Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com Data/govt etc freelancer gavinfreeguard.com
Starting @sotf.org.uk
@connectedbydata.org, Data Bites, @instituteforgovernment.org.uk @thinkdigitalptns.bsky.social @kinship.works @transformgovtalks.bsky.social @policycamp.bsky.social
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Connected by Data @connectedbydata.org The campaign for communities to have a powerful say on data and AI, to help create an equitable and sustainable world.
connectedbydata.org
Jeni Tennison @jenitennison.com Data nerd/wonk. Founder of Connected by Data, campaigning for communities to have a powerful say over data and AI.
Into trans rights, neurodiversity, board games, lego, dogs, spreadsheets.
www.jenitennison.com
Tim Davies @timdavies.org.uk Director of Research & Practice at @ConnectedByData.org working on participatory and open governance of tech. Adoptive parent. 
Emily Macaulay @emilyjmacaulay.bsky.social Head of Delivery & Operations for Connected by Data.
#RunningIsFunning, fundraiser for Jane Tomlinson Appeal.
Trustee: Honeyscribe, Reading List Foundation and Open Door Taunton. 🏳️🌈 She/Her.
https://linktr.ee/emilyjmacaulay
JUSTICE @justicehq.bsky.social Building a fairer UK justice system within everyone’s reach.
https://linktr.ee/JUSTICEuk
Matt Davies @halcyene.bsky.social Data/AI policy @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social
(Political) philosophy of tech @lsegovernment.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social
Views my own 🔮✨
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social Research and policy adviser www.abdconsultancy.co.uk
Futures of work, digital welfare state, tech ethics, public sector innovation
Also cats, telly, general silliness
Now with added newsletter! https://www.abdconsultancy.co.uk/digital-welfare-state
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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Careful Trouble @carefultrouble.bsky.social We are Careful Trouble. We are a research studio and a social enterprise, helping make technologies work better for more people, more of the time.
🌍 carefultrouble.net
Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social Hopeful technologist.
Community tech, careful innovation, socially progressive tech policy.
https://www.careful.industries
https://hopeful.technology
https://buttondown.email/justenoughinternet
DMs don't work but hello@careful.industries will find me
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.
Carsten Jung @carsjung.bsky.social Associate director for economic policy & AI @IPPR. Former Bank of England economist and IMF fellow.
Also check out: https://substack.com/@carsjung
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.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/
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
Alex Krasodomski @alexkj.bsky.social Tech, AI, Digital Public Infrastructure and old border foils at @Chatham House. Fellow @ ISD, Demos, Public AI network
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
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
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
medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social medConfidential.org
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
Sophia Knight @sophiaaknight.bsky.social DPhil (/PhD) Researcher @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social working on podcasts, political communication & computational social science
Former Research Lead for Responsible Innovation Centre, BBC R&D and Senior Tech Policy Researcher, Demos
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.
Louise Crow @itscrowbot.bsky.social Chief Exec for @mysociety.org. We run TheyWorkForYou, WhatDoTheyKnow, FixMyStreet and a host of other projects reimagining people power.
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
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. 
Mia Leslie @mialeslie.bsky.social Researcher at the Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.bsky.social | previously Public Law Project
Ada Lovelace Institute @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social Making data & AI work for people & society.
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Adam Leon Smith @adamleonsmith.substack.com Technology product safety advocate. AI standards expert. Chair of AIQI. Chair of BCS F-TAG. NoLeFa-84.
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
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
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 Network @osnetwork.bsky.social Building a better online world for all
Visit our website for all the latest analysis, commentary, research and resources relating to online safety, OSA enforcement, AI and emerging harms: www.onlinesafetynetwork.uk
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
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 
Wendy M. Grossman @wendyg.bsky.social Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy. New net.wars posting every Friday at https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net. Based London. Folksinger. 2024 CD: https://www.pelicancrossing.net/lasttriphome.htm. Not age-verified here; no DMs.
Sustainable AI Futures @sustainableai.bsky.social Can there be Sustainable AI Futures? Our project takes an interdisciplinary approach to AI and the environment, across Bath Spa, Sussex, Goldsmiths, UCD & UvA, & funded by UKRI. Sustainable AI Futures is a BRAID Responsible AI Demonstrator.
Manu Luksch @manuluksch.com Art/Tech/SocialJustice/Nature
Georgina Sturge @georginasturge.bsky.social Statistics expert and author of 'Sum of Us' (2025) and 'Bad Data' (2022). Research Affiliate at the Oxford Migration Observatory.
Formerly of the House of Commons Library. Now writing and podcasting on Substack https://georginasturge.substack.com/
daniel holmgren 🫠 @dholms.at head of protocol @ bsky 🌅
Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team Founder & Chief Innovation Officer @ Bluesky
Working on @attie.ai
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Jasper Moelker 🇺🇦🇪🇺 @jbmoelker.bsky.social 
@aharth.bsky.social @aharth.bsky.social 
Janna Joceli Omena @jannajoceliomena.bsky.social Making #digitalmethods - w/ web tech, AI, networks, technicity, dataViz
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Past: @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
https://jannajoceliomena.net/
http://metodosdigitais.fcsh.unl.pt
Ernesto Jiménez-Ruiz @ejimenez-ruiz.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in #AI at @citystgeorges.bsky.social
#KnowledgeGraphs #SemanticWeb #NeurosymbolicAI
https://github.com/turing-knowledge-graphs/
Past: UJI (Spain), EMBL-EBI, Oxford University, SIRIUS (UiO), The Alan Turing Institute, Samsung Research
Elena Simperl @elenasimperl.bsky.social Academic at King's College London, co-director of the King’s Institute for AI, director of research at the Open Data Institute. Working on the sociotechnicalities of data. Views my own.
Project Liberty @projectliberty.io Project Liberty builds solutions that help people take back control of their lives in the digital age by reclaiming a voice, choice, and stake in a better internet. Find out more at https://projectliberty.io. 
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
Open Data Institute @odihq.bsky.social Advancing trust in data.
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
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