Aaron Rodericks @aaron.bsky.team Canadian wanderer in Ireland. Trying to make the internet a better place. Bluesky Head of Trust and Safety.
File a report in the app or via moderation@blueskyweb.xyz - not via mentions/replies.
https://aaronrodericks.com
House of Commons Committees @hoccommittees.parliament.uk Where MPs consider policy issues and check the Government’s work.
UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk For 200 years, UCL Laws has been one of the leading centres of legal education in the world.
Kevin Hjortshøj O’Rourke @kevinhorourke.eurosky.social Economist and economic historian. Directeur de Recherche, CNRS and Professor of Economics, Sciences Po, Paris.
Website: kevinhorourke.com
Jonathan Jones @sirjjkc.bsky.social Sir Jonathan Jones KCB KC (Hon). Ex Treasury Solicitor and private sector lawyer.
Various non-executive, consultancy, academic and charitable roles
Law, constitution, government, cocktails
Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social Chair of European Movement UK. 🇬🇧 🇪🇺
Founder of the Bylines Network.
Founder of Scientists for EU.
Lover of science, Europe and humanity. 🙌
Sarah Eskens @saraheskens.bsky.social Asst. Prof. at VU Amsterdam studying EU platform regulation
Partnership on AI @partnershipai.bsky.social A non-profit bringing together academic, civil society, industry, & media organizations to address the most important and difficult questions concerning AI.
Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social Political scientist with a passion for EU affairs, Geek with a passion for technology. Senior Fellow in Europe Division at @SWP-Berlin.org. Associate Fellow @chathamhouse.bsky.social Europe Programme. All views are personal. Journey before Destination.
Charles Watts @charleswatts.bsky.social Arsenal journalist. Author.
Alain Berset @alain-berset.coe.int Secretary General of the Council of Europe / Secrétaire Général du Conseil de l'Europe
ECFR Geoeconomics and Tech @ecfrgeotech.bsky.social ECFR’s research in geoeconomics and technology explores the impact of global economic fragmentation, Western strategies to de-risk industries from China, and the future of economic statecraft tools.
ECFR @ecfr.eu European Council on Foreign Relations: the only pan-European think-tank. We foster coalitions for change and promote debate on Europe's global role.
Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int Media and comms advisor @ the 46-nation Council of Europe
@coe.int + #ECHR = "The most effective human rights protection mechanism in world history" (Shami Chakrabarti)
🔎 https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-cutting-coe/
⚠️ CoE/ECHR ≠ EU
Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University; Exec Editor, Just Security; former ACLU. knightcolumbia.org.
The Coalition for Independent Technology Research @thecoalition.bsky.social Our mission is to advance, defend, and sustain the right to ethically study the impact of technology on society.
Lo Kapila @lokapila.bsky.social Deputy editor and reporter @DublinInquirer, an independent reader-funded newspaper. Tips and feedback welcome at 0873924796 (Whatsapp, Signal, phone, text), and lois@dublininquirer.com.
@opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net Free thinking for the world 🌍 We're an independent media organisation. Find us > opendemocracy.net Also at @openDemocracy@newsie.social for those who toot too.
Why oh why? @why0hy.bsky.social Frequently discombobulated 
J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social I work with communities on science for safer, fairer digital environments.
Founder: CAT Lab. Radcliffe Fellow, Harvard. Assoc Prof, Communication, Cornell · Guatemalan-American · Ultracyclist
🐘@natematias@social.coop
natematias.com
citizensandtech.org
Nathalie Maréchal, PhD @nathaliemarechal.net Fighting for democracy and human rights in the age of technofascism. She/her. Opinions personal, etc. ❌👑
Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social Law lecturer. Political theory, constitutions, republicanism, France. Dad of two. An 'autism parent'. Interested in athletics, politics, wine. 
Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com UK news editor, Financial Times. I write some of the headlines. I also wrote a book, How to Love Animals. https://www.ft.com/henry-mance
Kevin Bankston @bankston.bsky.social CONVERGER at kevinbankston.substack.com. Senior Advisor on AI Governance @cdt.org. Teaching AI law @georgetownlaw.bsky.social. Imagining futures @imaginationasu.bsky.social. My opinions, not theirs.
Whitney Merrill @wbm312.bsky.social I nudge people to care about privacy and security. CPO/DPO. Privacy/infosec lawyer. Hacker. Fighting for privacy, digital civil liberties & the users. Ex @EA @FTC |my views are my own. I used to post on Twitter at @wbm312.
David Phinnemore @dphinnemore.bsky.social Professor of European Politics, Queen's University Belfast. EU politics, treaty reform, enlargement, Brexit/Protocol/Windsor Framework
William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK.bsky.social podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.
Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org Editor in Chief, @lawfaremedia.org
Senior Fellow, Brookings
Author, #DogShirtDaily
Host, #DogShirtTV
Purveyor of mischief.
Harasser of Russian diplomats worldwide.
Euractiv @euractiv.com Euractiv is an independent pan-European media network. We are an essential, trusted source for news, analysis and debate on EU politics and policy. www.euractiv.com
Jade-Ruyu Yan @fangsonggongzhu.bsky.social Investigative tech reporter at @opendemocracy.net and @techpolicypress.bsky.social
https://www.jadelyan.com/
Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social senior reporter at the guardian us / julia.wong@theguardian.com / juliacarriewong.11 on Signal
J. Nathan Matias 🦣 @natematias.social.coop.ap.brid.gy Social & computer scientist who works alongside communities on science for a safer, fairer, more understanding Internet.
Founder, Citizens and Technology Lab · Prof […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://social.coop/@natematias, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Steven Murdoch @steven.murdoch.is Professor of Security Engineering; Head of UCL Information Security Research Group @sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk; Director Open Rights Group. 🐘 https://mastodon.social/@sjmurdoch 🐦 @sjmurdoch 🌍 https://murdoch.is/
Safiya Umoja Noble, PhD @safiyanoble.bsky.social Living in Los Angeles. Native Californian. #MacFellow
Writer, professor. Comedian.
Author, “Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism,” which is unfortunately still relevant to understanding today’s LLMs and AI.
safiyaunoble.com
Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social Chief Executive, The British Academy
Chair, Our World in Data
Board, National Audit Office
Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE
Visiting Professor, Kings College London
Fellow, Birkbeck College
Views my own
Mary Branscombe @marypcbuk.bsky.social Omnivorous technology journalist. girl with the USB earring; author of the Cassidy At Large technomysteries. Like my writing? Buy me a ☕ https://ko-fi.com/marybranscombe. she/her. Warning: contains opinions. signal marypcbuk.44
Kate Bevan @katebevan.com Cat pics, tech, ranting. Sweary. Londoner. Enemy of gerunds in headlines. When I want advice, I'll ask for it.
Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app Founder & PI @aial.ie. Assistant Professor of AI, School of Computer Science & Statistics, @tcddublin.bsky.social
AI accountability, AI audits & evaluation. Cognitive scientist by training. Ethiopian in Ireland. She/her
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Ex-Guardian/Observer. Now co-founder brand new all-women journalist collective, www.thenerve.news. Tech justice stuff: www.the-citizens.com. Personal newsletter: www.broligarchy.substack.com
Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social Journalist @404Media.co
Signal: jason.404 // email: jason@404media.co
The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social Writes about law and policy at The Empty City blog and elsewhere.
Birmingham/London. Janeite. #AVFC
www.theemptycity.com
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
Simon Willison @simon.fedi.simonwillison.net.ap.brid.gy Open source developer building tools to help journalists, archivists, librarians and others analyze, explore and publish their data. https://datasette.io […]
[bridged from https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org We fight for digital rights. Join us.
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/join/
Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social Academic; writer. Professor of AI & Society, Chair-Director @kings-dfi.bsky.social, King’s College London. Eye-rolling at AI nonsense on a daily basis. #academicsky . Norn Irish in Norwich.
