Centre for Machine Intelligence @shefcmi.bsky.social Creating a better future through AI-driven research, innovation and education at the University of Sheffield.
www.sheffield.ac.uk/machine-intelligence
Kim Gillick @kimberlybiscuits.bsky.social Data, insights, communications strategist & writer supporting EU projects & public good initiatives. Connected by Data Fellow.
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kimgillick.com
Building fello.works
Our AI Collective CIC @our-ai-collective.bsky.social We empower communities to shape AI's future. Our AI Collective is working to strengthen civic power in the age of AI. Another world is possible.
www.our-ai-collective.info
Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social Leader and advocate for a different AI future which benefits everyone. CEO/MD of Our AI Collective. Failed astrophysicist. Film geek. Parent. Love a GIF
Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium @pairs.site A space to share research and practice that puts affected communities at the heart of AI development and governance. More at https://pairs.site
CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology @techforgoodcast.bsky.social UK charity. Providing free courses, resources and networking opportunities to help charities and social impact organisations harness the full power of digital and AI. Also working with funders to create an environment of support. See www.wearecast.org.uk.
The EdTech Equity Project @edtechequity.bsky.social University of Oxford researchers. Technology and equity in secondary schools. Equitable EdTech futures.
National Voices @nationalvoices.bsky.social A coalition of over 200 charities making what matters to people matter in health and care.
Account monitored Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm.
Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Culture @cujournmedcul.bsky.social We're no longer posting on this account. It remains live for archive purposes currently. Find us: Instagram and YouTube.
Arne Hintz @arne-hz.bsky.social Researching datafication, data justice, AI, democracy & participation at Cardiff University @datajusticelab.bsky.social
Susan Oman @suoman.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Data, AI, & Society.
AI & In/equality Lead for Centre for Machine Intelligence.
Social, cultural & digital policy.
Author of Understanding Well-being Data: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-72937-0
Campaign Lab @campaign-lab.bsky.social Campaign Lab is a community of politically-minded progressive data scientists, researchers and activists who are working together to build new election tools and change the way we analyse and understand political election campaigning.
peterkwells @peterkwells.com BlackpoolFC, books, tech, people, policy & delivery, realist. Hopes to make stuff work for everyone.
https://peterkwells.com
MyData Global @mydataorg.bsky.social International non-profit striving for a fairer digital society, where individuals are empowered to see and control their own data and use it to thrive.
https://mydata.org/
Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy @mctd.bsky.social Radically rethinking power relationships between digital technologies, society, and the planet | 📍 University of Cambridge | Sign-up to our mailing list ➡️ http://tinyurl.com/minderoocambs | Latest: https://linktr.ee/mctdcambridge
@alburystreet.bsky.social @alburystreet.bsky.social
Stamanfar @stamanfar.bsky.social Service designer, DHSC. It's more than what you bargained for but it's a little less than what you paid for.
Hawkwood @hawkwoodcft.bsky.social Residential arts & educational organisation supporting people to fulfil their potential within a sustainable environment. 42 acres of gardens, grounds, woodland and organic farm in the Cotswolds.
javierruiz @ruizmacpherson.com
Jonathan Tanner @jctanner.bsky.social AI/Democracy/Strategic Communication
Imogen Parker @imogen-parker.bsky.social Associate Director, Ada Lovelace Institute. Mainly posting about AI, society and social policy.
Previously IPPR, Citizens Advice, 5Rights, Fabian Society.
image cred: Yutong Liu & Kingston School of Art / Better Images of AI / Talking to AI 2.0 / CC-BY
Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social Prof of EBM @UniOxford, author, Bad Science person, more... I run http://bennett.ox.ac.uk making tools+papers from data http://OpenSAFELY.org http://OpenPrescribing.net
Projects by IF @projectsbyif.bsky.social Supporting organisations to move faster, with less risk.
Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social Demos is a champion of people, ideas and democracy.
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dxw @dxw.com We design, build and run digital public services that make people's lives better.
dxw is employee owned.
Find out more about us 👉 https://linktr.ee/_dxw
Harry Harrold @harryharrold.bsky.social Medium-sized fat bloke. #ukcharitycamp Helps build web stuff @neontribe. Tries to be agile and user-centered. Proud resident of the Fine City of Norwich. Has never been a TV producer. (He/they)
NEON @neonuk.bsky.social Neon supports, strengthens, and helps social justice movements win. We do it through programmes, resources, support and networks.
