Penn Center on Media, Technology, and Democracy (MEDIATED) @penn-mediated.bsky.social At Penn MEDIATED, we use cutting-edge science to understand the information ecosystem and leverage that research to strengthen democracy.
Roberta Braga @bragaroberta.bsky.social Founder and ED @ Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas (DDIA) — DDIA.org
Centre for Media, Technology & Democracy @mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social Our organization examines how media and emerging technologies shape democracy. We’re housed at McGill University’s Max Bell School of Public Policy, and led by Taylor Owen.
Nelly @nellyp.checkfirst.network Co-founder, COO @checkfirst.network - Information integrity, FIMI, platforms accountability and so on.
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Global Affairs Canada @globalaffairs.canada.ca Official account for Global Affairs Canada
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Lisandra Novo @lisandranovo.bsky.social international lawyer - law & tech, cyber, human rights, IHL, ICL |
former Judicial Fellow at the ICJ | former Fulbright predoctoral scholar (Spain)
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Shelby Magid @shelbyjmag.bsky.social Deputy Director, Eurasia Center, Atlantic Council. Focused on E. Europe & Eurasia, especially 🇺🇦, security, justice, human rights. All views my own.
Marisha Goldhamer @marishagoldhamer.bsky.social Head of digital investigation for North America at AFP
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Internet Governance Forum @intgovforum.bsky.social Convened by the United Nations Secretary-General, the IGF is a global multistakeholder platform that facilitates discussions on digital public policy. #IGF2026
POLITICO Europe @politico.eu Nobody knows politics and policy like we do.
Alliance4Europe @alliance4europe.bsky.social Building a stronger democracy in Europe through campaigns, communities, digital intelligence, and civic tech.
Media Ecosystem Observatory @meo-cdmrn.bsky.social The Media Ecosystem Observatory (MEO) and the Canadian Digital Media Research Network (CDMRN)
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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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social Staff writer at The Atlantic. Cat guy, Jeopardy champ. New Englander and curmudgeon. Speaker info: https://www.leighbureau.com/speakers/tnichols
Eileen Guo @eileenguo.bsky.social Tech features and investigations at @technologyreview.com | proud Los Angeles resident | send me tips (not PR pitches) on Signal: eileenguo.15 | português-español-中文 https://www.technologyreview.com/author/eileen-guo/
Brad Smith @bradsmi.bsky.social Vice Chair and President at Microsoft. Co-author and podcast host of Tools and Weapons. Husband. Dad. Proud native of Appleton, Wisconsin.
RAND Europe @randeurope.org RAND Europe is a not-for-profit research institute that helps improve policy and decision making through research and analysis, in Europe and beyond. Read our research and commentaries at randeurope.org
CheckFirst @checkfirst.network We pioneered algorithm analysis and deploy expert skills to probe the digital space and its actors.
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@samrothbardt.bsky.social @samrothbardt.bsky.social
Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social Washington Post reporter covering Trump administration foreign policy with a focus on the State Department. Adam.taylor@washpost.com or Mradamtaylor.01 on signal
AlgorithmWatch @algorithmwatch.org We ensure that the use of algorithms & AI benefits the many, not just the few!
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The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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Agence France-Presse @afp.com L'AFP: d'abord les faits 🌍
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EU DisinfoLab @disinfo.eu Independent EU-focused NGO whose mission is to raise awareness on #disinformation & contribute to a better information landscape.
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
MaddowBlog.com
@ggigitashvili.bsky.social @ggigitashvili.bsky.social
Mark Scott @markscott.bsky.social Senior Resident Fellow, Atlantic Council’s Democracy + Tech Initiative. Weekly newsletter: www.digitalpolitics.co
ACLED @acleddata.bsky.social Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) is an independent, impartial, international NGO collecting data on violent conflict and protests globally.
Emerson T. Brooking @etbrooking.bsky.social Director of Strategy & Sr. Res. Fellow, DFRLab/Atlantic Council. Defense Analyst. Author. Poster (ret.)
CYBERWARCON @cyberwarcon.bsky.social CYBERWARCON is a one-day conference in Arlington, VA focused on the specter of destruction, disruption, and malicious influence on our society through cyber capabilities.
cyberwarcon.com
The Information Environment Project @ieproject.bsky.social Carnegie’s Information Environment Project is a multi-stakeholder effort to help policymakers understand the information environment.
Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org The Global Think Tank.
carnegieendowment.org
Bill McCarthy @billmccarthy.bsky.social Senior digital investigation journalist covering online mis- and disinformation for AFP • Formerly with PolitiFact and the Raleigh News & Observer • Duke alum • “The internet folks” - Stephen Colbert
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Atlantic Council @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social Shaping the global future together.
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Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social I cover digital threats for NBC News. Tip me! @kevincollier.01 on signal, kevin.collier@nbcuni.com. NYC, from West Virginia.
Jack Stubbs @dzhek.bsky.social VP of Intelligence @ Graphika. Previously: Russia, Ukraine, cyber for Reuters.
Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca Information Ecologist exploring the information environment | Senior Fellow at @carnegieendowment.org and Director of @ieproject.bsky.social | PhD from KCL War Studies | Visiting Researcher @uniofbath.bsky.social | Author of The Information Animal 🇨🇦
Yvonne Lee @yvonnelee.bsky.social GenAI & product policy external engagement @ Meta. PhD student @ Oxford Internet Institute.
Washington DC.
Alexandre Alaphilippe @aa.disinfo.eu Executive Director EU DisinfoLab www.disinfo.eu / Hummingbird / Searching for James Dubious Crickton /Growing my ethical mussels / Asking PourqOui / Prism in Jeans / 😀🤓🤯🤝
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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.
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Meghan Conroy @meghanconroy.bsky.social cat owner
Kanishk Karan @kanishkkaran.bsky.social Policy manager making platforms safe for users, otherwise committing outdoor. @twitter @columbia @atlanticcouncil alumnus. Tweets = Personal & ≠ EP.
Jakub Kalenský @kalenskyj.bsky.social Countering disinformation. Currently Hybrid CoE in Helsinki; previously Atlantic Council & EUvsDisinfo. Before that a journalist in Czechia
Ben Nimmo @benimmo.bsky.social
Clara Tsao @tsao.bsky.social Let’s fix the web!
@filecoin @filecoinfoundation
Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Traveller. Tea connoisseur.
Naomi Shiffman @naomishiffman.bsky.social data & implementation at the Oversight Board | formerly academics + researchers at CrowdTangle / Meta | fellow at the Integrity Institute and Atlantic Council’s DFRLab | advisor at Connect Humanity, a fund for digital equity
Khushbu Shah @khushbushah.bsky.social EU Editor at POLITICO Europe
Zarine Kharazian @zarine.net phd candidate @cip.uw.edu, @communitydata.science, & @hcde.uw.edu. I study how to govern public knowledge institutions under attack.
zarine.net
Ana Arriagada @ana-arriagada.bsky.social Assistant Director Latam at the DFRLab
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Beatriz Farrugia @biafarrugia.bsky.social Data journalist, investigative reporter, professor ▪️ DFRLab ▪️Co-author of “1950: O Preço de uma Copa” ▪️ Views my own
Konstantinos Komaitis PhD @kkomaitis.bsky.social Snr. Resident Fellow Global Governance & Democracy @Atlantic Council; ex @NYTimes; ex snr dir. @internetsociety; ex law @lawstrath. Internet of Humans podcast. I own my views
Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social Associate Professor Northwestern University in Qatar | Studies Disinfo, Digital Repression & Gulf Politics | Author Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East (Hurst & OUP) Political Repression in Bahrain (Cambridge University Press) | Cat Fancier
The Action Coalition on Meaningful Transparency @ac-transparency.bsky.social Effective tech transparency that protects human rights. An action coalition under the Danish Tech for Democracy Initiative.
Kevin Klyman @klyman.bsky.social AI Policy @ Stanford + Harvard
Former - Digital Forensic Research Lab, Digital Impact Alliance, UN Global Pulse, Human Rights Watch
Researching - acceptable use of digital tech, evaluations of dual-use capabilities, transparency of LLMs (or lack thereof)
Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social Writing about law and democracy at The Atlantic, previously Lawfare. Not a lawyer. It's KWIN-ta.
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University; Exec Editor, Just Security; former ACLU. knightcolumbia.org.