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.
Andres Guadamuz @technollama.bsky.social Law and technology academic. Posts about copyright law, internet regulation, AI, llamas, pandas, and cats. 🇨🇷 🇬🇧
https://www.technollama.co.uk/
Bill Thompson @billt.bsky.social Hack and pundit. BBC Research & Development. Formerly Digital Planet.
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
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
Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social Soc of Work + Platform Labor | Head of Sociology, University of Edinburgh | https://workersobservatory.org | @jcultecon + Platforms & Society
Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social Professor of Ethics & Technology @ Hertie School, Berlin. Interests: Artificial & Natural Intelligence; Behavioural Ecology; Cooperation; Digital Governance. Social media policy: https://joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2024/10/guidance-to-my-social-media.html
Dan McQuillan @danmcquillan.bsky.social https://danmcquillan.org/
Reuben Binns @rdbinns.bsky.social Computery guy. HCI, ML, AI, privacy, security, fairness, political economy of tech. He/him. London/Oxford.
electronic Max (Max Van Kleek) @emax.bsky.social Assoc. Prof–Computer Science, University of Oxford
LGBTQ+ fellow, ethical systems, AI, privacy, dignity and digital human rights. MIT Alumnus. Ex-IBM, Nokia, PARC.
lover of robot music 🤖⚡️
https://hip.cat/emax
https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/max.vanklee
Peter Hense 🔔🇺🇦🇮🇱🇪🇺 @peterhense.bsky.social #NAFOfella | Litigator | data, tech, AI | co-host RegInt: Decoding AI Regulation | AI Act Compact: https://shop.ruw.de/AI-Act-Compact/978-3-8005-1960-6 | Passionate about politics, history, animal protection | Loves Rome & The Simpsons | Threema: YTN9VR2P
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social Professor in Science and Technology Studies, UCL @stsucl.bsky.social. Science policy, responsible innovation, emerging technologies. Book https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-32320-2. Responsible AI UK (www.rai.ac.uk)
Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social Professor of IT Law at UEA Law School. Geek. Privacy, Politics. Wolves. Irish and British. Not always polite.
Jessica Shurson @jessicashurson.bsky.social Law academic @ University of Sussex. Research interests: cybercrime and criminal law; digital surveillance, investigations & evidence; privacy law. 🇺🇸 in 🇬🇧. (Views are my own.)
issuesincybercrimelaw.substack.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2775-2136
Ben Collier @susansegfault.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at University of Edinburgh in STS. Criminologist and author of Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy. Chair of the Foundation for Information Policy Research. Researching power and harm in digital infrastructure. Pfp Jamie Buchan
Prof. Marion Oswald, MBE @marion-infolaw.bsky.social Professor of Law, Northumbria University. Interested in law, technology, #AI policing, law enforcement & national security (& art, detective fiction). Chair, West Midlands PCC/Police data ethics committee, Hon FRSS #academicsky
peterkwells @peterkwells.com BlackpoolFC, books, tech, people, policy & delivery, realist. Hopes to make stuff work for everyone.
https://peterkwells.com
Emerald de Leeuw-Goggin 🇮🇪🇳🇱🇺🇸 @emeralddeleeuw.bsky.social 🤖Global Expert in Privacy & AI Governance | Shaping executive strategies for privacy and responsible AI and 💖 advancing women in AI governance.
All views expressed here are my own - when I share, it is not an endorsement
Brent Mittelstadt @bmittelstadt.bsky.social Professor of Data Ethics and Policy at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford and Principal Investigator at the Weizenbaum Institute. Founder of the Governance of Emerging Technologies research programme.
