SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social SSRN’s mission is to rapidly share early-stage research and empower global scholarship to help shape a better future. You can submit your research to SSRN online at www.ssrn.com.
Jennifer Rankin @jenniferrankin.bsky.social Brussels correspondent, the Guardian
Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com Political technologist, bringing democracy to the internet. Brussels, 🇪🇺.
• tech, governance, science, politics, philosophy, infrastructure, cats, terrible puns
• DASL, Eurosky/Mu, Modal
• ex W3C, NYT
• Signal robin.77
Max Schrems @maxschrems.bsky.social (Luckily not only) Law, Privacy and Politics. #ScheißDaNix 🇦🇹🇪🇺🏳️🌈🇺🇳
Daniel Leufer (Access Now) @djleufer.bsky.social Emerging Tech @accessnow.org | creator http://aimyths.org | PhD in philosophy | pessimism for future offset by dismay at past | personal views only | free 🇵🇸
🇮🇪 in Brussels
Danielle Citron @daniellecitron.bsky.social Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law; Vice President of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative; #MacFellow; Author of The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age (2022) and Hate Crimes in Cyberspace (2014) 🍋
Alissa Cooper @alissacooper.bsky.social Executive Director of the Knight-Georgetown Institute at Georgetown University
Kazimierz W. Ujazdowski @kaziku.bsky.social 🇵🇱🇪🇺🇧🇪 EU civil servant, Polish expat in Brussels
Samson Esayas @samsonesayas.bsky.social Prof of Law at the University of Oslo.| Faculty Associate BKCHarvard | Law & tech - privacy & data protection, antitrust law. Author of “Data Privacy and Competition Law in the Age of Big Data” Oxford University Press 2024
Diego Naranjo @diego.eurosky.social Advisor for non-profits on human rights and technology | EU advocacy trainings | labour rights at heart | photographer by night
Former president of the EMAlumni association and Advisory Board Member World Ethical Data Foundation
www.diegonaranjo.eu
Maroussia Lévesque @maroussia.bsky.social all bets are off.
maroussia.ai
Gateklons @gateklons.eurosky.social EU digital policy nerd | data protection & privacy | competition | platform & media regulation | identity | cybersecurity
Focus: consent-or-pay & (messaging) interoperability
https://gateklons.substack.com/
🐘 @gateklons@eupolicy.social
🐦 @gateklons
Alderik @alderik.eurosky.social A running junkie in the morning, a platform regulation nerd during daytime, and a karaoke fanatic by night.
Disclaimer: only personal views & reposts are not endorsements
🇪🇺🇳🇱🇧🇪🇮🇪
Alexandra Geese @alexandrageese.eurosky.social 🇪🇺🌻 Member of EU Parliament @die-gruenen | she/her
Digital, Democracy, Disinformation
Wolfie Christl @wchr.bsky.social Public-interest researcher at Cracked Labs | Research fellow at Citizen Lab | Vienna, Austria | Tech and society. Tracking, surveillance, data economy, platform power, algorithmic decisions, datafication of work.
wolfie.crackedlabs.org/en
Thierry Breton @thierrybreton.bsky.social Entrepreneur. Teacher. Policy Maker 🇫🇷🇪🇺
TJ McIntyre @tjmcintyre.com I'm an associate professor of law at University College Dublin specialising in technology law (mostly privacy/data protection/cybercrime/fundamental rights), consultant solicitor with FP Logue LLP, and chair of Digital Rights Ireland.
João Pedro Quintais @jpquintais.bsky.social Associate Professor, Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam. Researching on Platform Regulation, intermediary liability, content moderation and intellectual property (mostly copyright).
w: https://www.ivir.nl/profile/quintais/
Andreas Schwab @aschwab.bsky.social Politician #MEP @europeanparliament @eppgroup @cdu_csu_ep coordinator for @ep_singlemarket #digital #competition #EUswitzerland
📍Freiburg🇩🇪 / Brüssel 🇪🇺
Catalina Goanta @cgoanta.bsky.social Associate prof in private law & tech (Utrecht University) & PI ERC Research Stg HUMANads '22-'27 @goanta@someone.elses.computer
DSA Observatory @dsaobservatory.bsky.social The Digital Services Act (DSA) Observatory is a project run by the Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam. See more of our work and information about our expert workshops and seminars at dsa-observatory.eu
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
Christoph Busch @christophbusch.bsky.social Professor of Law, University of Osnabrück & Affiliated Fellow, Yale Information Society Project. Digital markets, platform regulation, consumer law.
