Rūta Kazlauskaitė @rutakazlauskaite.bsky.social Researcher, PhD, University of Helsinki. Memory politics, VR/XR, emotions, propaganda, populism.
Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk Researches Propaganda & IW; Visiting Prof @notredame.bsky.social; Fellow @ Bard; Associate @ Cambridge; Owner Maven of Persuasion; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕 https://emma-briant.co.uk signal: Emmalbriant.44
Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social Prof of Media and Communication at the University of Edinburgh. Based in Politics/IR. Researching #AI, #Journalism and #Public Service Media. Views own. She/Her
Johan Farkas @jfarkas.bsky.social Assistant Professor. Author of 'Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy' (https://t.ly/1JHye), University of Copenhagen, Firstgen 🎓. he/him. Free access to my work: http://www.johanfarkas.com/research
Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social Professor of Financial Accounting, Vice Dean of Programmes, co-Director, Cambridge Centre for Financial Reporting & Accountability, Univ of Cambridge
Founder & Chair, Cambridge Disinformation Summit
Research: IFRS, GAAP, governance, information risks
Rory Cormac @rorycormac.bsky.social Professor: Subversion & Secret Statecraft | Author: Fakers (coming 2026); Disrupt & Deny; How to Stage a Coup; Crown, Cloak, & Dagger
Jo(sephine) Lukito @jolukito.bsky.social DDC Professor of Digital Communication and DIAS Chair at the University of Southern Denmark | Modern Kilogirl 👩💻 | Computational Linguistics & Global/US PolComm
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
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
Timothy Graham @timothyjgraham.bsky.social Associate Professor at Queensland University of Technology. Computational communication, social theory. Interests: Propaganda, dark political communication, the relationship between technology, truth, and knowledge
Francesca Tripodi @ftripodi.bsky.social Dr. Tripodi is a sociologist who studies the internet and how information flows online
www.spillab.com
vortex_egg @vortexegg.com Cyberoccult investigator. Sociotechnical gremlin. Swarm intelligence egregore. Magitek knight. Combat librarian. Bearer of the cursed knowledge.
Rogue information scientist, researcher, & technologist. MLIS.
Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social Associate Fellow, Center for Security & Defense / Zentrum für Sicherheit & Verteidigung, @dgap.org
Postdoc, Durham University.
Remote war, armed drones, OSINT / guerre à distance, drones armés, enquêtes OSINT.
Personal account, EN/FR/DE
John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social Chasing digital badness. Senior Researcher at Citizen Lab, but words here are mine.
Carlos Diaz Ruiz @carlosdiazruiz.com Associate Professor at Hanken in Finland. I write about the consumer culture and advertising markets that allow disinformation to thrive on social media.
Author of the book "Market-Oriented Disinformation Research."
https://www.carlosdiazruiz.com
Luca Luceri @luceriluc.bsky.social Research Assistant Professor @USC-ISI
🤖 I investigate malicious activity on social media networks 🕵🏼
Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social Professor, journalist, political analyst, cynical optimist —- Public speaker via London Speakers Bureau --- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@scottlucasworldview
Stéphane Prud’homme Msc, MBA, PhDc, C.Adm @stepru.com Adjunct Professor in YUL, YOW 🇨🇦 & HKG 🇭🇰 • PhD Candidate 🇲🇴 Influential narrative, Propaganda & Slopaganda, Reputation, Credibility, Legitimacy, Trustworthiness; MBA Marketing, Economics 🇨🇳🇺🇸; MA Credibility, Crisis Mgmt 🇨🇦 • Founder @CredibilityInstitute.com
Matt Schrader @mattschrader.bsky.social Taco Bell stan account, Phoenician by choice. Mostly tweets about China stuff, with some occasional bleating about sport or sci-fi. Opinions are not my employer's.
Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social Civil Rights & Free Speech Attorney. Disinformation & AI Expert. Nonfiction Author.
Now: Senior Counsel @freepress | 2026 Bellagio Residency Fellow @rockefeller (writing a book) | Board of Directors @benandjerrys
www.norabenavidez.com
Luca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social Associate Professor in IR at @swanseauni_ppir
Work on assassination, covert action, US foreign policy, secrecy. Host on the New Books Network. Author of The Brush Contact Substack.
