Blake Hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Platform Studies at Aarhus University
Oliver Marsh (tech & politics) @olivermmarsh.bsky.social Head of Tech Research, @algorithmwatch.bsky.social. Will bridge worlds of technology & society for money. Counter-online-harms, government&tech, regulation, data access, etc. Based in Berlin. https://www.oliver-marsh.com/
Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social First Amendment rodeo clown. Policy Director at Free Speech Coalition, co-founder SWR Data, among other things. Personal account, all outrage / nonsense here is my own.
OpenMedia @openmedia.org Fighting for your digital privacy, democracy, and freedom of expression. High speed Internet is a universal human right.
Learn more and take action at www.openmedia.org.
Internet Freedom Foundation @internetfreedom.mas.to.ap.brid.gy Born out of #SaveTheInternet. IFF advances democratic freedoms for every Indian in a digital society.
[bridged from https://mas.to/@internetfreedom on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Digital Rights Watch @drwaus.bsky.social We fight for human rights in the digital age.
www.digitalrightswatch.org.au
Bad Internet Bills @badinternetbills.com Congress is trying to push through a swarm of harmful internet bills that will expand surveillance and censorship on the internet. On July 20, we’re launching a week of action fftf.link/badb
Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social Associate Dean for Research & Professor, Santa Clara Law. Internet Law, IP, Advertising Law. He/him. Website: http://www.ericgoldman.org. Email: egoldman@gmail.com
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov U.S. Senator for Oregon. Rotisserie chicken enthusiast. Senate’s resident privacy hawk.
senatefinance.bsky.social
wydenpress.bsky.social
Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social Overeducated and unrepentant whore who talks far too much and writes the popular blog The Honest Courtesan in addition to the usual harlotry.
TechCrunch @techcrunch.com Technology news and analysis with a focus on founders and startup teams.
Got a tip? http://techcrunch.com/tips
RightsCon @rightscon.org 💫The world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age
📆 Taipei and online, Feb 24-27, 2025
ARTICLE 19 Europe @article19europe.bsky.social Defending freedom of expression and information in Europe and Central Asia.
#FoE #MediaFreedom #InformationIntegrity #SoJ
The Coalition for Independent Technology Research @thecoalition.bsky.social Our mission is to advance, defend, and sustain the right to ethically study the impact of technology on society.
Institute for Information Law (IViR) @ivir-uva.bsky.social Academic research institute | Faculty of Law | University of Amsterdam
www.ivir.nl
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
Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org Empowering individuals and communities to thrive online by building safer spaces, fostering creativity, combating harm, and championing digital rights and freedom.
c4osl.org
Svea Windwehr @sveawindwehr.bsky.social Fundamental rights, platform governance and other internet stuff. Policy @Mozilla. Co-Chair @D-64.org. Member of the advisory council of the German DSC. Views all hers.
ARTICLE 19 Law and Policy @article19law.bsky.social Defending freedom of expression and information through legal & policy reforms. Everywhere
Access Now @accessnow.org We defend and extend the digital rights of people and communities at risk 🌎.
Xnet - Instituto para Digitalización Democrática @xnet-x.net Democracia | #DerechosDigitales | Internet, información y cultura libres | Soluciones a la desinformación en #FakeYou | Tecnopolítica para la acción | Anticorrupción.
Tina Rivers Ryan @tinariversryan.bsky.social Editor in Chief at @Artforum.bsky.social. Art historian specializing in video and digital art. Disabled. Cybergoth. Mom. And yes: it's "Artforum," not "Art Forum."
Artforum @artforum.com Defining the world of contemporary art since 1962.
https://www.artforum.com/
Avaaz @avaaz.org A global movement connecting over 70M citizens worldwide, bringing people-powered politics to decision-making everywhere.
Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org We fight for digital rights. Join us.
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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social Our experts bring you crucial art stories from around the world.
📍London / New York
Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social I report and run projects on the Visual Investigations team at The New York Times where we collect and analyze audio-visual evidence. Ireland and New York. nytimes.com/visual-investigations
PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social Defending freedom of expression and promoting literature worldwide since 1921.
Amnesty International @amnesty.org We defend human rights around the world.
No government is beyond scrutiny, no situation is beyond hope.
Let's get to work!
For media enquiries, please contact us at press@amnesty.org
IFEX @ifex.org IFEX is a nexus for free expression expertise contributed by over 100 member organisations, spanning 70 countries.
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➡️ Follow IFEX on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ifex
Open Society Foundations @open-society.bsky.social We work to build vibrant and inclusive democracies whose governments are accountable to their people.
Our website: https://osf.to
Community guidelines: http://osf.to/CG
Freemuse @freemuse.bsky.social Defending Artistic Freedom
Reproductive Freedom for All @reproductivefreedomforall.org Formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America. Reproductive Freedom for All is our demand, our mission, and our vision for the future.
Cartooning for Peace @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social ✏ 374 press #cartoonists from 80 different countries drawing for a better understanding & respect between people of different cultures and beliefs.