Nick Botton @nickbotton.bsky.social Public policy at @awoagency.bsky.social working on adtech, privacy, platform regulation, open source, AI and child safety
Opinions my own. Like = interesting.
René Repasi @repasi.bsky.social Ehemann und Papa | Unionsbürger und Sozialdemokrat | Mitglied des Europäischen Parlaments (@europarl.europa.eu) und Rechtsprofessor (Erasmus Universität Rotterdam).
„Gerade wer das Bewahrenswerte bewahren will, muss verändern, was der Erneuerung bedarf.“
Kim van Sparrentak @kimvsparrentak.bsky.social Member of the European Parliament
@progressiefned
@greens-efa.eu
Simonetta Vezzoso @wavesblog.eurosky.social https://competitionwave.blogspot.com/ (daily reading list and more)
@awo.agency @awo.agency
Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social Law professor & journalist looking at tech geopolitics, free expression, internet law, online governance, & AI.
Senior Editor at Lawfare.
https://klonick.substack.com/
www.kateklonick.com
W.W.D.D.
Laureline Lemoine @laureline.eurosky.social Digital rights, law and policy @ AWO, based in Brussels
🇺🇦🇵🇸
Paddy Leerssen @pjleerssen.bsky.social Postdoc @ivir_uva | DSA Observatory | social media law
Cori Crider @coricrider.com Build better tech. Break monopoly power. Back law enforcement.
https://futureinstitute.tech
https://www.coricrider.com
Benoit Loutrel @loutrel.bsky.social Numérique et action publique, une passion- Economie industrielle, ma lunette pour (essayer de) comprendre le monde - Compte personnel
Owen Bennett @owbennett.bsky.social Now: Independent consultant and Fellow at the Hertie School.
Then: Head of International Online Safety at Ofcom; Senior Policy Manager at Mozilla.
Friso Bostoen @bostoenfriso.bsky.social Assistant Prof (Antitrust) Tilburg University • Previous: European University Institute, KU Leuven, Harvard • papers http://ssrn.com/author=2612626
Eric Kind @kind.ac Managing Director @awo.agency
Martin Untersinger @untersin.gr Cyber / disinformation / privacy / Big Tech / scams @ Le Monde
Contact: familyname @lemonde.fr
Auteur d'"Espionner, mentir, détruire : comment le cyberespace est devenu un champ de bataille", éditions Grasset : cyber.untersin.gr
Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social Proud European 🇪🇺 Fellow at Stanford 👩🏼💻 column in FT 🗞️Member of European Parliament 2009-2019 📕Author: The Tech Coup
Rita Wezenbeek @rita-wezenbeek.bsky.social Director Platforms, DG CNECT, European Commission - views are my own.
Mark Scott @markscott.bsky.social Senior Resident Fellow, Atlantic Council’s Democracy + Tech Initiative. Weekly newsletter: www.digitalpolitics.co
Théophane Hartmann @theophane.euractiv.com 🇪🇺 tech journalist at @Euractiv.com
Opinions mine only.
Posts might be in 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇧🇷
Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House |Author of "Deep Connections: the hidden battles to control undersea cables" (Polity, Sep 26) | Europe, geoeconomics of tech, tech sovereignty | Amsterdammer in London 🇪🇺
Robert Bateman @robertjbateman.bsky.social • I post about privacy, data protection, security, AI • Regular updates on big tech shenanigans • Views absolutely represent those of my employer (me) • Consultancy and training services •
Nicolas Moës @nicolasmoes.bsky.social Aligning AI through better governance | Executive Director at The Future Society
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolasmoes
Kris Shrishak @krisshrishak.bsky.social Public interest technologist & chocolate lover | Privacy, PETs, algorithmic decision making, films, books, more | https://krisshrishak.de | KrisShrishak@eupolicy.social
Sam Clark @sgclark92.bsky.social Covering cybersecurity for Politico in Brussels. Tips/gossip/curry house recommendations to sclark@politico.eu.
Also (very) amateur runner, cyclist and squash player.
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/
Nathalie A. Smuha @nathaliesmuha.bsky.social Legal scholar & Philosopher. Assistant Professor of Law @UofT Law. Author of 'Algorithmic Rule By Law' (CUP, 2025). Previously at EU Commission's AI HLEG, Council of Europe's CAI, KU Leuven & NYU Law. UChicago alum.
