Bath Institute for Digital Security and Behaviour @idsbbath.bsky.social The purpose of the Institute is to solve global security challenges through world-leading, interdisciplinary, socio-technical research that co-creates inclusive security solutions by adopting a “whole of society” approach. https://www.idsb.ac.uk/
Carnegie Democracy @carnegiedcg.bsky.social The Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment conducts independent analysis on global policy, polarization, tech, equality & more.
RT ≠ endorsement
https://carnegieendowment.org/programs/democracy-conflict-and-governance
Carnegie Europe @carnegieeurope.bsky.social The go-to source for European foreign policy analysis. Part of @CarnegieEndowment.org, the Global Think Tank.
Montreal Institute for Global Security @migsinstitute.bsky.social MIGS is an independent and non-partisan think tank working to build democratic resilience to authoritarian threats.
https://migsinstitute.org/
Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social Exploring the future of journalism
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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org The Global Think Tank.
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com Managing Editor at Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org
Signal - tylermcbrien.97
Writing in the New York Times, The Atlantic, Washington Post, Slate, Mother Jones, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and more: www.tylermcbrien.com
Claire Wardle @cward1e.bsky.social Associate Professor, Dept of Communication, Cornell University. Bit partial to information ecosystems.
Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social Senior OSINT Investigator at @cen4infores.bsky.social. Opinions, hot takes, mistakes all my own. https://www.clippings.me/elisethomas
Maria Giovanna Sessa @netosessa.bsky.social Research Manager @disinfo.eu • GBD, FIMI & DSA are some of my favorite acronyms • Based in Milan, but traveling often 🛸✨
linktr.ee/netosessa
Olga Robinson @olgar.bsky.social Assistant Editor, BBC Verify and BBC Monitoring
@rasmuskleis.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social
The Citizen Lab @citizenlab.ca We are an academic research unit at the University of Toronto investigating novel threats to democracy, human rights, and global security in the digital ecosystem.
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 / 😀🤓🤯🤝
Jonathan Corpus Ong @joncong.bsky.social Professor of Global Digital Media and Director, GloTechLab.net at UMass Amherst. #CarnegieFellows #OracleOng 🔮
Paddy Leerssen @pjleerssen.bsky.social Postdoc @ivir_uva | DSA Observatory | social media law
Andy Carvin @acarv.in Director of investigations, @weareoversight.bsky.social. Former managing editor and current nonresident senior fellow, DFRLab.org. NPR and Reported.ly alum. Woodturner, veteran of the prolactinoma wars. Calling BS is my calling. I used to tweet a lot.
SoMe4Dem @some4dem.bsky.social Social media for democracy - Horizon Europe project studying the impact of social media on the public sphere and liberal democracy
some4dem.eu
Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life @citap.bsky.social We research the intersection of technology platforms and democratic society.
Our work produces insights that inform a digital future rooted in equality and justice.
https://linktr.ee/unc_citap
Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org Nonpartisan, nonadvocacy data and analysis. Visit us at https://www.pewresearch.org/
ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social The Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) is a leading research institute in Communication Science 📍 @FMG_UvA @UvA_Amsterdam
Center for Media Engagement - UT Austin @engagingnews.bsky.social The Center for Media Engagement leads efforts to understand and improve the information ecosystem for the benefit of democracy.
Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social Researching the Internet is serious business. Mostly.
(We're mainly over on AoIR.social, our organisation Mastodon instance, which is open to all members.)
https://aoir.org/
https://aoir.social/@aoir
https://aoir.org/aoir2026/
Digital Democracy Centre @ddc-sdu.bsky.social The Digital Democracy Centre SDU is an interdisciplinary hub at the University of Southern Denmark
https://www.sdu.dk/en/ddc
• #dkmedier #dkpol #dkforsk #democracy #digital #AI •
DSA40 Data Access Collaboratory @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social dsa40collaboratory.eu | joint project by the @europeannewschool.bsky.social and the @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
Philipp Lorenz-Spreen @lorenzspreen.eurosky.social Heading the Computational Social Science group within SynoSys & ifK at TU Dresden, where we study how online information environments impact public discourse and develop alternatives that benefit democracy. Views are my own. https://synosys.github.io/
Mathias Vermeulen @mathver.bsky.social EU law and tech policy, mostly musings on content moderation, platform governance, privacy, AI. Now: Co-Founder & Director @awo.agency. Fellow at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Then: EU Parliament. UN. Mozilla. PhD in EU law.