Involve @involveuk.bsky.social The UK's public participation charity. We work to create a healthier & more vibrant democracy, with people at the heart of decision making.
TPXimpact | B Corp™ @tpximpact.com Supporting organisations to build a better future for people, places and the planet.
TUC Cymru @tuccymru.bsky.social Llais Cymru ar waith. Rydym yn cynrychioli tua 400,000 o weithwyr.
We’re the voice of Wales at work. We represent 400,000 working people through 48 unions.
🔗 linktr.ee/wtuc
Mary Towers @marymayling.bsky.social Tech policy. Employment lawyer. Writer. Collectivist.
Bennett Institute for Public Policy @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk The Bennett Institute for Public Policy has expanded to become the Bennett School of Public Policy. Please follow us on our new handle: @BennettSchool.cam.ac.uk
Open Government Partnership @opengovpartnership.org 73 national & 135 local governments, alongside thousands of civil society groups, working together to improve people's lives. #OpenGov
Stefan Janusz @ndajz.bsky.social International responsible AI and Data Governance projects. Working with @ceimia.bsky.social & [birdsite] @GPAI_PMIA. Dad-Dad-Dadio x3 ex-@OfficeForAI @ODIHQ @royalsociety @QMUL Nanotech PhD. Born at 340.01ppm
Adam Leon Smith @adamleonsmith.substack.com Technology product safety advocate. AI standards expert. Chair of AIQI. Chair of BCS F-TAG. NoLeFa-84.
Open Data Manchester CIC @opendatamcr.bsky.social Helping individuals, organisations and communities understand and use data in responsible and ethical ways since 2010.
https://www.opendatamanchester.org.uk
Online Safety Act Network @osanetwork.bsky.social Updates, commentary and analysis on the implementation of the UK's #OnlineSafetyAct www.onlinesafetyact.net
Ellen Judson @ellenejudson.bsky.social Disinformation investigator, tech policy nerd, philosophy, human rights, climate. Views my own. She/her
Also on https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellen-judson-75918241/
Renate Samson @renatesamson.bsky.social Longtime policy wonk, consultant, researcher and speaker about the impact of data driven tech and AI.
immersed in researching young people’s digital lives and AI in education. Previously biometrics, online harms, digital ID, online privacy
Emma Thwaites @emmathwaites.bsky.social I'm interested in tech and data. I'm - still - a journalist, public affairs and policy person, and single mother of two adult children. Armchair historian and lover of London although Yorkshire born-and-bred
Public Law Project @publiclawproject.bsky.social Promoting access to justice, upholding the rule of law, ensuring fair systems
ai@cam @ai.cam.ac.uk ai@cam is Cambridge University's flagship mission to develop AI for the benefit of science, citizens, and society.
🔗 www.ai.cam.ac.uk
Gina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social Flower fan and AI expert. Professor of Responsible AI, QMUL; Director Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, Cambridge and fellow Magdalene College. Deputy CEO Responsible AI UK. https://linktr.ee/mctdcambridge?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Iswe @iswe-foundation.bsky.social Iswe is a democracy innovation centre. Our mission is to make governance systems work for people and planet. We believe that when ‘I’ (an individual) recognises themselves as ‘we’ (part of the collective), the results are transformational | www.iswe.org
Future Narratives Lab @fnlab.bsky.social Nonprofit research initiative. Making new common sense futurenarrrativeslab.org
Datasphere Initiative @datasphere.bsky.social The Datasphere Initiative is a non-profit dedicated to global collaboration on technical and policy solutions for the urgent, multidimensional, and cross-border challenges of data governance.
@carolineselman.bsky.social @carolineselman.bsky.social
@tamandawalker.bsky.social @tamandawalker.bsky.social
Adele Zeynep Walton @adelewalton.bsky.social Author, online safety campaigner, journalist, hater of tech bros.
https://www.adelesnotes.co.uk/
Luke Burton @biblioluke.bsky.social Director, Libraries at Arts Council England. Data, emerging tech, literacies, reading for pleasure and the joy of libraries. ‘Libraries gave us power.’ Personal views only.
