Michael Swenson @michaelrswenson.bsky.social Algorithms and Policy @Patreon. Stanford Ethics and Technology Practitioner Fellow (prev Reddit, Integrity Institute, Meta, Discord). Ethicist by training, policy and community practitioner by trade.
Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social Founder of Psychgeist and DLC Leadership Program. Visiting Researcher at University of Cambridge. Chocobo wrangler. All opinions mine.
Alex Engler @alexengler.bsky.social Towards a healthier information ecosystem and a stronger democracy.
Executive Director @penn-mediated.bsky.social @upenn.edu
Alum: DemTech at NSC; AI Policy at OSTP; Brookings; Urban Institute; Taught at UChicago & Georgetown
Jenni Olson @jenniolsonsf.bsky.social I'm @JenniOlsonSF everywhere | Senior Director, Social Media Safety at @glaad.bsky.social. LGBTQ film expert & online pioneer. Maker of films. Proprietor: Butch.org
Access Now @accessnow.org We defend and extend the digital rights of people and communities at risk 🌎.
Sam Liebeskind @sammy.bsky.social Product strategist @newpublic.org - creating better digital public spaces; currently working on @roundabout.town, a new platform for local communities
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology @mit.edu This is the official Bluesky account for MIT. We are currently not active on this platform.
David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social Tech policy, human rights, trust & safety. Raised in Brooklyn, based in Boulder. @david_msullivan elsewhere. Posts auto delete.
I'm on Germ DM 🔑
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Glenn Ellingson @geewiz.bsky.social Humans gonna human. Gotta love 'em anyway, and maybe try to help out a bit...
Rachel Fagen @rachelfagen.bsky.social Tech, democracy, and civil society // social internet platform and AI governance
GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social Accelerating acceptance for LGBTQ people. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
www.glaad.org/social
Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social
Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social 🤖 & ⚖️ | 🕹️ & 🎲 | DC & 🗽
Currently @ Public Knowledge
Deepti Doshi @deeptidoshi.bsky.social Co-Director, @newpublic.org
Formerly: Facebook, Haiyya, Escuela Nueva, Acumen
Mama, Aiden + Luca
Luca @lucab.phd ML Ethics, Tech Policy, Italian food, Typos
Prosocial Design Network @prosocialdesign.bsky.social Bridging research and practice toward building healthy online spaces. prosocialdesign.org
Global Witness @globalwitness.org We expose how the industries fuelling the climate crisis profit from destruction, and stand with the people fighting back.
Mozilla @mozilla.org Building a better internet.
Panoptykon @panoptykon.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy Żyjemy pod nadzorem. Każda nasza aktywność jest rejestrowana, analizowana, sprzedawana. Po to, by państwo i korporacje mogły decydować o nas i za nas.
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WHAT TO FIX @whattofix.tech www.whattofix.tech is a tech policy and accountability nonprofit, moving the conversation beyond problems into actionable diagnoses and solutions.
Pioneering research into social media monetization practices since 2019.
Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social Senior legal affairs reporter at POLITICO with a focus on democracy, the balance of power and the clash between the Trump administration and courts.
Kimberly Tower @kimberly-tower.bsky.social program officer for mediawell, media & democracy @ssrc.org
phd from AU SIS; former fulbrighter at cevipof sciences po
https://mediawell.ssrc.org/
Sheera Frenkel @sheeraf.bsky.social NYTimes reporter and co-author of NYT bestseller “An Ugly Truth” with Cecilia Kang.
Tell me a story. (Ideally through a non-work device using Signal. Find me via my username sheera.11)
Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com 🎙️NPR correspondent covering how technology, power, politics & influence intersect. send tips on Signal to shannonbond.01
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Riley Ray Griffin @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social Bloomberg tech reporter breaking news on Meta. Formerly all things health care, politics and policy. Signal @ rgriffin.42
Kurt Wagner @kurtwagner.bsky.social Journalist at Bloomberg. Go Mariners. Go Seahawks.
Signal: kurtwagner.08
Jim VandeHei @vandehei.bsky.social Axios CEO, co-founder; former Politico CEO, co-founder
Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social Financial Times tech correspondent writing on social media - X, Meta, TikTok, Telegram - plus some AI, cyber and misinformation.
🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸. DMs open.
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Signal: mshannahmurphy.04
Ben Brody @benbrodydc.bsky.social Tech policy reporter at Punchbowl News. Formerly MLex, Protocol (RIP), Bloomberg News and lots of others.
Dean Jackson @dwj.eurosky.social Unreal Bird. Subscribe to my newsletter here: https://deans-list.ghost.io/
Principal, Public Circle Research & Consulting
Contributing Editor, Tech Policy Press
Senior Fellow, UPitt CTRL
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Kat Duffy @rightsduff.bsky.social Full time: Momlife + working on tech, rights, societal impacts, democracy, foreign affairs. Major enthusiast of biking, bourboning, pie making, home renos, kitchen design, and travel.
