MENA Alliance for Digital Rights @madr.network https://madr.network/
Laura Schwartz-Henderson @oncethought.bsky.social Part of the endangered human rights species- communications, research & mobilization around censorship, shutdowns, surveillance. 🔥 Righteous anger is always sexy 🔥
Sam Gregory @samgregory.bsky.social AI + emerging tech + epistemic resilience; 'Prepare, Don't Panic' initiative on media manipulation/generative AI. TED speaker on deepfakes, https://www.samgregory.info, @samgregory on Twitter/X. PhD Westminster. Former Executive Director WITNESS.
Ahmed Ezzat @azzat.bsky.social 
Grant @grantbkr.bsky.social Google knows what's in my cabinet and Facebook logs all of my favorite sandwiches.
Patricia Cartes @cartes.bsky.social 🇪🇸&🇺🇸. Trust & Safety professional; formerly at Google, Facebook, Twitter, Postmates & VSCO. Mamá of 👯♀️.📚🍵🏃♀️🌊
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Tanya O'Carroll @tanya.eurosky.social Accountable & equitable tech. Senior Fellow, Foxglove Legal suing Meta. Co-founder Amnesty Tech and @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social
Tom Fisher @drsamaki.bsky.social OfDIA/DSIT. Ex-Privacy International. PhD African Studies from University of Edinburgh. Posts on digital identity, DPI, and human rights. Views own.
Rebecca MacKinnon @rebecca-mackinnon.bsky.social Working for a better internet that enables everyone, everywhere, to thrive. Posting as myself, not representing anyone else’s views.
Marc Farra @marcfarra.bsky.social I write code and make hot sauce in Beirut.
Director of chess things at keshmat.org
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Gharbeia, Ⓐ @gharbeia.org Turtle trainer
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Sarah El Deeb @seldeeb.bsky.social Investigative journalist, Associated Press; Beirut-Cairo. Two cats: Drake & Smudge.
Timothy E. Kaldas @tekaldas.bsky.social Deputy Director of the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @timep.bsky.social
Analyst, Student, Professor, and Professional Cynic
Study and teach at @uab.cat in Barcelona
#RefugeesWelcome He/Him
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Joey Shea @joeyshea.bsky.social Saudi Arabia and UAE Researcher @HRW • she/her
https://www.hrw.org/about/people/joey-shea
Samar Elhussieny @selhussieny.bsky.social #HumanRights defender and researcher| Executive Director @egyptianhrforum.bsky.social Forum Prev| Associate manager @Sutherlandcorp | Master’s @unitartu |MENA coordinator| @CFWIJ |
Diana Moukalled @dianamoukalled.bsky.social Journalist
مجد // Majd @majdal.cc What are *you* doing to stop the genocide? To build a better future for all of us?
I'm a PhD student, in geography, at uToronto. I think about just futures in the context of climate change.
More active on Mastodon: @majdal@social.coop
#FreePalestine
Alia Ibrahim @aliaibrahim.bsky.social Journalist, mother and experimental entrepreneur.
I co-founded Daraj, an independent media fully owned by journalists
Joan Barata @joanbarata.bsky.social
Working on free speech, media and platforms regulation for several international organizations and projects.
@joelcampagna.bsky.social @joelcampagna.bsky.social 
Michael Brennan @michaelbrennan.bsky.social Supporting people and organizations building a more equitable internet. Views expressed are my own. Philadelphia.
Bassam Khawaja @khawaja.bsky.social Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa, @HRW.org
Senior Fellow, Human Rights Institute, Columbia Law School
Counsel to Human Rights & Privatization Project, NYU Law
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social Real-time historian of the late cyber capitalist era @TechCrunch, writing about the intersection of hackers, human rights, and spies.
Also writing a book about Hacking Team and the history of government spyware.
☎️ Signal: +1 917 257 1382
Ruth Michaelson @ruthmichaelson.com Observer Middle East correspondent based in Turkey.