Just Treatment @justtreatment.org We campaign to put patients and the #NHS before profit. ✊
Sana Khareghani @sanakb.bsky.social Chief Strategy Officer www.era4.com | Professor of Practice AI at KCL | Former Head of UK Gov Office for AI | MIT and SFU alum | passionate to get more #WomeninTech | RAI UK AI Policy lead | mom, wife and massive dork | All views own
@davebuckley.bsky.social @davebuckley.bsky.social
Buffer @buffer.com The social media management platform for scheduling, publishing & analytics across every major network. Plan your content calendar in one place. This account is managed by real humans. 💙
⬇️ buffer.com/bluesky
James Farrar @jamesfarrar.bsky.social Worker Info Exchange
Privacy International @privacyinternational.org For a world where technology will empower and enable us, not exploit our data for profit and power.
https://privacyinternational.org
Jen Persson @TheABB @jenpersson.com Defend Digital Me | Consultant to AI & Ed working group Council of Europe | part-time MSc Global Public Policy | human rights and digital in education | privacy and data laws | public sector and EdTech | #UNCRC | #research | bees & baking
Ada Lovelace Institute @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social Making data & AI work for people & society.
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Worker Info Exchange @workerinfox.bsky.social Demanding transparency and accountability from platforms on algorithmic practices and worker rights violations
www.workerinfoexchange.org
Janis Wong @janiswong.org ✨ data protection, governance, ethics & policy across law + tech
🖥️ currently leading tech policy at The Law Society
🧩 elsewhere & past: janiswong.org
Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org We fight for digital rights. Join us.
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/join/
Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk Breaking news, campaigns and advice from unions and the labour movement. https://tuc.org.uk
Mia Leslie @mialeslie.bsky.social Researcher at the Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.bsky.social | previously Public Law Project
Dr Natalie Byrom @drnataliebyrom.bsky.social Researcher and policy advisor. Justice reform, data and technology. Honorary Senior Research Fellow at UCL Laws. BBC Expert Women Network. All views my own.
John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social digital evolution • charities • change • digital strategy • tech for good • fixing the plumbing • responsible AI • Scotland • feed may contain bikes and sailing
Louise Crow @itscrowbot.bsky.social Chief Exec for @mysociety.org. We run TheyWorkForYou, WhatDoTheyKnow, FixMyStreet and a host of other projects reimagining people power.
Julian @julianlstar.bsky.social CEO of Open Data Manchester, liker of the outside and outsiders, prone to disagreement. Views expressed may change within the space of a few seconds. Optimistic mostly
medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social medConfidential.org
Sam @smithsam.bsky.social Believes in better data with informed privacy for all. Day job @medconfidential amongst other things. he/him http://is.gd/samblog 🧘♂️ #FILDI
Cambridge
Kester @kesterbrewin.com Writer, and Associate Director at the Institute for the Future of Work. Views my own. Latest book, God-like: a 500-Year History of AI, is out now. All my books: http://www.kesterbrewin.com
Dan Sutch @dannno.bsky.social Part of the team at www.wearecast.org.uk
Jack Hardinges @jackhardinges.bsky.social Data optimist.
Interested in: data infrastructures, governance, platforms, AI, the commons, etc.
Working with: Foresight (1m eye scans), Icebreaker One (data for net zero), Creative Commons (preference signals) + OpenMined (federated data networks).
Reece Parslow @reece-parslow.bsky.social 5Rights Foundation • #OnlineSafetyAct • #DataProtection
Working to build a safer and rights-respecting digital world for children by design and default. Views my own.
Dr Sally Le Page @sallylepage.bsky.social Doctor of flies and producer/presenter of science podcasts, radio and videos.
I offer media interview and production training to help individuals and companies talk about their science: https://sallylepage.co.uk
Claire Mellier @clairemellier.bsky.social Believer in #peoplepower #systemschange Participatory & Deliberative Democracy Knowledge & Practice lead iswe.org Co-founder globalassemblies.org Board member ipsp.org
Open Data Institute @odihq.bsky.social Advancing trust in data.
