Ben Werdmuller @werd.io Incoming @jskstanford.bsky.social fellow. Ex: @propublica.org, @19thnews.org, @medium.com, Matter, Elgg.
I write about tech / media / society at https://werd.io.
Kevin Roose @kevinroose.com NYT tech columnist, Hard Fork co-host, best at 0.8x speed
Post-X Society @postxsociety.bsky.social Democratic socio, eco and techno transitions
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher PGMT Lab @Uni Bremen | prev. DigitalValues project | Critical Platform Studies | European/German/feminist | first gen | she/her
Helen Jay @helenljay.bsky.social Media policy geek - former head of policy at C4 and now PhD at University of Westminster. Interested in public alternatives to our digital infrastructure!
João C. Magalhães @jcmagalhaes.bsky.social Platforms, politics & democracy. Senior Lecturer at University of Manchester. More at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcmagalhaes/
Christian Schweizer @cgschweizer.bsky.social Medieval historian and Latinist, specialised on the Irish and Carolingian scholar Dicuil, now editing and translating early medieval formularies of letters and charters @formlitchart.bsky.social
John Albert @jaalbrt.bsky.social Researcher at DSA Observatory | University of Amsterdam | Institute for Information Law
Juan Ortiz Freuler @juanof9.bsky.social Emerging Tech: Law - Power - Policy
Geopolitical Cycles & Tech for Active Non-Alignment
NYC-BA
www.juanof.me
Posts♻️⏳
Diyi Liu @deeliu97.bsky.social "D-E", Postdoc@UCPH, PhD @oiioxford.bsky.social, researching platform governance, content moderation, human-computer interaction
Joan Pla @joanpla.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Doctoral Research Fellow at Østfold University College
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.social/@joanpla, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social Assistant professor @rug.nl
Latinoamericano studying digital culture, platformized violence, and critical data studies.
Website: https://esteban-morales.com/
Beltsazar Krisetya @krisetya.com PhD student at UCL and a Dunning-Kruger thrill rider.
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
Blake Hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Platform Studies at Aarhus University
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
Moritz Schramm @schrammmo.bsky.social Digital Corporations & Infrastructures, Socio-Legal Studies |
Governance by Emulation: Oversight Board, DSA, Platform Accountability (forthcoming CUP 2026) |
Researching & Teaching @nyulaw.bsky.social |
Advisory Board @verfassungsblog.de
Anas Buhayh @anasbuhayh.bsky.social Just a guy vibin' with recommender systems and thinking way too much about AI governance.
Zarine Kharazian @zarine.net phd candidate @cip.uw.edu, @communitydata.science, & @hcde.uw.edu. I study how to govern public knowledge institutions under attack.
zarine.net
Christine Galvagna @handle.invalid
Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in Teaching and writing media studies at CU Boulder. Helping to build a cooperative fediverse with Social.coop. Fan of democratic experiences and divine mysteries. Co-leading metagov.org, start.coop, wagingnonviolence.org.
NU.nl @nu.nl Volg http://NU.nl voor het belangrijkste nieuws op het gebied van binnenland, buitenland, politiek, klimaat, economie, sport, tech en entertainment.
@rasmuskleis.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social
Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social Exploring the future of journalism
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Neel Dhanesha @neeldhanesha.com Staff writer @niemanlab.org, previously telling climate/science stories in text and audio at Heatmap/Vox/Audubon/Radiolab.
De Speld @speld.nl Betrouwbaar nieuws | Webshop: http://shop.speld.nl | Word Vage Kennis: http://speld.nl/abonnementen
De Correspondent @decorrespondent.nl Diepgravende verhalen die je helpen het nieuws beter te begrijpen.
Word lid en steun onafhankelijke journalistiek: https://corr.es/f013c4
Paolo Gerbaudo @paologerbaudo.bsky.social Senior researcher in Political Science Department, Universidad Complutense, Madrid. Technopolitics, Geopolitics, Political Parties and Public Opinion.
Cédric Durand @cedricdurand.bsky.social
Cecilia Rikap @ceciliarikap.bsky.social Assoc. Prof in Econ & Head of Research at @ucl-iipp.bksy.social
Sander van der Waal @sander.eurosky.social Research Director at Waag Futurelab, Amsterdam
Ian Forrester | @cubicgarden @cubicgarden.mas.to.ap.brid.gy Founder and firestarter of cubicgarden.ltd. Previously at BBC RD,.
Emergent technology expert, public service supporter, defender of human scale flourishing, city […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mas.to/@cubicgarden, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Lucinda Nelson @lucinda-nelson.bsky.social 👩🏼💻 Lecturer and PhD candidate | QUT Law @qutdmrc.bsky.social @admscentre.org.au
📚 law, tech, violence against women
🏳️🌈 no terfs 🏳️⚧️
Paddy Leerssen @pjleerssen.bsky.social Postdoc @ivir_uva | DSA Observatory | social media law
Nicolas Suzor @nicsuzor.bsky.social Law prof, working to make tech more fair. Future Fellow @ QUT Digital Media Research Centre; Chief Investigator @admscentre.org.au; Member @ Oversight Board.