Ben O'Loughlin @benoloughlin.bsky.social Prof. of IR. Director, New Political Communication Unit, Royal Holloway | Co-Editor: Media, War and Conflict journal | Co-author: Strategic Narratives | Book series editor: AI Politics
Matthew Sussex @matthewsussex.bsky.social Adjunct Associate Professor, Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, SDSC @ANU. Russia / info ops / hybrid / Aus security policy / Indo-Pac. Usual disclaimers.
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social Researching intelligence, all things covert 🕵️👀, and hybrid warfare.
Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Intelligence Analysis. Researching/teaching bioweapons, counterintelligence, intel methods, deception, clandestine communications and Cold War tech. Also random posts about 1970s TV shows, dogs and cats, ties & suits, etc.
Jayson Harsin @jaysonharsin.bsky.social Professor, American U. Paris. Dir., Ctr 4 Media, Comm, & Global Change. @ topical x-roads of Political Deception, Persuasion, Influence, gender,Economic Rights. For my recent publications, see https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1gK3IjoAAAAJ&hl=en&oi
Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com PhD UCL SSEES, Visiting Senior Research Fellow at CEU, director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity, author of books "Russia and the Western Far Right" and "Russian Political Warfare", columnist at EUObserver, outdoor research fellow.
Mike Jensen @mikejjensen.bsky.social Political Science, Information Warfare, Political Communication
Mark Jacobson @drmarkjacobson.bsky.social Historian of political and psychological warfare; Senior Fellow, The Pell Center at Salve Regina University; co-host of the Active Measures Newsletter Podcast and host of “You May Have Heard,” Army and Navy vet, and proud University of 〽️ichigan grad.
Joe McReynolds @joemcreynolds.bsky.social Japan urbanism: Emergent Tokyo (2022). China-US NatSec: China's Evolving Military Strategy (2016), China's Evolving Information Warfare (2025). 摸着石头过河, learning as I go.
James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social Historian of UK-Israel relations, British decline, and propaganda. Hittites. Blues harmonica. Aberystwyth Cricket Club. Just posting stuff that interests me really.
A. Brad Schwartz @abradschwartz.bsky.social Historian of Media, Fake News, and Propaganda. Author/Co-Author of BROADCAST HYSTERIA; SCARFACE AND THE UNTOUCHABLE; ELIOT NESS AND THE MAD BUTCHER. Michigan Wolverine with a Princeton PhD.
Dr. Marc-André Argentino @maargentino.com Counterterrorism | National Security | Child Safety | www.maargentino.com | 🇨🇦 Facta Non Verba
My Books:
QAnon: From Conspiracy Theory to New Religious Movement
Contemporary Far-Right Culture
Becca Lewis @beccalew.bsky.social Assistant professor of media studies @MIT. Cultural and political histories of Silicon Valley and the internet.
Paul Lashmar @paullashmar.bsky.social Dr Paul Lashmar, Investigative Journalist, author and Emeritus Fellow at CityStGs UoL, retired Associate Professor. Book: Drax of Drax Hall: Landed Gentry, Sugar and Slavery (Pluto March 2025). I RT when interested not necessarily because I agree.
Roberto Interdonato @interdonatos.bsky.social Senior Researcher @ CIRAD, UMR TETIS (Montpellier) and INRIA team-project EVERGREEN (Earth observation and machine learning for agro-environmental challenges). AI/complex networks/food security/agriculture. But also good food/music/literature/photography. 
HKS Misinformation Review @misinforeview.bsky.social Peer-reviewed academic journal of cutting-edge misinformation research. Follow for updates on articles & engagement with the #misinformationresearch community.
GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social GESIS Training offers state-of-the-art trainings for the national and international scientific community. Focus: Data Analysis, Survey Methodology, Computational Social Science, Research Data Management, and Qualitative Methods.