Felix Kartte @kartte.bsky.social Tech & Democracy I Mercator Senior Fellow I Special Adviser to the European Commission
Ian Brown 👨🏻💻 @ianbrown.tech 💻 regulation (🔑 #privacy 🗳)
⛷🚴🏻♂️🥾🗺 🇮🇨🇪🇸🇪🇺🏳️🌈🌻
Visiting Prof @fgvoficial.bsky.social 👨🏫
Formerly DCMS Principal Scientific Officer/Prof. Information Security & Privacy @oii.ox.ac.uk
Tech News @1br0wn.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy
Gloria González Fuster @ggf.bsky.social Research Professor at the Faculty of Law and Criminology of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). Director of the Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS) Research Group. Data. Privacy. Protection.
Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna @gzf.bsky.social Data Protection Geek. Co-author of the big GDPR OUP Commentary🇷🇴🇪🇺🇺🇸 US-based, former Brussels bubbler. Writes about data protection law and policy, AI governance through a Global lens (& sometimes democracy) Strictly personal views.
www.pdpecho.com.
Joris van Hoboken @jvh.bsky.social (he/him) antifascist, law prof in Amsterdam (IViR); platform regulation, law and digital infrastructure, quantum technology, fundamental rights.
@ivir-uva.bsky.social
David Walsh @davidmwalsh.bsky.social Ex-Managing Editor of Euronews Next and Euronews Health from @euronews.com | Occasional travel writer ✈️ | Mancunian in exile 🏴
The Brussels Times @brusselstimes.com Local and global news from the capital of Europe
Max von Thun @maxvonthun.bsky.social Europe Director @openmarkets.bsky.social. Former UK Parliamentary adviser and tech policy consultant. Pro-tech, anti-monopoly.
michael veale @michae.lv prof @laws.ucl.ac.uk, technology, law, policy, society, whimsical latvian top level domain names. michae.lv and fediverse https://someone.elses.computer/@mikarv 🏳️🌈
Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social Charlemagne columnist & Brussels bureau chief, The Economist.
Past stints in Paris, Mumbai, London. Français. Personal feed.
Bio 👇. https://medium.com/@spignal/stanley-pignal-bio-2acd9b705ceb
Charlemagne@economist.com
Alexandra Brzozowski @alexowski.bsky.social Journalist in a previous life, now foreign policy comms. RT/follows ≠ endorsements
Laura Kayali @laukaya.bsky.social Senior defense correspondent at POLITICO Europe in Paris. lkayali@politico.eu
Natasha @riptari.bsky.social Journalist+, climber-in-training, asks awkward questions ~tips: natasha[at]techcrunch[dot]com
Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law, HEC Paris & College of Europe, Bruges
Democracy Fellow, Harvard University & Visiting Scholar, Center for European Studies Minda de Gunzburg at Harvard University
Founder, The Good Lobby
www.albertoalemanno.eu
Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com The first word in business news.
Newsletters: http://bloom.bg/newsletters
Podcasts: http://bloom.bg/podcasts
The Big Take podcast: http://trib.al/jtoXfuT
Elisa Braun @elisabraun.bsky.social Chief Brussels correspondent, Euractiv
Pieter Haeck @pieterhaeck.bsky.social Senior technology reporter @POLITICO.eu
Jillian Deutsch @deutschjill.bsky.social untangling the interwebs at bloomberg in europe. cat mom, coffee addict, not german.
Peter O'Brien @pobjourno.bsky.social France 24 journalist and broadcaster
Presenting Tech 24 every Sunday at 3.10pm CET
pobrien@france24.com
Gian Volpicelli @gmvolpi.bsky.social Journo @bloomberg.com
Eliza Gkritsi @egreechee.bsky.social Tech journalist with a passion for climate change change. Currently @politico.eu. formerly @euractiv @CoinDesk @technodeChina @AthensLiveGR
The New Yorker @newyorker.com Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com The magazine for global politics, economics, and ideas.
https://foreignpolicy.com/
Zach Meyers @zach-meyers.bsky.social Director of Research, Centre on Regulation in Europe; Associate Fellow, Centre for European Reform. Working on competition & industrial policy, tech regulation, network industries.
Get in touch: (firstname).(lastname)@cerre.eu 🏳️🌈🇦🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺 He/him.
David Carretta @davidcarretta.bsky.social Journalist in Brussels. Following the EU bubble for Radio Radicale and Il Foglio.
@lewiscrofts.bsky.social @lewiscrofts.bsky.social
Matthew Newman @newmanmlex.bsky.social Journalist, father, husband.
