories, design and pictures.
Peter Andringa @peter.andringa.me Journalist/technologist, @financialtimes.com Visual Investigations
📍London
✉️ peter.andringa@ft.com
🔏 Signal: @peterandringa.01
ft.com/news-tips
Dr. Manisha Ganguly @manisha.bsky.social The Guardian's investigations correspondent & visual forensics lead. Currently writing a book. tech x conflict x human rights. friend to cats. manishaganguly.com
Alexa @alexakoenig.bsky.social JD PhD Co-Director, Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley + Co-Founder, Investigations Lab #BerkeleyProtocol
Recovered Performer, Eternal Optimist
Forthcoming books: Digital Witness 2 and At the Intersection
picture thx: Jason Madara for The Resistance
Allegra Goodwin @allegragoodwin.bsky.social Investigative journo @cnn.com specialising in #osint
went into journalism after watching the devil wears prada, now mostly write about bombs
allegra.goodwin@cnn.com
Muyi Xiao @muyixiao.bsky.social Reporter at The New York Times Visual Investigations team. Mostly covering China.
Previously with ChinaFile, Tencent, Reuters.
Chris Cook @chriscook.news FT enterprise editor. South London nationalist. Articles with my byline get posted automagically on @cook.report
Meg Kelly @megkelly.bsky.social senior visual forensics reporter
@washingtonpost
tips/ ideas: meg.kelly@washpost.com
usual caveats, dm for whatsapp, signal 
Imogen Piper @imogenpiper.bsky.social Visual Forensics Reporter, The Washington Post 
Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social Senior OSINT Investigator at @cen4infores.bsky.social. Opinions, hot takes, mistakes all my own. https://www.clippings.me/elisethomas
Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social Washington Post investigations reporter
Co-host of Schlock and Awe: https://schlockandawe.substack.com/
Executive Council, Washington-Baltimore News Guild
Nathan Ruser @nrg8000.bsky.social @Nrg8000 on twitter. Will fill this out when twitter inevitably burns.
Lock Down Your Life @lockdownyourlife.com Privacy Architect/Online Safety Strategist/#OSINT Investigator • 🔞 21+NSFW 🌶 She/Her
All My Links: https://beacons.ai/lockdownyourlife
Paylinks, wishlist, Spicy 👇🏻
https://linktr.ee/lockdownyourlife
Katie Polglase @katiepolglase.bsky.social Investigative reporter @CNN. Specialist in OSINT and visual investigations.
katie.polglase@cnn.com
IG: @katiepolglase
DM for Signal
https://edition.cnn.com/profiles/katie-polglase
Riley Mellen @rileymellen.bsky.social Visual Investigations reporter for NYT. Let's chat: riley.mellen@nytimes.com, Signal, DMs, etc.
Abraxas Spa @abraxasspa.bsky.social All-Source Analyst
Saving the spot here
Sanjana Varghese @sanjanamv.bsky.social visual investigations @nytimes / sanjana.varghese@nytimes.com
Ruslan Trad @ruslantrad.bsky.social Researcher on info ops, narratives, security-related topics, and hybrid warfare from Syria to Eurasia.
Editor, Security and Defense, Capital.
Non-Resident Fellow at DFRLab.
DRM Journal co-founder.
https://bio.link/ruslantrad
Jean le Roux @jeanleroux.bsky.social Senior Investigator, Graphika.
Cape Town, South Africa.
Doublethink Lab @doublethinklab.bsky.social A Taipei-based CSO investigating disinformation and information operations in order to safeguard democracy globally. Follow us for our latest reports!
Intel_Inquirer @intelinquirer.bsky.social I use the internet to find things, and I analyse them (OSINT/SOCMINT)
https://linktr.ee/intel_inquirer
From Syd AU
Rawan Shaif @rawanssa18.bsky.social Ex @Amnesty @UN @TheSentry_Org @Bellingcat | Sudan, Syria, Iraq and Yemen | Open-source and IHL/Human Rights | views my own
Christo Buschek @christobuschek.net Data, computations and investigations | Pulitzer Prize 2021 | Der SPIEGEL | Mozilla Senior Fellow 2025 | https://christobuschek.net | christo.buschek@proton.me
Alexanders @frenchie-osint.bsky.social CCI, OSINT, Threat Intelligence, Investigations; Got on my dead man's suit and my smilin' skull ring
Research lead at Cyble
Talks about Hacktivism and OSINT
Hamsini H @hamsini.bsky.social Now: micro-retired and looking for my next work home.
Previous Avatars: China Expert @LogicallyAI, Consultant at Indian MEA, Yenching Fellow, Thinktanker.
Views all mine.
Tamara Qiblawi تمارا قبلاوي @tqiblawi.bsky.social Senior investigations writer at CNN international. Aspiring cook of all food Levantine.
Jillian Stampher @jillianstampher.bsky.social Head of news, Factal. Formerly HuffPost, GeekWire, BreakingNews. Fan of dogs.