Campaign Lab @campaign-lab.bsky.social Campaign Lab is a community of politically-minded progressive data scientists, researchers and activists who are working together to build new election tools and change the way we analyse and understand political election campaigning.
Tayyiba Nasir @tayyibanasir.bsky.social Head of History in South London| History PGCE @IOE_London| History BA @qmhistory #edusky #historyeducation
Love teaching imperial and colonial history, forced to teach the National Curriculum
Silvana Toska @stoska.bsky.social Political scientist (MENA and International Security) at Davidson College.
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Revolutionary-Emotions-Roots-Waves-ebook/dp/B0DHTZNRF4/ref
Tobias Lang @tobiaslang.bsky.social Director Austrian Centre for Peace
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Who Targets Me @whotargets.me On political ads, transparency and what's right for democracy. Go to https://whotargets.me/download to get involved, check out https://trends.whotargets.me for data on >100k digital political advertisers. Newsletter: fulldisclosure.whotargets.me
Sam Riddell @riddellsam.bsky.social Senior Analyst at Google Threat Intelligence Group. Focused on info ops & cyber threat intelligence.
Cambridge University Press - Law @cambup-law.cambridge.org The latest information on law books, Elements and journals published by @universitypress.cambridge.org
cambridge.org/law
Reha Kansara @rehakansara.bsky.social Reporter 🕵🏽♀️, BBC News + BBC World Service. Typos mine, views yours. Find me on Instagram.
HRW_AR @hrwarabic.bsky.social توفر هيومن رايتس ووتش معلومات موثقة عن أزمات وتطورات حقوق الإنسان في أكثر من 90 دولة حول العالم. الصفحة الرسمية باللغة العربية.
https://www.hrw.org/ar
Human Rights Watch @hrw.org 🔎 🌎 ✊
Exposing human rights abuses around the world.
Human Rights Watch auf Deutsch @hrwdeutschland.bsky.social Wir informieren hier aus dem Berliner Büro von Human Rights Watch über Menschenrechte weltweit.
https://www.hrw.org/de
Amnesty International France @amnestyfrance.bsky.social Quand il s'agit des droits humains, chaque combat mérite une victoire.
Leon Salter @islates.bsky.social Researcher on precarious work
platform capitalism and unions. Try and teach leadership communication @ University of Auckland Aotearoa New Zealand
Bernard Keenan @bernardkeenan.bsky.social Lecturer, UCL Laws. Law, theory, tech.
Interception: from postal systems to global networks (MIT 2025)
CiLuna @ciluna27.bsky.social I am passionate about #humanrights and campaign mainly for prisoners in #SaudiArabia, #UAE, #Bahrain, #Iran, #Egypt. I am interested in politics (UK, Germany, Europe #FBPE) and my thoughts are currently often with Ukraine. My Twitter handle is @CiLuna27.
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
Open City Documentary Festival @opencitydocs.bsky.social Celebrating the Art of Non-Fiction
16th edition: 14-19 April 2026 at venues across London
opencitylondon.com
friendsofahmed.bsky.social @friendsofahmed.bsky.social We want to raise awareness for Ahmed Mansoor who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2017 and an additional 15 years in 2024. Help us to #FreeAhmed #UAE
#HaveCourage @havecourage.film #HaveCourage advocates global solidarity to defend freedom of expression, and is inspired by human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor's reflection on risk, "I do not have the courage to stay silent"
State of the Future @sotf.org.uk A new think tank for public servants and others who believe data, digital, openness and innovation can deliver better policy, better services and better outcomes for people. Established by @gavinfreeguard.com.
sotf.org.uk
Slade School of Fine Art @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social Official account for the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL. Posting news about our events, open days, job opportunities and research.
Website: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade
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.