Alex Wilts @alexwilts.bsky.social Senior antitrust reporter at MLex
Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social Journalist at @POLITICOEurope covering European competition and industrial policy.
Gerardo Fortuna @gerardofortuna.bsky.social CIAO THERE. Brussels-based polémiste. Brussels Playbook Author at @politico.eu
Filomena Chirico @filomenac.bsky.social Got 🇪🇺 superpowers to reign in big tech
…and endless curiosity to explore the world 🌍
Federico De Falco @federicodefalco.bsky.social Policy & Gov't Affairs at Linklaters | all things AI, tech & data🤖 Also: Research Fellow at idrn.eu; Team Leader & AI Policy Researcher at CAIDP.org
Clothilde Goujard @clothildegouj.bsky.social Journalist at @contexte.com in Brussels, covering EU politics.
Via Canada, France, Jordan. Previously with POLITICO. Words, videos for AFP, The Guardian, Le Monde, etc. 🇨🇦🇫🇷
DM for Signal.
Get in touch cgoujard[at]contexte.com
Mathieu Pollet @mathieupollet.bsky.social Technology reporter at @POLITICO.eu ☁️📶📺🛰️
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📨 mpollet@politico.eu
Kirsten Fiedler @kiki.eurosky.social job: European Parliament | previously @edri
fighting for digital rights
born 337 PPM
other: swim bike run
🏳️🌈 🇪🇺 ヾ(-_- )ゞ
only dank memes on the weekend
Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social The European Correspondent's EU person, Brussels-based journalist.
Eddy Wax @eddywax.bsky.social I write politics newsletter Rapporteur for Euractiv in Brussels 🇧🇪🇬🇧
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/
BEUC - The Consumer Voice @beuc.eu We are BEUC, The European Consumer Organisation. We represent 42 independent national consumer organisations in Brussels and defend the interests of European consumers.
Jean Comte @jeancomte.bsky.social Journaliste à Bruxelles pour MLex. Auteur de 'Au coeur du lobbying européen', une enquête sur le pouvoir des représentants d'intérêts à Bruxelles
https://www.msh.uliege.be/cms/c_17661998/fr/au-coeur-du-lobbying-europeen
Melissa Heikkilä @melissahei.bsky.social AI Correspondent at the Financial Times. Formerly senior reporter for AI at MIT Technology Review
Jed Bracy @jedbracy.bsky.social IAPP Editorial Director
Host of The Privacy Advisor Podcast
https://iapp.org/news/privacy-advisor-podcast/
My opinions here, not the IAPP’s.
Thomas REGNIER @thomasregnier.ec.europa.eu European Commission Spokesperson for tech sovereignty, defence and space.
Lilian Edwards @lilianedwards.bsky.social Director of Pangloss Consulting for all your AI and GDPR needs! Emerita Prof Newcastle Law School: Hon Prof, @CREATe Glasgow Uni. Formerly @ATI, @SCRIPT: Trying not to be a grey skies thinker & use this place more , lilian@lilianedwards.co.uk
Cynthia Kroet @cynthiakroet.bsky.social Chief Trade Correspondent at MLex, get in touch kroet (at) mlex.com - NL in Brussels
Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social Director of ICCL Enforce https://iccl.ie/Enforce Previously Chief Policy Officer of Brave. FRHistS.
https://ie.linkedin.com/in/johnnyryan1
Isabelle Buscke @ibuscke.bsky.social Private account. During the day, I am Head of the Brussels Office for the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband - vzbv)
Arnika Zinke @arnikazinke.bsky.social AI & Digital Policy Advisor European Parliament (Greens/EFA) | fighting for more equality & diversity in tech and less disinformation & online addiction, previously worked on AI Act, DSA and Pegasus Inquiry | from Vienna, now Brussels 🇪🇺
Cristina Caffarra @cristinacaffarra.bsky.social Economist, antitrust expert, econ/tech policy commentator, keynote speaker, convener CEPR Competition RPN, EscapeForward podcaster and conference host/ producer, Hon.Prof. UCL, DG Grow Fellow 2026, founder/lead EuroStack Industry Initiative
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.
Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social Computer engineer/competition lawyer; TCK; personal views expressed. Pro-abundance policy, working @progresschamber.org
Jacob Wulff Wold @wulffwold.bsky.social Journalist, MSE Applied Physics
Currently taking a break after covering tech, politics, EU budget negotiations in Brussels