He/him. All views are my own.
https://nic.suzor.net
Robert Gorwa @gorwa.ca Researching global tech policy at the WZB Berlin. 📕: The Politics of Platform Regulation - How Governments Shape Online Content Moderation (out now OA 🔓) https://academic.oup.com/book/56385
Diacomet @diacometproject.bsky.social Horizon EU project #Diacomet advancing ethical and accountable communication. #DialogueExpandsHorizons. ID: 101094816.
🔗 https://diacomet.eu/
Arianna Bussoletti @bussolettiar.bsky.social Postdoc researcher & adjunct prof. Sapienza University • @yecrea.bsky.social rep @ecreacomdem.bsky.social • 🎓IT🏳️🌈 • all things social media, digital activism & identity 🤳💻
https://linktr.ee/bussolettiar
ECREA Communication & Democracy section @ecreacomdem.bsky.social ECREA section promoting thought-provoking research on the dynamic relationship between #media, #communication and #democracy 👇https://t.co/7NN8ijQSh8
David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz Editor-at-large at The Verge. I could eat.
Victor Pickard @victorpickard.bsky.social Professor who writes about the history and political economy of media, politics of media policy, and democratic theories of journalism. Author of "Democracy Without Journalism? Confronting the Misinformation Society." Co-director of the MIC Center at Penn.
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/
David B. Nieborg @nieborg.bsky.social Professor of Media Studies @UofT • Books: Platforms & Cultural Production (Polity) • Mainstreaming & Game Journalism (MIT Press) • Toronto/Amsterdam
Esther Hammelburg @estherh.bsky.social Researcher, senior lecturer, and fan of media and culture (she/her)
New_ Public @newpublic.org New_ Public is a nonprofit product studio focused on reimagining community, connection, and conversation online. newpublic.org
@bsky.art @bsky.art Artists for your Skyline!
For more info, click the link pinned to the top of each feed. Or visit bsky.art
(not affiliated with Bluesky PBLLC)
AlgoSoc @algosoc.org 'Public Values in the Algorithmic Society' (AlgoSoc) is an interdisciplinary research program dedicated to a societal perspective on automated decision making
AlgoSoc.org
VPRO @vpro.nl #VPRO | Mediaplatform voor spraakmakende, originele verhalen en ideeën die de wereld verrijken
De Groene Amsterdammer @groene.nl De Groene Amsterdammer is sinds 1877 baken van vrijzinnige meningsvorming op het gebied van politiek, maatschappij, cultuur en literatuur. Lees verder op groene.nl
Ars Technica @arstechnica.com Original news, reviews, analysis of tech trends, and expert advice on the most fundamental aspects of tech.
Paris Marx @parismarx.com 💥 PREORDER MY NEW BOOK HYPERSCALE 💥
🎙️ @techwontsave.us
📬 https://disconnect.blog
📖 https://hyperscalebook.com
Thomas Poell @tpoell.bsky.social Media Studies Professor @UvA_Amsterdam | Books: The Platform Society; Platforms and Cultural Production | https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/p/o/t.poell/t.poell.html
Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social Author of 'Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI': https://amzn.eu/d/aZKYWsA
gijs van maanen 🟥 @gijsvanmaanen.bsky.social tech/data governance | political theory | sts | and a bit of pol economy | tilburg institute for law, technology, and society (tilt)
institutional page: https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/staff/g-vanmaanen
Maurits Martijn @mauritsmartijn.bsky.social Journalist. De Correspondent. Over de mythes, de macht en de mogelijkheden van technologie. Boek: Je hebt wél iets te verbergen.
Nieuwsbrief: corr.es/maurits
Signal: mauritsmartijn.17
Viktorija Morozovaite @vmorozovaite.bsky.social Assistant Professor in EU Law (Competition Law Specialization) at University of Amsterdam
The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com A nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of experts with the public, in accessible, trustworthy articles drawing on their research.
Free to read, without paywalls or ads.
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 ||
🇩🇰🇳🇱🇪🇺🏃🏼🧪☕️🍿🐶🟥🦋
Alexander Klöpping @alexandernl.bsky.social Founder Blendle (acquired), University of the Netherlands, http://POM.show
Albert Meijer @albertmeijer.bsky.social Professor of Public Innovation, Utrecht University
Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social Human, writer, critic, social researcher, professor, critical communication & social theory, https://fuchsc.net Editor: http://triple-c.at
taylor annabell @taylorannabell.bsky.social Postdoc for HUMANads, Utrecht University
🔍 influencer cultures & platform governance; everyday experiences of datafication; digital memory work by and through social media platforms
🥝 in 🇳🇱 via 🇬🇧
Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social Associate Professor of Media, Data & Society @UniUtrecht. Co-director @UU_GDS. Research: Platformization, platform studies,
@appstudies, @digitalmethods, web history.