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/
Ofcom @ofcom.bsky.social Official account for Ofcom, the UK’s independent communications regulator.
ofcom.org.uk
UCL Special Collections @uclspeccoll.bsky.social UCL Special Collections is open to everyone. Our collections of rare, unique and historic archives & books cover themes including history of UCL, education, arts and sciences.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/special-collections
Brian Dooley @dooleydooley.bsky.social Honorary Professor, Queens University Belfast | Visiting Scholar, UCL | Senior Advisor, @humanrights1st | Winner 2025 University of Oslo Human Rights Award | Views mine | No manels | He/They | Wiki bio: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_J._Dooley
Chris Haughton @chrishaughton.bsky.social Author / illustrator
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
William Isaac @williamis.bsky.social Research Scientist @DeepMind | Previously @OSFellows & @hrdag. RT != endorsements. Opinions Mine. Pronouns: he/him
Anna Bacciarelli @abacci.bsky.social Human rights nerd trying to make AI OK. Human Rights Watch Senior AI Researcher + REAL ML Executive Director.
Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com writer, artist, (credentialed as a) geographer. editing at large at urbanomnibus.net. research fellow at SFE. buttondown.email/perfectsentences is a little hobby newsletter. past work: lifewinning.com. all me buddy, never spoken for an employer
Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social Director @fairsq.bsky.social
FairSquare @fairsq.bsky.social Human rights research and advocacy in our specialist areas of labour migration, political repression and sport | fairsq.org | linktr.ee/fairsq | rebootfifa.com
Ada Lovelace Institute @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social Making data & AI work for people & society.
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Mira Al Hussein @miraalhussein.bsky.social 🔍 Persian Gulf and its Discontents
Khaleeji - خليجية
Noortje Marres @noortjem.bsky.social Sociologist of technology and science, empirical philosopher, creative methods
BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social We are the Arts & Humanities Research Council programme working to enable a healthy Responsible AI ecosystem in the UK.
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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: LGBT+ Consortium & Reading List Foundation. 🏳️🌈 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.
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
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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 PhD Researcher @ldnsocmedobs.bsky.social - podcasts, political communication & computational social science
Research Lead in Civic & Democratic Participation Online at Responsible Innovation Centre, BBC R&D
Visiting Researcher @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social
Open Data Institute @odihq.bsky.social Advancing trust in data.
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
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
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 Act Network @osanetwork.bsky.social Updates, commentary and analysis on the implementation of the UK's #OnlineSafetyAct www.onlinesafetyact.net
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
Scott (Seamus) Kildall @kildall.bsky.social Artist ⚡ Sensors and Soundscapes 🔊
Plants 🪴 Mycelium 🍄 Water Quality 💧 Microbes 🦠 Amateur Scientist
Also: Map Geek 🗺️ Cocktail-maker 🍸 DJ 🎧 Cyclist 🚲
https://kildall.com/
https://linktr.ee/kildall
https://github.com/scottkildall
Ingrid Brodnig @brodnig.bsky.social Journalistin & Autorin | Fokus: Hass im Netz, Desinformation, digitale Gesellschaft | Bücher: https://www.brodnig.org/bucher/
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
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
Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com Data/govt etc freelancer gavinfreeguard.com
Starting @sotf.org.uk
@connectedbydata.org, Data Bites @publicdigital.bsky.social, @instituteforgovernment.org.uk, Think Digital Partners, @kinship.works, @transformgovtalks.bsky.social
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More-than-Human Sustainable and Inclusive Smart Cities @morethanhuman.bsky.social Mosaic is a four-year programme of collaborative, interdisciplinary, and cross-sectoral research and innovation that will deliver a step‑change in how we design, plan and build our cities for thriving multispecies cohabitation. Morethanhuman.net
Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social Associate Professor Northwestern University in Qatar | Studies Disinfo, Digital Repression & Gulf Politics | Author Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East (Hurst & OUP) Political Repression in Bahrain (Cambridge University Press) | Cat Fancier
Nanna B Thylstrup @nannathylstrup.bsky.social Associate Prof @ University of Copenhagen. Author of: "The Politics of Mass Digitization" (MIT Press), editor of "Uncertain Archives: Critical Keywords for Big Data" (MIT Press) and "(W)archives: Archival Imaginaries, War, and Contemporary Art" (Sternberg)
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