Jason Chein @mindimager.bsky.social Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience @Temple U. Cognitive neuro, cognitive control, adolescent brain development, digital media/social media, working memory, risk taking, cognitive enhancement. Director of TUBRIC, PI of CABLAB (sites.temple.edu/CABLAB)
Mitch Prinstein @mitchprinstein.bsky.social Father, husband, and psychology professor (clinical/developmental). Senior Science Advisor of the American Psychological Association
Nick Allen @prof-nick-allen.bsky.social Professor of Clinical Psychology at University of Oregon, Co-founder and CEO at Ksana Health. Youth mental health, digital mental health, using science and technology to make behavioral healthcare work better for everyone.
Meryl Alper @merylalper.bsky.social Associate Professor of Communication Studies @ Northeastern. Technology, kids, disability, mental health. BOOKS: Digital Youth with Disabilities (MIT 2014) Giving Voice (MIT 2017), Kids Across the Spectrums (MIT 2023) https://bit.ly/kidsacrossthespectrums
Wafa Johal @wafaj.bsky.social Associate Prof. @UniMelb | ARC #DECRA Fellow, I do #interactiveAI , #HumanAgentInteraction and #HumanRobotInteraction | 🇫🇷 🇦🇺
Anya Kamenetz @anya1anya.bsky.social Ex-NPR. Writer. New Narratives Fellow, EHRP. Books: Generation Debt, DIY U, The Art of Screen Time, The Test, The Stolen Year, and next up: Falling In Love With The World Again. thegoldenhour.substack.com
Dr. Julie Kientz @juliekientz.bsky.social Professor and Chair at @uw-hcde.bsky.social; Human-Computer Interaction researcher studying tech for health, education, & families; Academic mama. Views are my own.
Amanda Lenhart @amandalenhart.bsky.social Youth and technology researcher. Senior Fellow, Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. Affiliate, Data & Society. Parent and step-parent to 4, six if you count the cats.
Jennifer Manganello @healthcommphd.bsky.social mom & public health communication professor
Kathy Modecki @kathymodecki.bsky.social FHRI Distinguished Professororiate
Developmental Science of Mental Health Team Lead @ The Kids Institute
School of Psychological Science @ University of Western Australia
Jelena Obradovic @jelenaobradovic.bsky.social Developmental psychologist studying stress physiology, self-regulation, executive functions, and caregiving practices. Director of SPARK Lab https://sparklab.stanford.edu/. Professor @Stanford. Associate Director https://earlychildhood.stanford.edu/
Candice Odgers @candiceodgers.bsky.social Scientist, runner, Canadian still trying to figure out how to live in the US.
Psychology Prof at UCI, who sometimes writes about why we should trust science and avoid panic to really help our kids.
Amy Orben @orbenamy.bsky.social tech + teens + better science @ http://digitalmentalhealth.group // Group Leader, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge // Fellow + Director of Studies, St. John's College // 📸 marcus ginns
Martin P. Paulus @mpwpaulus.bsky.social I am the Scientific Director of the Laureate Institute for Brain Research in Tulsa, OK, USA.
Jessica Taylor Piotrowski @jesstpiotrowski.bsky.social Professor of Communication in the Digital Society at University of Amsterdam | Youth & Media Scholar | ally 🏳️🌈 | ❤️ teaching, research, running, dark chocolate, & sunshine
Dr. Eva Telzer @evatelzer.bsky.social Professor at UNC Chapel Hill, Director of Developmental Social Neuroscience Lab, Co-Director of Winston National Center on Technology Use, Brain, and Psychological Development. I study social context of adolescent development. Mother of exuberant toddler
Dr. Desmond Upton Patton @dupatton.bsky.social 31st PIK University Professor at UPenn| SAFElab and PCIIT Founding Director| Studying Gun violence, AI Ethics, Youth and Mental Health, Grief, Social Media and Joy.