Chris Krebs @thekrebscycle.bsky.social Aka @c_c_krebs over there
Ellen Nakashima @ellenwapo.bsky.social Intelligence and national security reporter at The Washington Post. Reach me securely on Signal at Ellen.626.
Eric Davis @ericdavis.bsky.social We would have been better off with Odeo.
Senior VP for Special Projects at @istorg.bsky.social | Trust & Safety, Security, Privacy | ex-Google, Symantec, eBay | @ericdavis@mastodon.social
Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com tech & society @washingtonpost.com
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social ISW is a policy research organization focused on U.S. national security. Email: press@understandingwar.org. For more: https://linktr.ee/understandingwar
Thomas Rid @ridt.bsky.social @ridt on X
Craig Silverman @craigsilverman.bsky.social Cofounder of https://indicator.media, your essential guide to understanding and investigating digital deception. Sign up for free! Investigative journalist and OSINT trainer.
https://craigsilverman.ca
Will Oremus @willoremus.com Covering online speech, the information economy and AI weirdness at @theatlantic.com. Shitposting about Bluesky on Bluesky.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com Executive Editor at Morning Brew
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Tracy Chou @triketora.com founder @blockpartyapp.com, acq by deleteme.
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John Perrino @johnperrino.com 🤓 Internet policy nerd
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David Rand @dgrand.bsky.social Prof at Cornell studying how human-AI dialogues can correct inaccurate beliefs, why people share falsehoods, and ways to reduce political polarization and promote cooperation. Computational social science + cognitive psychology.
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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.
Valentin Châtelet @vchatelet.bsky.social Research Associate, Security @DFRLab
Uralistics afficionado 🔆 & GIS engineer 🌐
Kenton Thibaut @kentonthibaut.bsky.social Senior Resident China Fellow at AtlanticCouncil's DFRLab. Georgetown PhD. Examining issues at the nexus of PRC data governance and geopolitical AI competition. Methodologically promiscuous. 🏳️🌈
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
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kate conger @kateconger.com tech reporter for the NYT!
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social Email salesman at Platformer.news and co-host at Hard Fork.
Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social www.rummanchowdhury.com
www.humane-intelligence.org
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US Science Envoy for AI (Biden Administration)
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Jean le Roux @jeanleroux.bsky.social Senior Investigator, Graphika.
Cape Town, South Africa.
Abde Amr @abde.bsky.social Researcher
No Suma Cero @nosumacero.bsky.social Non-zero-sum games. @NSC
Tech policy. Internet & Digital Rights. AI Governance.
Who gains power when AI is deployed?
Information operations & digital authoritarianism.
Freedom of expression & Data protection.
Social media & Conflict. Networked movements.
Lujain Elsiddig @lujainion.bsky.social
FKA Yeah Buddy @angstymcgee.bsky.social Hanging out on the border of introversion and extroversion. Views my own.
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
Daniel Suarez @danielsuape.bsky.social Investigador - DFRLab @dfrlab.bsky.social
Michael Sheldon @michaelsheldon.bsky.social Senior Investigator @ CIR
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org Straight-shooting information and analysis at the intersection of national security, law, and policy.
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Ani Mejlumyan @animejlumyan.bsky.social Podcast producer at Lions led by Donkeys. Investigative journalist. Geographic focus: Caucasus, Eastern Europe.
Hallie Stern @thehalliestern.bsky.social Founder | AI & Technology Fellow | Exploring the Human Side of Innovation | Bridging Technology, Society, and Progress
Alex Koppelman @alexkoppelman.bsky.social Most recently assistant managing editor, national security and justice, at NBC News. Previously CNN, Guardian US, New Yorker. My wife says I have to tell you I got my Bluesky invite from her and that it means she's the cool one in the marriage.
Dina Sadek @dinamsadek.bsky.social Senior Analyst @Graphika.
I have opinions of my own.
News Literacy Project @newslit.org We advance the development and teaching of news literacy in K-12 education. #NewsLiteracy https://newslit.org/
Cyber Statecraft Initiative @cyberstatecraft.bsky.social The Cyber Statecraft Initiative works at the nexus of geopolitics and cybersecurity to craft strategies to help shape the conduct of statecraft and to better inform and secure users of technology.