Adam Conner @adamconner.bsky.social Older but no wiser on a new social platform than the old ones. Professionally caring about the internet, doing tech policy at @americanprogress.bsky.social & @capaction.bsky.social but a poster first, always, and forever. Opinions are…you know the drill.
Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social 🌐Studies influence, propaganda, platform design@Georgetown
✍🏼Lawfare,The Atlantic, Substack/Ghost Newsletter (signup on my site if you want Ghost)
📕Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality (invisiblerulers.com)
🦹🏻♀️Twitter Files supervillain
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.
Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com Internet sanitation enthusiast and full-time corgi wrangler.
Alex Stamos @stamos.org CPO/CSO of Corridor.dev, teaching at Stanford.
Brian Fishman @brianfishman1.bsky.social National security, technology, California. Cinder co-founder, led DOI at FB, created Palantir disaster relief, Research Director at CTC @ West Point.
Jeff Kosseff @jkosseff.bsky.social Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law and Director of the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law, University of Minnesota, jeffkosseff.com
Daniel Kreiss @dkreiss.bsky.social Prof, researcher UNC CITAP, Tech + Politics.
Nate Persily @persily.bsky.social James B. McClatchy Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Gabby Miller @gabbymiller.bsky.social Tech reporter @ Politico
Covering AI + Congress
Maggie Miller @maggiemiller.bsky.social Cybersecurity reporter for Politico based in DC. Also history, dog, and good TexMex taco nerd.
mmiller@politico.com, DM for Signal
Dustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social Washington correspondent for The New York Times focused on cyber conflict, digital espionage and intelligence. Prior stops at WSJ, Reuters, National Journal. https://www.nytimes.com/by/dustin-volz
nitasha tiku @nitasha.bsky.social technology mother @ the washington post. baddie in the digital badlands. signal: nitasha.10
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social Senior AI reporter at The Verge.
6 years covering the AI industry's power dynamics, societal implications & the AI arms race. Previously: CNBC, Morning Brew, Protocol, etc.
DM me off the record on Signal: haydenfield.11
Brendan Bordelon @bbordelon.bsky.social Tech lobbying and influence reporter @politico. Let's chat - bbordelon@politico.com.
@rebheilweil.bsky.social @rebheilweil.bsky.social senior writer @fastcompany | reporting + other words in @fedscoop
@voxdotcom @NBC @fastcompany @nysfocus @WSJ | writing a history of the ISS (spring 2027)
Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social NYTimes Tech Policy Reporter, co-author "An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination" with @sheeraf.bsky.social
Also tree, moss, boulder hugger from PNW, transplant to the Potomac
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceciliakang
Edie Hancock @edithhancock.bsky.social Writing about EU competition, trade and tech policy for the Wall Street Journal and/or Dow Jones. Send tips, invitations & affirmations to Edith.hancock@wsj.com
Lauren Feiner @laurenfeiner.bsky.social Covering tech policy @theverge.com | Formerly @CNBC.com | she/her | Tips? Find me on Signal @ laurenfeiner.64 (no PR pitches via Signal please)
Steve Heuser @sfheuser.bsky.social Global Tech Editor, POLITICO
Adi Robertson @thedextriarchy.bsky.social Senior Editor, Tech & Policy, The Verge
Gerrit De Vynck @gerritd.bsky.social Washington Post tech reporter
San Francisco
Defense tech and AI
https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/gerrit-de-vynck/
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Ina Fried @inafried.bsky.social Chief Technology Correspondent at Axios. Huge fan of the sportsball. Also Lego. She/her
Aiplus.Axios.com
Cristiano Lima-Strong @viacristiano.bsky.social Senior congressional reporter @bgov.com covering financial services. Former WaPo, Politico. 🇧🇷🇺🇸 Tips/Signal: Cristiano.01
kate conger @kateconger.com tech reporter for the NYT!
co-author of CHARACTER LIMIT!
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buy our book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737290/character-limit-by-kate-conger-and-ryan-mac/
tour dates & translations: https://linktr.ee/kateconger
Brian Fung @brianfung.me Googler and former tech policy reporter for CNN, The Washington Post, The Atlantic & National Journal. A few things I enjoy: 🎮 🚴🏕️🍳🖖
Streaming at @BrainFungi on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/brainfungi
Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social Independent journalist covering tech, culture, and politics @spitfirenews.com. Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/kattenbarge
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
Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com tech & society @washingtonpost.com
stories: https://drewharwell.com/
videos: tiktok.com/@drewharwell
+ instagram.com/drewharwell
Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social bloomberg reporter covering California
Contact me securely on signal joshsisco.75
Alexandra Geese @alexandrageese.eurosky.social 🇪🇺🌻 Member of EU Parliament @die-gruenen | she/her
Digital, Democracy, Disinformation
Alissa Cooper @alissacooper.bsky.social Executive Director of the Knight-Georgetown Institute at Georgetown University
Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org We fight for digital rights. Join us.
