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Katie Fallow @katiefallow.bsky.social Dep. Litigation Dir., Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. Cat enthusiast.
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simultaneously posting on X/Twitter as @megangrA, with single platform forwards and replies
Internet Education Foundation Projects @iefprojects.bsky.social For 25 years building the most prominent platforms for technology policy engagement: Congressional App Challenge, State of the Net Conference, Congressional Internet Caucus Academy, Internet Law & Policy Foundry, Decentralized Future Council.
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
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Sarah Frier @sarahfrier.bsky.social In charge of big tech coverage at Bloomberg
Author of NO FILTER: The Inside Story of Instagram
Email me at sfrier1 at Bloomberg dot net
MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com Our in depth reporting on innovation reveals and explains what’s happening now to help you know what’s coming next.
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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social Committed to the daily re-imagining of what a university press can be since 1962.
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ashkhen @ashkhen.bsky.social Tech law & policy. Football. Russia raised, Armenian blood, DC living. Views are just mine, in case you were wondering
José Marichal @josemarichal.bsky.social Pol Sci Prof at CalLutheran. Author of "You Must Become an Algorithmic Problem" (Bristol Univ Press) and "Machine Liberalism" (Forthcoming from Intellect Books/University of Chicago Press)
https://josemarichal.github.io/
Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social senior reporter at the guardian us / julia.wong@theguardian.com / juliacarriewong.11 on Signal
Marko Bajlovic @marko.tech pragmatic, progressive, multidisciplinary creative, data scientist & full stack dev. occasional avid beach goer. always learning.
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ændra. @aendra.com Creator of 📰 News feeds, @xblock.aendra.dev, @moji.blue, founder of @shoots.green, co-organiser @atproto.london.
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Mez Breeze @mezbreeze.bsky.social An OG digital artist/writer: http://anthology.rhizome.org/mez-breeze. Permaculturalist. Designer + Developer. Blurrings + imaginings: https://www.patreon.com/mezbreeze + https://mezbreeze.itch.io/
Louis Römer @lromeranth.bsky.social 🇨🇼🇳🇱🇺🇲 | he/him | PhD | anthropologist @vassar.bsky.social | opinions mine | reposts & likes≠endorsements |
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Lindsay Ballant @lballant.bsky.social ⬛️⬜️🟥 Here we go again. Art director & designer for hire. Former: The Baffler, The New Republic, Foreign Policy, The Forum, etc. Rooting for a proletariat revolution or an O's world series win, whichever comes first. lindsayballant.com
The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social AI is not inevitable. We DAIR to imagine, build & use AI deliberately.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app Personal Account
Author: Deep Unlearning: The rise of AI and the radicalization of a tech idealist.
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com Made the CommSky Starter Pack https://go.bsky.app/QkcgePD
Assistant Professor at Syracuse. I study public relations, military policy, video games, and queer theory. Happily 🏳️🌈.
Martha Dark @marthadark.bsky.social Co-founder and director at Foxglove, former Reprieve & Open Rights Group.
People Vs Big Tech @peoplevsbigtech.eurosky.social Algorithm, we’re onto you. Let’s build a better digital world.
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Isabel Linzer @isabelalinzer.bsky.social Elections & democracy @ CDT. Probably posting about human rights, tech, authoritarianism, influencers, transnational repression, etc. Opinions my own.
Decrypt @decrypt.co A next-generation media company capturing the most compelling narratives in emerging technology.
Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com Executive Editor at Morning Brew
Priors: NBC News, WaPo, Adweek, Digiday
Bylines: The Awl, The Atlantic, Pacific Standard, Entrepreneur, HuffPost, Mashable, etc etc etc
Failed musician.
YMMV.
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Riana @riana.bsky.social Tech policy researcher at Stanford. Former litigator. Anger is an energy. Dum spiro spero. she/her
Natanael, Tech janitor @natanael.bsky.social A nerd who likes cryptography. A bit weird, a bit witty, a bit whimsical
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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com anthropologist [no longer] yelling at engineers. feral.
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Marielza @marielza.bsky.social Retired UNESCO Dir for Digital Inclusion, Policies & Transformation. Chair, UN University, eGov Institute.
UNESCO Women in STEM Committee
Some pottery and cyanotyping
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Ellery Roberts Biddle @elleryrb.bsky.social Editor, writer, tech skeptic, human rights fan. Views mine. She/her. https://ellerybiddle.com/
Asia Hoe @asiahoe.com UX Designer armed with curiosity, tenacity, and a serious case of dev envy. I design products for people and speak about societal and ethical impacts of technology. I'm also an avid gamer, and dabble in art, words, and code. (She/Her)
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social Director of Research, @dairinstitute.bsky.social
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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of EMPIRE OF AI: empireofai.com. ai reporter. national magazine award & american humanist media award winner. words in The Atlantic. formerly WSJ, MIT Tech Review, KSJ@MIT. email: http://karendhao.com/contact.
Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social Writer, reporter, and floofy dog owner. Previously at ARTnews, Business Insider, Quartz and other outlets. Based in Toronto.
Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social Reporter and Computer Guy at WIRED. Previously: Bloomberg News, Center for Investigative Reporting, Gizmodo, eyebeamnyc.
Tips: dhruv_mehrotra@wired.com /@dmehro.89 on Signal
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Bryan Giemza @bryangiemza.com Frequently mistaken humanities prof, writer, conservationist.
Always the long game. Trust, justice, and what we owe each other.