Jonathan Haidt @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social Social psychologist at NYU-Stern, working to roll back the phone-based childhood. Please visit anxiousgeneration.com & afterbabel.com 
Andrew Przybylski @shuhbillskee.bsky.social Father and Husband. Professor @oii.ox.ac.uk
Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social Professor of Psychology & Cognitive Neuroscience at Cambridge, FBA FMedSci FRS. Adolescent brain development. Views my own. Book: http://amazon.co.uk/dp/1784161349
Journal of Media Psychology @jmp-hogrefe.bsky.social Journal of Media Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering media psychology. Edited by @bowmanspartan.bsky.social (S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications)
https://www.hogrefe.com/eu/journal/journal-of-media-psychology
MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com Our in depth reporting on innovation reveals and explains what’s happening now to help you know what’s coming next.
Find our journalists on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/starter-pack/technologyreview.com/3lar7fofuwl2n
Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org Nonpartisan, nonadvocacy data and analysis. Visit us at https://www.pewresearch.org/
Diana Tamir @dianatamir.bsky.social Psych Professor at Princeton studying how brains think about people. https://psnlab.princeton.edu/
Julia Soares @juliasoares.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Psychology at New Mexico State University. My research examines technology effects on memory and memory mechanisms in applied settings. Lab website: https://profjuliassoares.wixsite.com/mite
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/
Nils Köbis @nckobis.bsky.social Professor for Human Understanding of Algorithms and Machines
@Research Center Trustworthy Data Science and Security
in Duisburg
Anastasia Kozyreva @anaskozyreva.bsky.social Research Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Andrew Shtulman @andrewshtulman.bsky.social Professor, cognitive developmental psychologist, and author of SCIENCEBLIND (Basic) and LEARNING TO IMAGINE (Harvard). I love academic bureaucracy and sarcasm.
Imran Ahmed @imranahmed.bsky.social CEO & Founder of Center for Countering Digital Hate
Rakoen Maertens @rakoenmaertens.bsky.social Juliana Cuyler Matthews Junior Research Fellow @ New College, University of Oxford | Behavioural Science & Counter-Mis/Disinformation | PhD (University of Cambridge) | www.rakoenmaertens.com
Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social Asst Prof @ UMaryland | early childhood experiences and brain/cognitive/academic development | learning variability | SLP & language nerd | she/her 🏳️🌈 #FGLI education.umd.edu/leadlab
Tracy Pizzo Frey @tpf.bsky.social Responsible AI | Tech Ethics | Founder, Restorative AI | Managing Partner, Uncommon Impact Studio | Mom | Excellent packer | Terrible napper | dogs > cats sorry I don't make the rules | all posts are mine from my very own brain
Elvira Pérez Vallejos @elvirapv.bsky.social Prof. Mental Health and Digital Technology at The University of Nottingham… with a special interest in DeathTech and Responsible AI for Death and Dying 
Center for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org The Center for Democracy & Technology. Shaping technology policy and architecture, with a focus on equity and justice. @cdteu.org for our EU-based team.
https://cdt.org
Lucía Magis-Weinberg @luciamawe.bsky.social Assistant Professor @University of Washington | PI of the interACTlab | teens and tech in Latin America | she/ella 
Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social Law professor at UC Irvine, studying law, technology, society, and queer civil rights. 🏳️🌈
Dad to Peabody.
Stephen Balkam @stephen.bsky.social Founder & CEO, Family Online Safety Institute
Georgene Troseth @geotro.bsky.social Professor of Psychology & Human Development, Emerita
Peabody College - Vanderbilt University
Adult (who became an) ice dancer
Lifelong skating watcher
Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social Scientist. Dir. of Usable Security & Privacy at the International Computer Science Institute (icsi.berkeley.edu). Founder, AppCensus (appcensus.io). All opinions are those of his employer(s), and not his own.
https://www.guanotronic.com/~serge/
Max Stossel @maxstossel.bsky.social Award winning artist named by Forbes as one of the best storytellers of the year: www.wordsthatmove.com
Founder of Social Awakening, dedicated to helping young people survive and thrive in the modern world: www.socialawakening.org
Jaime Banks @amperjay.bsky.social Prof at Syracuse U's iSchool. Robots, social AI, videogames, dogs, wine, travel ...
Tara Behrend @behrend.bsky.social Professor at Michigan State University, Past President of SIOP (siop.org). Thinking about work, mobility, technology, and psychology. Fan of crosswords and chairs. Pro-empathy.