Stephan G @stephangrim.bsky.social Doing science and other things in life
Erna Ruijer @ernaruijer.bsky.social Assistant Professor Public Management, focus on datafication in public sector and impact on social equity & inclusion
Catalina Goanta @cgoanta.bsky.social Associate prof in private law & tech (Utrecht University) & PI ERC Research Stg HUMANads '22-'27 @goanta@someone.elses.computer
Fabian Ferrari @fabianlferrari.bsky.social 🌍 Assistant Professor in Cultural AI, @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
🔍 Governance of AI Infrastructure
🌐 www.fabianlferrari.com
Ethan Zuckerman @ethanz.bsky.social UMass Amherst, Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, Global Voices, Berkman Klein Center. Formerly Center for Civic Media, MIT Media Lab.
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute
Eva Hofman @vaemanhof.bsky.social 👑Redacteur technologie en data bij De Groene Amsterdammer
https://www.groene.nl/auteur/eva-hofman
🍸JOSEPHINE bij uitgeverij Pluim
https://uitgeverijpluim.nl/josephine
Annette Markham @annettemarkham.bsky.social Social researcher focused on AI futures literacies, data/digital disruptions, algorithmic identity, human machine communication. Chair Professor at Utrecht University
A bit obsessed about methodology
More at https://annettemarkham.com
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social I teach media communications and social theory at London School of Economics. Main interests: data colonialism, AI, rebuilding social media. Links to my two new books: https://linktr.ee/SpaceOfTheWorldBook https://lnk.to/DataGrabBook
The Verge @theverge.com Covering life in the future
Subscribe here: https://www.theverge.com/subscribe
Fernando van der Vlist @fvandervlist.bsky.social Media Studies @uvahumanities.bsky.social · 📚 Author, Platforms (Polity) · 📦 NWO Veni: ‘AI Power’ · 🔍 platforms, apps, data, AI, digital methods · 👥 @appstudies.bsky.social, @digitalmethods.net, @publicdatalab.bsky.social · 🔗 fernandovandervlist.nl
@tdewinkel.bsky.social @tdewinkel.bsky.social 🐧
R. Trebor Scholz @trebors2025.bsky.social Prof at The New School | Founder, Platform Cooperativism Consortium + Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy | Author, OWN THIS! (2023) + UBER-WORKED & UNDERPAID (2016) | Faculty Affiliate, Berkman Klein Center | Advocate for Digital Labor Rights |
@natalihelberger.bsky.social @natalihelberger.bsky.social
Machiko Kanetake @machikokanetake.bsky.social International Law Prof. Asser Institute & Univ. of Amsterdam; security, human rights, tech
Judith Keilbach @juikei.bsky.social Media scholar Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | environmental humanities, media industries and infrastructures, media and history | Greening the Digital Society | co-editor of necsus
Karin van Es @kfvanes.bsky.social Associate professor Media and Culture | Utrecht University | Coordinator Streaming video network | Platforms, Data & AI
http://www.karinvanes.net/ | http://www.vodmethods.net
Jasper Kooper @jasperkooper.bsky.social Artist, building ecosystems where nature and technology are intertwined
Marleen Stikker @marleenstikker.eurosky.social The internet is broken … but we can fix it. Waag Futurelab - waag.org - Professor of Practice at Applied University of Amsterdam. Mastodon: marleenstikker@waag.social
Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social Proud European 🇪🇺 Fellow at Stanford 👩🏼💻 column in FT 🗞️Member of European Parliament 2009-2019 📕Author: The Tech Coup
PublicSpaces @handle.invalid Posts are automatically redirected via Mastodon: social.publicspaces.net/@publicspaces
PublicSpaces is a broad coalition of social and cultural organisations working towards a public values focused internet & digital ecosystem.
Join us! publicspaces.net
Waag Futurelab @waag.org Making technology & society more open, fair & inclusive | mastodon: waag@waag.social
Jean-Marc van Tol @jmvtol.eurosky.social Tekenaar, auteur, uitgever. Muziek, geschiedenis, strips, voetbal, literatuur. Romans Musch en Buat. Volg me voortaan via: buat.substack.com (voor Johan de Witt) en vantol.substack.com (voor Fokke & Sukke) Of: @JeanMarcvanTol@mastodon.nl
Follow the Money @ftm.nl Follow the Money is een platform voor onderzoeksjournalistiek met een glashelder doel: waarheidsvinding in dienst van de samenleving. https://ftm.nl
TechCrunch @techcrunch.com Technology news and analysis with a focus on founders and startup teams.
Got a tip? http://techcrunch.com/tips
David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social Tech reporter at NBC News. Based in San Francisco. Read my latest work here: https://www.nbcnews.com/author/david-ingram-ncpn890161
On Signal: davidingram.77
FT Visual & Data Journalism @data.ft.com The FT’s team of reporters, statisticians, illustrators, cartographers, designers, and developers work with colleagues across our newsrooms, using graphics and data to find, investigate and explain stories.
https://www.ft.com/visual-and-data-journalism
Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social Email salesman at Platformer.news and co-host at Hard Fork.
Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social Executive editor, features, CNN. Serial fiction and archives of nonfiction at Indignity.net. This Bluesky is about the Machines.