Forbidden Stories @forbidden-stories.bsky.social We are a collaborative journalism network devoted to pursuing the work of silenced reporters around the world.
https://forbiddenstories.org/
The Centre for Investigative Journalism @tcij.org We provide world-class investigative training and promote investigative journalism worldwide. https://linktr.ee/cijournalismuk
Freedom Forum @1stforall.bsky.social Fostering First Amendment freedoms for all.
https://www.freedomforum.org/
Progressive Voice @pvamplify.bsky.social A participatory rights-based policy research and advocacy organization rooted in CSOs & networks in Myanmar working to amplify voices from the ground up
Visit us at progressivevoicemyanmar.org
Ai Weiwei @aiww.bsky.social
Digital Rights Foundation @digitalrightspk.bsky.social Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) is a research-based advocacy organization focusing on ICTs to support human rights, democracy and digital governance.
Website: www.digitalrightsfoundation.pk
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Activists Without Borders @activistswb.bsky.social Activists Without Borders is a UK-based international advocacy and campaign group dedicated to protecting human and environmental rights, empowering frontline activists, and addressing injustices worldwide.
Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book coming September 2026.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/naomiklein
European Court of Human Rights @echr.coe.int The European Court of Human Rights is an international court set up in 1959. It rules on individual or State applications alleging violations of the civil and political rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights.
www.echr.coe.int
Mike Abramowitz @abramowitz.bsky.social Freedom House president; former WaPo national editor, then WH correspondent; posting human rights, sports, politics & other passions. Views my own.
Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social 🌍 Daily Human Rights Content 📊⚖️
Sara Whyatt @sarawhyatt.bsky.social Researcher on freedom of artistic expression. Member of expert facility for UNESCO 2005 Convention on Diversity of Cultural Expressions & Council of Europe Free to Create| Create to be Free program. Currently research director for @Freemuse.
Human Rights Watch en Español @hrwespanol.bsky.social Human Rights Watch es una organización de derechos humanos no gubernamental y sin fines de lucro que trabaja en más de 90 países de todo el mundo.
Social Movement Technologies @socialmovetech.bsky.social Campaign support for people power movements and groups across the world. Follow to hear about free and paid training and coaching, reading groups for organizing wisdom, and great organizing. https://socialmovementtechnologies.org
Tor Project @torproject.org We're a nonprofit defending your privacy and freedom online. Download Tor Browser for protection against surveillance and censorship. http://t.me/TorProject
Oversight Board @oversightboard.bsky.social Ensuring respect for free expression and human rights on Facebook and Instagram through binding decisions on content and policy recommendations.
www.oversightboard.com
Jade Dussart @jadedussart.bsky.social Human rights activist | Feminist | Graphic design enthusiast | Cat apologist
Sometimes I write, sometimes I draw, sometimes I scroll.
ARC – Artists at Risk Connection @atriskartists.bsky.social ARC - Artists at Risk Connection defends artistic freedom worldwide, protecting at-risk artists and cultural workers through vital resources, support, & advocacy.
Seph Rodney, PhD @sephspeaks.bsky.social Freelance visual arts critic and curator, former editor at Hyperallergic, current contributor to the NY Times (www.nytimes.com/by/seph-rodney), former artist, lapsed poet. "To make something beautiful should be enough; it isn't. It should be" —R. Siken
Avant-Garde Lawyers @avantgardelawyers.bsky.social Avant-Garde Lawyers is a global network of lawyers committed to defending artists and their right to free expression.
https://avantgardelawyers.org/
IG: @avant.garde.lawyers
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/avantgardelawyers?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&
Eurosky Sebastian @sebastian.eurosky.social Co-Lead @eurosky.social | Creator of the 3rd party Bluesky apps Flashes @flashes.blue, Skeets @skeetsapp.com & Bluescreen @bluescreen.blue
Louise Orwin @louiseorwin.bsky.social performance artist - writer - director - professional provocateur 👅 FAMEHUNGRY IS IN NYC, BABY! www.louiseorwin.com
Kat Shaw Artist @katshawartist.bsky.social I am a painter, a feminist, an activist, an empowerer of women, a way changer, a space holder.
Share my art - I’m usually banned from most other platforms!
Nipocrisy - née Exposure Therapy @nipocrisy.bsky.social Exposing the nipocrisy of gender-based censorship, and how sexualization-without-consent/intent of the body hinders artists and free expression.
Created by @exshaps.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/Nipocrisy
Spencer Tunick @spencertunick.bsky.social main : instagram.com/spencertunick
Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org A voice for the persecuted.
https://www.indexoncensorship.org/
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
The Art of Self Portraiture @selfportraiture.bsky.social The Art of Self Portraiture Community
#ArtOfSelfPortraiture
Celebrating, encouraging, and sharing self portrait work and self portraiture inspiration. Home of #SelfPortraitSunday ✨
artofselfportraiture.com - Sunday themes
Sheroes Collective @sheroescollective.bsky.social Arts organisation that celebrates women and raises awareness about gender-based violence and women’s representation.