MJ Lira @mjlira.bsky.social Digital rights advocacy and research | Decolonial | Digital sociology MSc from @uoe-sps.bsky.social | Peruvian in London
hopeful.technology
ROOST @roost.tools We’re ROOST (Robust Open Online Safety Tools), a non-profit building and maintaining open source, accessible, high-quality, transparent safety tools for digital organizations of all kinds.
roost.tools
Jibu Elias @jibuelias.bsky.social AI ethicist, accidental philosopher, and a connoisseur of late-night epiphanies.
Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social Ex-Tweep, hiker, traveler, and fantasy fiction reader!
Knight Foundation @knightfoundation.org
Christchurch Call Foundation @christchurchcall.bsky.social We are a non-governmental organisation which coordinates and supports the Christchurch Call’s mission of eliminating terrorist and violent extremist content online.
Juliet Shen @julietshen.bsky.social product @roost.tools. just another extremely earnest and Very Online idealist. long time Trust & Safety person full of personal opinions like the skeets below
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Humane Intelligence @humaneintelligence.bsky.social We are an AI evaluations nonprofit dedicated to breaking down barriers to AI deployment for social good.
Learn more: www.humane-intelligence.org
Barry Murrell @barry.wlkthru.io Founder of wlkthru.io
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Byron Tau @byrontau.bsky.social propublica national security reporter
formers: ap, wsj, politico, notus. author of 'means of control,' a book on big data and big government. buy: https://bit.ly/buyMoC
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Steven Seegel @stevenseegel.bsky.social professor at the University of Texas at Austin, maphead, dog lover, Go Bills, slow marathon runner, opinions mine
Michelle S Daniel @msdatx.bsky.social Founder/CEO of Connexions Global Matrix, Inc. | Producer | Social Entrepreneur | msdaniel.com
Chris Combs @chriscombs.net Artist in Washington, DC and Mount Rainier, MD. My art both incorporates and questions technologies. https://chriscombs.net
CIPE Africa @cipeafrica.bsky.social The Africa division of the Center for International Private Enterprise. We’re supporting efforts across Africa to help business thrive & enable democracy to flourish. We aim to grow democracy and democratize growth.
http://www.cipe.org/region/africa
Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo @chinasa.bsky.social AI Researcher, Policy Strategist, & Technorealist. Founder, Technecultura.
Columnist, Science Magazine.
Cornell Computer Science PhD.
TIME100 AI. Forbes Under 30 AI.
Critically examining global equity in AI.
👩🏾💻: www.chinasatokolo.com
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205TF @205tf.bsky.social TF, two letters that stand for Type Foundry and Typographie Française (French Typography).
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Vox @vox.com Making sense of it all. Become a member today. 👇
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@dynamoe.bsky.social @dynamoe.bsky.social nobodyssweetheart.com | comedy & illustration
Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social Human, executive editor of The Atlantic
Ben Whitelaw @benwhitelaw.bsky.social Founder and editor of everythinginmoderation.co. Co-host & writer of ctrlaltspeech.com puns. Media consultant by day. #LUFC fan by birthright.
Omidyar Network @omidyarnetwork.bsky.social A philanthropic organization bending the arc of the digital revolution toward shared power, prosperity, and possibility
Garrison Lovely @garrisonlovely.bsky.social Author of Obsolete: The AI Industry's Trillion Dollar Race to Replace You—and How to Stop It (Nation Books). https://orbooks.com/catalog/obsolete/
Bylines: NYT, Nature, BBC, Bloomberg, MIT Tech Review, TIME + others
Caroline Haskins @carolinehaskins.bsky.social reporter @WIRED.com
caroline_haskins@wired.com
785-813-1084
https://www.wired.com/author/caroline-haskins/
Sam Gregory @samgregory.bsky.social Executive Director http://witness.org : video + tech + human rights; 'Prepare, Don't Panic' initiative on media manipulation/generative AI. TED speaker on deepfakes https://gen-ai.witness.org, @samgregory on Twitter/X. PhD Westminster.
Susanna Gibson @susannasgibson.bsky.social Founder of MyOwn Image | tech accountability + section 230, IBSA, NDII, TFGBV
Long Lead @longlead.com A story studio publishing in-depth journalism without compromise. Latest feature: TITLE WAVES: https://title-waves.longlead.com/
Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social Editor of Press Watch (https://presswatchers.org) and Heads Up News (http://headsupnews.org). Ex-Washington Post, HuffPost, Intercept. Freelancer. I afflict comfortable journalists.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com Seattle-based writer focused on tech, media, politics, and consumer rights.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social Entrepreneur
Costplusdrugs.com
Genevieve Lakier @genevievelakier.bsky.social Law professor at UChicago Law. Thinks a lot about freedom of speech. Curious about this platform.
alice e marwick @alicetiara.bsky.social Dir of Research, Data & Society. Academic. Studies tech & society, far-right disinfo. UNC CITAP. Loves pop cult. Mom, fashion victim, sci fi/fantasy enthusiast. Author of The Private is Political, Status Update. NYC forever. She/her/femme 💅🏻 tiara.org
Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill.
https://linktr.ee/elizabethspiers- T THE BRIEF @theunbrief.bsky.social
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
19thnews @19thnews.org The 19th is an independent, nonprofit newsroom reporting at the intersection of gender, politics, policy and power. https://19thnews.org/newsletters
Alethe @alethe.bsky.social ‘Uh-Lee-th’ | Bishop Fox 🦊 Red Team | DEF CON Goon & Black Badge Hall of Fame | DEF CON Social Engineering CTF Winner 2019 | Physical Pentester | IVR Pentester | IR Tabletop King 👑
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