CDT Europe @cdteu.org Centre for Democracy and Technology Europe 🇪🇺 Advancing EU law and tech policy with a focus on democracy and human rights.
Part of @cdt.org's Global team.
https://cdt.org/eu/
EU DisinfoLab @disinfo.eu Independent EU-focused NGO whose mission is to raise awareness on #disinformation & contribute to a better information landscape.
Techdirt [Unofficial] @techdirt.com.web.brid.gy 🌉 bridged from 🌐 https://techdirt.com/: https://fed.brid.gy/web/techdirt.com
NYU's Center for Social Media, AI, and Politics @csmapnyu.org We work to strengthen democracy by conducting rigorous research, advancing evidence-based public policy, and training the next generation of scholars.
https://csmapnyu.org/links
Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University defends the freedoms of speech & the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, policy advocacy, and public education.
https://knightcolumbia.org/
Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca SocialMediaLab.ca
- News, analysis & views by @philipmai.com re: the politics of tech, social media, AI, immigration, democracy, mis/disinfo, war & propaganda. Explore our suite of social media tools for public interest research: socialmedialab.ca/apps/
Anna Lenhart @annalenhart.bsky.social Tech Policy (University of Maryland & George Washington). data scientist. anti-monopolist. consumer advocate. former hill staffer.
Rebekah Tromble @rebekahtromble.bsky.social Dir. of Global Partnerships, Inst. for Information, the Internet & Democracy, NEU | Union of Concerned Scientists 2024 Defender of Science |
Co-founder: https://researchersupport.org/
https://expertvoicestogether.org/
https://independenttechresearch.org/
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
Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social Director of Platform Regulation, Stanford Law School LST Program. Former Google (2004-2015) Legal Director for Web Search, Speech and Intermediary Liability Issues.
May be cranky.
https://law.stanford.edu/daphne-keller/
Ben Nimmo @benimmo.bsky.social - L @lhundley.bsky.social @lhundley.bsky.social
Raphael von Aulock @raphalol.bsky.social How do you solve the mind-body problem?
Derek Slater @derekslater.bsky.social
Eric Hutchins @ehutchins.bsky.social Started in infosec, co-authored the kill chain paper, dabbled in countering influence operations at Meta, and now back to infosec. Lover of command line, python, and rust.
Beth Goldberg @bgoldberg.bsky.social Fan of applied research for gnarly tech policy and product questions | Head of Research at Jigsaw (Google) | Lecturer at Yale Jackson School | Lurking for laughs and spicy discussion sections
Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social Professor of AI, society, media and democracy + Political Communication, U Amsterdam || Director of Digital Democracy Centre, SDU || AlgoSoc || AIMD || Mix of work and private stuff ||
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Samantha Bradshaw @sbradshaw.bsky.social Assistant Professor, American University | Studying disinfo, cybersecurity, and emerging technology 👩💻
Hilary @hilaryisonline.bsky.social tech policy & democracy. but also, snacks & cats.
Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social Technology + democracy.
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Heidi Tworek @heiditworek.bsky.social Prof @ UBC. Canada Research Chair in history and policy of communications. Director @ubcdemocracy.bsky.social Co-editor of Journal of Global History. Senior fellow @ Centre for International Governance Innovation
Dave Willner @dwillner.bsky.social Co-Founder at Zentropi. Formerly Head of Trust & Safety at OpenAI, of Community Policy at Airbnb, and of Content Policy Facebook. Strictly cold takes.
J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social I work with communities on science for safer, fairer digital environments.