See it. Say it. Save her.
Nadine Robbins @portraitgirl.bsky.social The stories behind my portrait paintings are yours; the meaning is mine.
Like a song, each painting is meant to meet you where you are.
https://www.nadinerobbinsart.com
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Rebecca Traister @rtraister.bsky.social Journalist, New York Magazine; author, Good & Mad, All the Single Ladies. Maine, New York, Philadelphia. I am on a book leave till fall 2025. I do have a substack.
Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com Reporting, rebelling and truth-telling from the feminist front lines for over 50 years. Read more at MsMagazine.com.
Reductress @reductress.bsky.social The first and only satirical women's magazine. Constantly moving to a new social platform.
Rebecca Hains, author @rchains.bsky.social Media studies, feminism, children’s culture, and more. Books:
Growing Up With Girl Power
The Princess Problem
Princess Cultures
Cultural Studies of LEGO
The Marketing of Children’s Toys
Communication in Our Lives
Supernatural Youth in Media—just released!
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Samantha Bee @realsambee.bsky.social HOW TO SURVIVE MENOPAUSE live show.
News dates!
Newsletter: Plan Bee on Substack
samanthabee.komi.io
Jessica Bennett @jessicabennett.bsky.social Here we go again?
NYT, gender politics, zeitgeist prof @ NYU
Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social Theater critic for The New Yorker, Approval Matrix Creatrix
Monica Lewinsky @monicalewinsky.bsky.social yeah, that one.
Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov Proudly serving Maryland's beautiful Eighth Congressional District and leading House Judiciary Committee Democrats in Congress.
Tatum Hunter @tatumhunter.bsky.social Internet culture reporter at The Washington Post. DMs and Signal are open: 513.368.3359
Megan Iorio @meganiorio.bsky.social Senior Counsel @EPIC.org focusing on platform governance & accountability
Philip Mai @philipmai.com Executive Director of SocialMediaLab.ca | M.S., J.D. | Media interviews PhilipMai.com/Press/ | Researcher & Developer of social media analysis tools for research in the public interest: SocialMediaLab.ca/apps/
Jules Polonetsky @julespolonetsky.bsky.social CEO, Future of Privacy Forum
FPF.org
Sociotechnical Equity & Agency Lab @ Northeastern University @nusealab.bsky.social CS research lab at Northeastern focusing on projects which aim to empower at-risk users and communities to better understand, adapt to, and resist computational systems. Directed by @michaelann.bsky.social - sealab.sites.northeastern.edu
People Vs Big Tech @peoplevsbigtech.eurosky.social Algorithm, we’re onto you. Let’s build a better digital world.
👾 Linktree linktr.ee/peoplevsbigtech
📩 Newsletter blog.peoplevsbig.tech
Free Our Feeds @freeourfeeds.com We're a campaign to focus attention and resources on building information technologies that serve the interests of people over companies.
It's time to free social media from billionaire control.
Join: FreeOurFeeds.com | Donate: https://gofund.me/2e144bae
nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
Freedom House @freedomhouse.bsky.social A prodemocracy organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom around the world.
Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social Former baby and aspiring ghost. Writes about tech for WSJ. Author of two books, both of which people seem to like and are worth looking up.
Steven Levy @stevenlevy.bsky.social Still writing. Editor at Large WIRED. Hackers, Crypto, Facebook: The Inside Story, Insanely Great and other books. Signal: stevenlevy.72
Joanna Stern @joannastern.bsky.social 👩🏻💻 Senior personal tech columnist @WSJ
📺 Contributor @nbcnews + @CNBC
🏆 Emmy winner, technology and family lover
Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social Co-founder and journalist at 404media.co
I read every email
Katharine Schwab @kschwab.bsky.social Tech editor @Forbes
Alex Heath @alexeheath.com sources.news
Kevin Roose @kevinroose.com NYT tech columnist, Hard Fork co-host, best at 0.8x speed
paris martineau @paris.nyc investigative journalist @consumerreports.org • tech podcastin’ @twit.tv • previously @ The Information & Wired • @parismartineau on the other site
send tips: paris@cr.org, or securely via Signal (267.797.8655) or Proton (tips@paris.nyc)
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Rose Pastore @rosepastore.bsky.social Senior Staff Editor @quantamagazine.bsky.social
Pranav Dixit @pranavdixit.bsky.social Meta Correspondent at Business Insider. Previously: India Tech Correspondent at BuzzFeed News. 2022 Nieman Fellow. Accidental expat. Send me tips securely on Signal: pranavdixit.04. Your identify is safe with me.
Sarah Perez @sarahp.bsky.social TechCrunch reporter and editor. Used to be @sarahintampa / @sarahperezTC on Twitter. Tips? Signal @sarahperez.01 / sarahp@techcrunch.com.
kate conger @kateconger.com tech reporter for the NYT!
co-author of CHARACTER LIMIT!
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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social internet typist at the verge, known cat lady, zevon stan. she/hers/hesher
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