Laura James @laurajames.eurosky.social Adaptable, empathetic engineering leader
👩🏻💻 VP Research at F-Secure
☕️ director at CoFarm.co & nowplaythis.net & Green Web Foundation
Past: doteveryone.org.uk, makespace.org, okfn.org + more ➡️ lbj.org.uk
X:LaurieJ
More on @Laura@social.coop or LBJ.org.uk
Antonio Aloisi @aloisi.bsky.social law professor @ielawschool + fellow @nyulaw
platforms, AI, futures of work, social Europe
“Your Boss Is an Algorithm” – Hart 2022
http://lawtomation.ie.edu
Dr. Vassilis Galanos, SFHEA - each one teach one @velocitygravity.bsky.social Lecturer in Digital Work, UoStirling.
Researching AI/internet/digital media & expectations/expertise. Hype+Metaphors.
Friends: BRAID UK, UoE STIS, AI Ethics & Society, Data Civics, The New Real.
AE: Technology Analysis and Strategic Management.
It/ve/vem👾
Bernard Keenan @bernardkeenan.bsky.social Lecturer, UCL Laws. Law, theory, tech.
Interception: from postal systems to global networks (MIT 2025)
Igor Szpotakowski @iszpotakowski.bsky.social Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in IP Law at University of Leeds. Passionate about copyright, Chinese law, tech law, AI, and digitalisation. With a sip of Roman Law 📚 - https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/law/staff/2704/igor-szpotakowski
CREATe @create-glasgow.bsky.social Centre for Regulation of the Creative Economy, University of Glasgow
Colin Gavaghan @digitalfutures.bsky.social Professor at Bristol Digital Futures Institute/UoB Law School.
Tech law geek. Genre fic nerd. Proud Scot-kiwi-Bristolian. 
Data controversies, James Stewart @datacontroversies.bsky.social Microblog supporting Internet and Society and Controversies in the Data Society courses, Science Technology and Innovation Studies, University of Edinburgh
Tristan Henderson @tnhh.org Computer scientist (ish) at St Andrews. Insane in the membrane. Except when running. Running photos at @tnhh.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy
Burkhard Schafer @burkhardschafer.bsky.social Intellectual nomad grazing across the borders of law and computer science, University of Edinburgh. Corrupting the youth since 1996. Re-skeeting = unconditional love https://www.law.ed.ac.uk/people/professor-burkhard-schafe
Andrew Strait @agstrait.bsky.social UK AI Security Institute
Former Ada Lovelace Institute, Google, DeepMind, OII
Felix M. Simon @felixsimon.bsky.social Research Fellow in AI, Information & News, Reuters Institute, Oxford University | Research Associate, Oxford Internet Institute | Junior Research Fellow, Corpus Christi College | AI, (mis)info, news, democracy | My views etc…
https://www.felixsimon.net/
Francesca Palmiotto @francescapalmiotto.bsky.social AI, Human Rights and Criminal Justice
Assistant Professor at @ielawschool
Editor and co-founder @The_Digi_Con
Sharing resources and abstract art
Dr Elif Biber @elifbiber.bsky.social Law and Technology Scholar🌻🇪🇺 at the University of Luxembourg & Academic Visitor at the Oxford institute for Ethics in AI #AILaw #HumanRights #EULaw #RuleofLaw PhD in Law (summa cum laude) @ScuolaSantAnna Head of Digital Rights @The_Digi_Con
Sandra Wachter @swachter.bsky.social Professor of Technology and Regulation, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford https://tinyurl.com/3rkmbmsf
Humboldt Professor of Technology & Regulation, Hasso Plattner Institute https://tinyurl.com/47rkrt6c
Governance of Emerging Technologies
Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social Philosopher of technology | Professor at Philosophy Department University of Vienna | Author of AI Ethics, Why AI Undermines Democracy, and Artificial Religion | member UN Independent International Scientific Panel on AI | https://coeckelbergh.net
noyb – European Center for Digital Rights @noyb.eu About us 👉 http://noyb.eu
Become a member 👉 http://noyb.eu/support
#MakePrivacyReality #InvestInPrivacy
Maya Indira Ganesh @mayameme.bsky.social Feminist SocSci-Humanities scholar-practitioner in tech & AI. Associate Director & Senior Researcher: www.lcfi.ac.uk
VLR-MAA-DEL-BOM-BLR-BER-CBG
Outside cat; but more of a dog person really.