Tim Berners-Lee @timbl.bsky.social Inventor of WWW
Co-founder & CTO Inrupt.com | Lead, Solidproject.org
Co-founder WebFoundation.org & theODI.org
Founder w3.org
My memoir ‘This is for Everyone’ https://thisisforeveryone.timbl.com/
Follow me on Mastodon https://w3c.social/@timbl
hannah webster @hannahwebster.bsky.social mostly by the sea & dreaming of a caring economy with @carefull.bsky.social
ex - rsa / turn2us / centrepoint
she / her
Ruth Hannan @ruthhannan.bsky.social Exploring care in a new economy at @carefull.bsky.social with @hannahwebster.bsky.social
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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social Exploring care in a new economy, from @ruthhannan.bsky.social & @hannahwebster.bsky.social.
Get in touch: hello@carefull.uk
www.carefulleconomy.co.uk
mySociety @mysociety.org We create digital services that break down barriers to democratic participation, equipping people to take action and drive meaningful change. Subscribe to our updates at http://eepurl.com/gOEVFj
Kate Jones @kate-jones.bsky.social AI Policy Lead at UNISON / Trade Union Liaison Officer on GPEx at Green Party
Limiting social media use so on here rarely.
unison.org.uk/aihub
BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social We are the Arts & Humanities Research Council programme working to enable a healthy Responsible AI ecosystem in the UK.
You can also keep up to date via our newsletter: https://braiduk.org/#newsletter
Rich Wilson @richwil.bsky.social People power & democracy obsessive. CEO Iswe.org, trustee localtrust.org.uk, founder involve.org.uk, irregular writer https://www.theguardian.com/profile/richardwilson
Octavia Field Reid @octavia-fr.bsky.social Associate Director Ada Lovelace Institute | PhD candidate UCL Science & Technology Studies / Laws | Tech company governance, cycling, wild walks and dogs
Gaia Marcus @gaiamarcus.bsky.social - Director @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social:ensuring data & AI work for ppl & society
- Stint in government - led #NationalDataStrategy; roles in Cabinet Office, ONS & MHCLG
- Charity roles inc. Samaritans Trustee; staff @ The RSA, Centrepoint, ParkinsonsUK
Daniel Stanley @staplejames.bsky.social Executive Director @ Future Narratives Lab fnlab.bsky.social | Director @ Stir to Action | E17 | #THFC South Stand
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social Professor in Science and Technology Studies, UCL @stsucl.bsky.social. Science policy, responsible innovation, emerging technologies. Book https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-32320-2. Responsible AI UK (www.rai.ac.uk)
Global Voices @globalvoices.org The first global community-based newsroom. We build bridges and global understanding. Read our stories here: https://globalvoices.org
ESRC Digital Good Network @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social An ESRC-funded, £4 million research network building a research community focused on what a good digital society should look like and how we get there.
digitalgood.net
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Alex Krasodomski @alexkj.bsky.social Tech, AI, Digital Public Infrastructure and old border foils at @Chatham House. Fellow @ ISD, Demos, Public AI network
Adam Cantwell-Corn @adamc-c.bsky.social Campaigning to shift power on data and AI with @Connectedbydata.org and the Trades Union Congress @the-tuc.bsky.social
JUSTICE @justicehq.bsky.social Building a fairer UK justice system within everyone’s reach.
https://linktr.ee/JUSTICEuk
Mariano delli Santi @marianods.eurosky.social Legal and Policy Officer @openrightsgroup.bsky.social
"Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg." - cit.
Data protection, ArtificiaI intelligence, Social media pluralism, UK - EU regulation
Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org An independent research and development institute exploring how new technologies are transforming work and working lives. http://www.ifow.org
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Carsten Jung @carsjung.bsky.social Associate director for economic policy & AI @IPPR. Former Bank of England economist and IMF fellow.
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org IPPR is the UK’s leading progressive think tank.
Find out more here: linktr.ee/IPPR
Yasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social Senior Policy Advisor at JRF (@jrf-uk.bsky.social) focusing on communities and place
she/her
Views my own.
Dr. Elinor Carmi @elinorcarmi.bsky.social 🌈 Feminist Senior Lecturer in data politics and social justice at City st. George's, Uni of London, UK. She/her.
https://elinorcarmi.com/
Working on data&AI governance/data&AI literacies/data justice/digital rights/ad tech industry/surveillance.
Tim Stacey @timtumbles.bsky.social Digital policy person