Bylines @theobserveruk.bsky.social & seen in @theguardian.com, sometimes others.
ruth.michaelson@observer.co.uk
ruth.michaelson@guardian.co.uk
ruth@ruthmichaelson.com
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Nayla Salibi نايلة الصليبي @salibi.bsky.social Journalist @ FranceMédiasMonde,Geek,Radio Producer of IT&Tech innovation daily Chronicle MonteCarloDoualiya,
MediaExpert,Trainer
Nancy Okail @nancyokail.bsky.social President & CEO @CIPolicy. Ex-convict, Scholar, Tango dancer. Advocate: Justice, Human Rights, Peace & Security. @Stanford, @SussexUni. Fmr ED @TimepDC- 0 @0xa1ef.bsky.social @0xa1ef.bsky.social
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Mahmoud Ghazayel @ghazayel.bsky.social 🕵️♂️ When I'm Not Fact-Checking, I'm on a Quest for A Falafel 🧆
Wadih AL ASMAR @walasmar.bsky.social 
William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social Professor and filmmaker. Wrote 'An Unlikely Audience: Al Jazeera's Struggle in America.' #footie #afc
The Citizen Lab @citizenlab.ca We are an academic research unit at the University of Toronto investigating novel threats to democracy, human rights, and global security in the digital ecosystem.
Sarah A | ساره @xsa.bsky.social hacker | infosec + human rights + anti-surveillance丨past VP Security @OpenTechFund, @internetFF, @HRW丨past fellow @mozilla @NewAmerica丨Beirut ➝ Brooklyn
Marwa Fatafta | مروة فطافطة @marwasf.bsky.social Palestinian feminist made in Saudi | MENA Policy and Advocacy Director @AccessNow
لينا الهذلول Lina Alhathloul @linaalhathloul.bsky.social 
Patrick Zaki @patrickzaki.bsky.social Human Rights Defender |
Minority Rights Researcher |
MA Gender Studies at unibo |
Phd scholar in scuola normale superiore|
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linuxawy @linuxawy.org 
Khalidalbaih @khalidalbaih.bsky.social @moleskinefoundation fellow /Soros Arts Fellow/ EHF Fellow
Founder: @getfadaa_ @dohafashionfridays @sudanadlibrary @khartoonmag
Noura Aljizawi @noura.bsky.social Senior Researcher @Citizenlab.ca , UofT
Exploring the dark dimensions of digital power: authoritarianism, transnational repression & disinformation.
Hesham Sallam @wazirelkif.bsky.social Stanford, Jadaliyya, among others. Opinions are mine
Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social Marc Lynch. GW Professor, POMEPS commander, Brewers fan. The one true Abu Aardvark. AMERICA’S MIDDLE EAST. Find me at https://abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io- A @abdulemam.bsky.social @abdulemam.bsky.social
Khalid Ibrahim @khalidibrahim.bsky.social A human rights defender & Executive Director of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)
INSM انسم @insmnetwork.bsky.social advocate for FREE, OPEN, DIVERSE & SAFE internet in Iraq. info@insm-iq.org
mahsa alimardani @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social Technology and human rights. Associate Director of Technology Threats and Opportunities at @witnessorg.bsky.social | Doctoral Researcher @oii.ox.ac.uk
moussa saleh @m1m2.bsky.social Digital Rights and Queer Safe Spaces 
Hayder Hamzoz @hamzoz.bsky.social 
Lobna Darwish @lobna.bsky.social 
Micha Tobia @michatobia.bsky.social Editorial Director at TIMEP @timep.bsky.social | Heart and mind in Beirut
Bissan @bissan.bsky.social - 0 راغِِِِِِِِِِِِِِِِِِِِبّّّّّّّّ @0x7d6e6867.bsky.social Cybersecurity Architect | CyberSpirits Hunter | Human Rights (he/him)
- S LeShaque @shaque.bsky.social Earthican activist concerned mainly by creeping authoritarianism. Consultant working in institutional development and digital security at their intersection with human rights.
Naseem Tarawnah @tarawnah.bsky.social Writer, editor, researcher. Monitoring cybercrimes and free expression in MENA.