Katharina Scheiter @kscheiter.bsky.social Professor for Digital Education at University of Potsdam | interested in learning and teaching with technology | Koordination Transferstelle Kompetenzverbund lernen:digital 
Cameron Piercy @cameronpiercy.bsky.social Communication researcher, associate prof, into human-machine communication, work, and network science. Choctaw citizen, dad, partner, friend, and dog-person.
https://hmc.ku.edu/ 
Human-Machine Communication @hmcjournal.bsky.social Human-Machine Communication is Diamond OA and a peer-reviewed journal. Autumn Edwards is the Editor-in-Chief.
http://www.hmcjournal.com/
Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn @sunjooahn.bsky.social Professor, University of Georgia.
Director, Center for Advanced Computer-Human Ecosystems (CACHE). https://www.ugavr.com
#VR #AR #research #behaviorchange #communication #technology #metaverse
Leonard Reinecke @leonardreinecke.bsky.social Professor for Media Effects and Media Psychology, @ifpmainz.bsky.social, University of Mainz, Germany // Greek at Heart
Markus Appel @markusappel.bsky.social Psychology of Communication, Media Psychology, Professor at the University of Würzburg, Germany. Father and former table tennis player.
Matthew Grizzard @mattgrizz.bsky.social "Scarlet & Gray" Associate Professor in the School of Communication at OSU. I study narratives, characters, and moral judgment processes as they relate to the consumption of media. My opinions are my own.
WIRED @wired.com For Future Reference.
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Wietse de Vries @wietsedv.nl Postdoc on low-resource speech tech at the University of Groningen 🇳🇱
🐝 🍯 🍄 🧗 ⛸️ 🐈 📕
https://wietsedv.nl @gronlp.bsky.social
Timothy MacNeill 🇨🇦 @timothymacneill.bsky.social Musician. Senior Teaching Professor Ontario Tech University.
Rescue Liberty - Reject the Bullies
Liberty Girl by Arlibido:
View and share here:
https://youtu.be/cBRgQ78o5EA?si=VW3Byzt--ayxf2_B
Stream on your service
#elbowsup #Resist #canadianmusic
Rossano Schifanella @rschifan.bsky.social Interdisciplinary scientist @diunito and @isifondazione. AI, (spatial) data science, computational social science, complex networks, urban science, data visualization, and maps enthusiast.
Francesco Pierri @frapierri.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Politecnico di Milano. Capoeira at Sul Da Bahia Milano.
Kevin Yang @yang3kc.bsky.social Kaicheng Yang, PhD | Assistant professor @Binghamton University CS | Computational social science, bots, + | views mine
Matt DeVerna @matthewdeverna.com Postdoc with Stanford's Tech Impact and Policy Center
(@techimpactpolicy.bsky.social). Past: Indiana University / Observatory on Social Media.
Societal impacts of AI within the information ecosystem.
🧨 matthewdeverna.com
ISI Foundation @isi.it ISI Foundation is a nonprofit research institute focusing on data science, complex systems and their applications to social impact and public health.
linktr.ee/isi.foundation
Rense Corten 🟥 @rensec.bsky.social Sociologist at Utrecht University, NL, studying cooperation, trust, social networks, social media, platform economy, using computational social science and experimental methods. I mostly follow academics.
Also: @RenseC@mastodon.online
Paul Smaldino @psmaldino.bsky.social Paradigmatically promiscuous scientist. Ankylosaur enthusiast. Modeler of cultural evolution and related topics. Anti-fascist. Professor at UC Merced, external prof at the Santa Fe Institute and CSH-Vienna.
Web: https://smaldino.com/wp/
Johan Ugander @jugander.bsky.social Associate Professor, Yale Statistics & Data Science. Social networks, social and behavioral data, causal inference, mountains. https://jugander.github.io/
Tom Emery @drtomemery.bsky.social Exec Director of @odissei.bsky.social and Associate Professor of Sociology, @erc.europa.eu StG. Co-Director of @ipdln.bsky.social & Social Science Lead at the PDPC (https://edu.nl/hr9eh). See https://tomemery.eu/ for more detail