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social www.rummanchowdhury.com
www.humane-intelligence.org
CEO & co-founder, Humane Intelligence
US Science Envoy for AI (Biden Administration)
Luke Thorburn @lukethorburn.com Algorithms ∩ Conflict • PhD candidate • King's College London • lukethorburn.com
Jeremy Malcolm @jere.my Public interest law and tech policy
jere.my
Rebekah Tweed @rebekahtweed.bsky.social Executive Director of All Tech Is Human | Responsible Tech | AI Governance
NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social Noor is a global feminist & movement-driven think & do tank, devoted to building the power of gender justice & progressive movements.
wearenoor.org
African Initiative Of Women Human Rights Defenders @whrdinitiative.bsky.social We exist because WHRDs exist.
We are WHRDs weaving the safeguarding ecosystem & the conditions we need to be: Safe. Visible. Resourced. Connected. In Motion.
Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition @whrdic.bsky.social The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD-IC) is a transnational, intersectional feminist coalition of women human rights defenders, feminists, trans and non-binary activists and organisations, and their allies.
Global Fund for Women @globalfundwomen.bsky.social We fund bold, ambitious, and expansive gender justice movements to create meaningful change that will last beyond our lifetimes.
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.
Omidyar Network @omidyarnetwork.bsky.social A philanthropic organization bending the arc of the digital revolution toward shared power, prosperity, and possibility
Decentralization Research Center @thedrc.bsky.social Non-profit committed to the equitable ownership, governance, and regulation of revolutionary tech.
thedrcenter.org
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social We are builders of technology, policy experts, and acclaimed communicators. Our work focuses on transforming the incentives that drive technology, from social media to artificial intelligence.
https://centerforhumanetechnology.substack.com/
ex/ante @exante.bsky.social backing the future of agentic tech
buildexante.com
Partnership on AI @partnershipai.bsky.social A non-profit bringing together academic, civil society, industry, & media organizations to address the most important and difficult questions concerning AI.
Future of Life Institute @futureoflife.org We work on reducing extreme risks and steering transformative technologies to benefit humanity.
Learn more: futureoflife.org
Issue One @issueonereform.bsky.social Cross-partisan political reform group in Washington, uniting Republicans, Democrats, and independents to fix our broken system. We focus on money in politics, tech reform and accountability, and free and fair elections. www.issueone.org
Institute for Security and Technology @istorg.bsky.social We are the 501(c)(3) critical action think tank that unites technology and policy leaders to create solutions to emerging security challenges.
https://securityandtechnology.org/
NewsGuard @newsguard.bsky.social Reporting on false claims, journalism, and how unreliable information spreads online. Subscribe to our newsletter, Reality Check: https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com.
All Tech Is Human @alltechishuman.bsky.social Our organization is committed to tackling thorny tech & society issues and co-creating a tech future aligned w/ the public interest. Join us at AllTechIsHuman.org | Hello@AllTechIsHuman.org
The Aspen Institute @aspeninstitute.bsky.social
Center for Countering Digital Hate @counterhate.com International nonprofit protecting human rights online by tackling the spread of online harms. US 501(c)(3) non-profit. Media: media@counterhate.com
Open Data Institute @odihq.bsky.social Advancing trust in data.
American Journalism Project @theajp.bsky.social The American Journalism Project is the first-ever venture philanthropy dedicated to supporting a thriving local news ecosystem. We invest in and build nonprofit newsrooms that are sustained by and look like the people they serve.
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
Want to support our charity? bellingcat.com/donate
@ramirza.bsky.social @ramirza.bsky.social
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social DigitalMedusa https://digitalmedusa.org/
Netrifying the enemies of the global Internet
Say no to IP and government overreach!
Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social Ex-Tweep, hiker, traveler, and fantasy fiction reader!
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
Leigh Honeywell @hypatia.bsky.social Security, diversity, housing, Canadian stuff 🇨🇦. Cofounder and CEO of @tallpoppy.bsky.social; more at leighhoneywell.com
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
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. 💙
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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social TCU is a community network gathering #DigitalRights defenders working on tech and security issues impacting human rights, journalism, civil society & social justice. Check out our job board, events and knowledge center. https://www.digitalrights.community
UNDP Global Policy Centre for Governance @undp-gpcg.bsky.social https://www.undp.org/policy-centre/governance