Renata Avila @avilarenata.bsky.social CEO Open Knowledge Foundation - Lawyer - Internationalist 
Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social Human Rights Lawyer | Executive Director at TIMEP @timep.bsky.social - A Abed Kataya @akataya.bsky.social
Tara Tarakiyee @tarakiyee.bsky.social Public interest technologist. Open source, digital autonomy, internet
governance. Berlin. another internet is possible. tarakiyee.com
@elazhary.bsky.social @elazhary.bsky.social Co-founder and lawyer at @Masaar.bsky.social 
The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @timep.bsky.social TIMEP is dedicated to centering localized perspectives in the policy discourse on the Middle East and North Africa. (Twitter: @TIMEPDC)
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Masaar @masaar.net We resist for a free and open Internet.
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SMEX @smex.org SMEX is a nonprofit dedicated to safeguarding human rights in digital spaces across West Asia and North Africa.
Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're a nonprofit that fights for your privacy and free speech online. Find all of EFF's social media accounts at eff.org/social.
Gohary @ircpresident.bsky.social Directing programs at the intersection of tech, human rights & media. @GlobalVoices.org Services Lead and Board Member. Alum: @AnmatMedia, @IFEX, AlMasry AlYoum, Engineering. Find me at https://mohamedelgohary.com
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
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Sarah Mohsen @sarah94.bsky.social Co-founder and researcher at masaar.net
Human rights, tech and a little bit of cinema and video games.
Mohamed El Dahshan @eldahshan.bsky.social Nicer in real life.
www.𓆲.com
Mohammad El Taher @eltaher.xyz Co-founder @masaar.net .
Researcher and Technologist.
Blogger, Publisher of the CyberSurf newsletter & podcast host.
Believer in dignity for all.
https://eltaher.xyz
Ramy Yaacoub @ramyyaacoub.bsky.social 🥷 at @open-society.bsky.social. ex @timep.bsky.social. Rocket Scientist @EmbryRiddle. M.A. @ausis.bsky.social. Political Analyst. Scuba Diver. English, Arabic, y un poco de Español 🇨🇦🇪🇬🇺🇸
Twitter: @ramyyaacoub
Marianne Díaz Hernández @mariannedh.bsky.social Writer, lawyer, digital rights activist, migrant. Cat person. PDF hoarder. Coffee addict. Swiftie. / she/ella / http://the-far-away.com
ARTICLE 19 Law and Policy @article19law.bsky.social Defending freedom of expression and information through legal & policy reforms. Everywhere
Bill Marczak @billmarczak.org senior researcher at @citizenlab.ca
Annalise @annalise.bsky.social Chasing dirty money for Transparency International U.S. and DDoSecrets. Big fan of brutalist and modernist architecture.
Abir Ghattas @abirghattas.bsky.social CIO & Director of Information Security @HRW • Feminist • @abirghattas@infosec.exchange •
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute 
Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social Author of Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism (Verso 2021).
Work @eff.org, teach at College of Europe Natolin, sing and play 🎷 in a band, live in London, full bio at https://jilliancyork.com/about
Views are mine alone.
David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social californian. human rights, free expression, tech, international law. uc irvine. fulbright. article 19. prior: UN special rapporteur, GNI chair.
edu coalition (dm for details)
go bears!
Ahmed Al Omran @alomran.me Saudi correspondent for @financialtimes.com. @ahmed on Twitter and Instagram.
Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social I cover digital threats for NBC News. Tip me! @kevincollier.01 on signal, kevin.collier@nbcuni.com. NYC, from West Virginia.
Alex Stamos @stamos.org CPO/CSO of Corridor.dev, teaching at Stanford.
evacide @evacide.bsky.social Director of Cybersecurity @eff.org
Co-founder of @stopstalkerware.bsky.social
These opinions are my own, not my employer's
I did a TED talk once
Mohammed Al-Maskati @mohdmaskati.bsky.social Digital Security Helpline Director at Access Now
https://www.accessnow.org/profile/mohammed/