bodyofwork.in
Risto Uuk @ristouuk.bsky.social Head of European Policy and Research @ Future of Life Institute | PhD Researcher @ KU Leuven | Author, forthcoming Wiley book “The AI Endgame” (2027)
Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social 🇵🇹🇳🇱🇸🇪🇪🇺 Prof #A.I @umeauniversity; member @UN Advisory Group on AI; @wasp_hs; author; speaker; #responsibleAI https://bit.ly/2WxEkQU
John Naughton @jjn1.bsky.social Academic,newspaper columnist (Observer), blogger (johnnaughton.substack.com), photographer, optimist (despite current state of world), author, co-founder of Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy (mctd.ac.uk) at Cambridge
Christian Katzenbach @ckatzenbach.bsky.social Professor for Media and Communication @ZeMKI.bsky.social
@unibremen.bsky.social // Director @pgmt.bsky.social and MA Digital Media and Society // platform governance, (generative) AI, hype, regulation, tech discourses, norms
Paul Nemitz @paulnemitz.bsky.social Lawyer, Policy Developer, Speaker on #Democracy, #Law & #Technology, #AI #AIAct, #DSA & #GDPR and how all this works together. Co- Author of „The Human Imperative- Power, Freedom and Democracy in the age of #ArtificialIntelligence“.
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
Marco Almada @marcoalmada.com I have always depended on the kindness of otters.
Incoming assistant prof of law @ CUNEF, working on regulatory theory, digital governance & EU law
Skeets about work, hobbies (Warhammer 40k, sci-fi more generally, football), life, and bad puns.
Matthias Spielkamp @spielkamp.bsky.social Founder & ED AlgorithmWatch. Board member RSF Germany.
Ewa Luger @ewaluger.bsky.social Professor of Human-Data Interaction, University of Edinburgh; Codirector @braiduk.bsky.social; & https://www.responsiblenlp.org Researches AI/HCI
Alison Powell @abpowell.bsky.social Assoc Prof at LSE | Teaches MSc in Data & Society | Feminist research praxis | AI policy making | Undoing Optimization: https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300223804/
Current work on health, care and environment from NHS tech to Rewilding the Night
Ignacio Cofone @ignaciocofone.bsky.social Prof of Law & Regulation of AI at @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk. Fellow @reubencollege.bsky.social. Book: "The Privacy Fallacy" (2023). Likes tech, dogs, and sustainable industrial policy
Jeremias Adams-Prassl @jeremiasprassl.bsky.social Law @Oxford, currently visiting @Melbourne. Interested in algorithmic management, the future of work, and tech regulation.
Water enthusiast
Alan Winfield @alan-winfield.bsky.social Engineer, roboethicist and pro-feminist. Interested in robots as working models of life, evolution, intelligence and culture. Prof Robot Ethics, Bristol Robotics Lab. Home page: https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/AlanWinfield
Giulia Gentile @gentilegiulia.bsky.social All things #EU + #AI + #FRs / Lecturer @EssexLawSchool / Prev.
@LSELaw, @KCL_Law & @lawinmaastricht / RT≠endorsement / lots of typos
@nadyapurtova.bsky.social @nadyapurtova.bsky.social Law & Tech prof., LLM Law&Tech program director @ Utrecht Uni, ERC INFO-LEG PI, everything data protection, data gov-ce
Michael Birnhack @birnhack.bsky.social #Privacy #Copyright Law; Professor of Law @TAU_Law #פרטיות
https://en-law.tau.ac.il/profile/birnhack
Nora Ni Loideain @nniloideain.bsky.social Associate Professor in Law & Director, Information Law & Policy Centre, IALS, University of London; Expert in privacy, data protection, human rights; Joint Editor-in-Chief, International Data Privacy Law; Author: EU Data Privacy Law and Serious Crime (OUP)