Founder: CAT Lab. Radcliffe Fellow, Harvard. Assoc Prof, Communication, Cornell · Guatemalan-American · Ultracyclist
🐘@natematias@social.coop
natematias.com
citizensandtech.org
Tom Barraclough @tombcgh.bsky.social Thinking out loud about tech, music, other. Tech policy at https://brainbox.institute and digital regulatory infrastructure at https://syncopatelab.com
Jen King @kingjen.bsky.social Expert of data privacy, algo manipulation (dark patterns), & artificial intelligence. Privacy & Data Policy Fellow, Stanford HAI. Outdoors fanatic and nuts enough to swim in the SF bay. I bleed blue & gold (Berkeley I-School). Former trust & safety Yahoo!
David Broniatowski @broniatowski.bsky.social Professor at The George Washington University in Engineering Management and Systems Engineering.
Ullrich Ecker @ulliecker.bsky.social I study effects of misinformation.
Professor at the School of Psychological Science and Fellow of the Public Policy Institute at the University of Western Australia
Views my own.
Sander van der Linden @profsanderlinden.bsky.social Professor of Social Psychology in Society at the University of Cambridge and Author of FOOLPROOF: Why We Fall for Misinformation and How to Build Immunity (2023) + The Psychology of Misinformation (2024). Bad News Game.
www.sandervanderlinden.com
Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social Political Communication Prof at GWU. Flaming Hydra.
I write about the history and future of tech and politics. My next book, Vaporware, Inc.: How Silicon Valley Sells the Future to Control the Present, arrives on January 12, 2027.
Davekarpf.beehiiv.com
Alice Hunsberger @aagh.bsky.social Trust & Safety loudmouth.
(Head of T&S at Musbi; writes T&S Insider; host of Trust in Tech podcast)
More here: https://alicelinks.com/about-alice
Seth Lazar @sethlazar.org Philosopher working on AI alignment, governance and adaptation
Lab: https://mintresearch.org
Self: https://sethlazar.org
Newsletter: https://philosophyofcomputing.substack.com
Alissa Cooper @alissacooper.bsky.social Executive Director of the Knight-Georgetown Institute at Georgetown University
Ramsha Jahangir @ramshajahangir.bsky.social Journalist covering tech & power. deputy editor @techpolicypress.bsky.social
ramshajahangir.com
chris wiggins @chrishwiggins.bsky.social .edu: associate professor @columbia; adviser to the dean for AI strategy, Columbia College
.org: cofounder @hackNY;
.com: tba;
books: http://amzn.to/3J1tFnr
Katelynn Vogt @katelynnvogt.bsky.social VP for Comms, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Posts about foreign policy.. and women's soccer.
Hill alum. Loves pets, politics, and Philly sports.
Follow: @carnegieendowment.org
Yvonne Lee @yvonnelee.bsky.social GenAI & product policy external engagement @ Meta. PhD student @ Oxford Internet Institute.
Washington DC.
Josh Goldstein @joshagoldstein.bsky.social Research Fellow @Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET).
Studying emerging tech, national security, and online manipulation. Trying to bridge the academia/policy divide.
https://cset.georgetown.edu/staff/josh-a-goldstein/
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
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
Jack Stubbs @dzhek.bsky.social VP of Intelligence @ Graphika. Previously: Russia, Ukraine, cyber for Reuters.
Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer.
Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social Knight-Georgetown Institute connects independent research with technology policy and design.
John Perrino @johnperrino.com 🤓 Internet policy nerd
🌐 @InternetSociety.bsky.social "Senior Expert"
📚 Always learning
⚾ 🏛️ NY sports & DC life
Olga Belogolova 🌻 @olgs7.bsky.social Director, Emerging Tech Initiative at SAIS; Professor at the Alperovitch Institute on disinformation/influence ops. SAIS & BU alum. Former IO Policy Lead at Meta, former journalist at Atlantic Media.
Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com Internet sanitation enthusiast and full-time corgi wrangler.
Institute for Strategic Dialogue @isdglobal.bsky.social For 20 years, ISD has led the way in detecting, exposing and combatting terrorism, extremism, foreign interference and authoritarianism.
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.
https://cdt.org
DFRLab @dfrlab.bsky.social The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab. Cultivating a global network of digital forensic analysts (#DigitalSherlocks) to combat disinformation.
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 🇨🇦