International Computer Science Institute @icsiatberkeley.bsky.social Furthering Computer Science Research through International Collaboration. Furthering International Collaboration through Computer Science Research.
Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social I'm a law professor at GW Law School and an expert on privacy, AI, technology, and data security law. I also write about law, literature, and the humanities. More about me at https://danielsolove.com
John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social Former CIA clandestine service. Spycraft Entertainment, Atlantic Council, NAFO. Host of Mission implausible podcast. Friend of dogs everywhere. Jimothy welcome here!
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
Bill Marczak @billmarczak.org senior researcher at @citizenlab.ca
Privacy Maverick @privacymaverick.bsky.social Privacy provocateur
Bug Zero @bugzero.io #LKA's Largest #BugBounty Platform.
Securing Your Organization, One Cyberspace at a Time.
Read Our Blog at https://blog.bugzero.io and Stay Up-to-Date.
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.
Rūta Kazlauskaitė @rutakazlauskaite.bsky.social Researcher, PhD, University of Helsinki. Memory politics, VR/XR, emotions, propaganda, populism.
Tanusree Sharma @tanusrees.bsky.social Assistant professor @penn_state . Ph.D @UofIllinois . Usable Security, Trust, Decentralized Governance . Formerly @Google, @maxplanckpress . tanusreesharma.github.io
Amie Stepanovich @amiest.bsky.social Privacy, tech, security
My opinions are mine.
Björn O'Connor-López @keirlamont.bsky.social Data law and policy
I don't rock the boat, but it's always unsteady.
John Verdi @johnverdi.bsky.social SVP of Policy, Future of Privacy Forum
Also https://mastodon.social/@johnverdi and https://twitter.com/johnverdi
bailey sanchez @baileysanchez.bsky.social former riverboat operator. current privacy gal at Future of Privacy Forum. views are mine and also correct.
Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna @gzf.bsky.social Data Protection Geek. Co-author of the big GDPR OUP Commentary🇷🇴🇪🇺🇺🇸 US-based, former Brussels bubbler. Writes about data protection law and policy, AI governance through a Global lens (& sometimes democracy) Strictly personal views.
www.pdpecho.com.
Jules Polonetsky @julespolonetsky.bsky.social CEO, Future of Privacy Forum
FPF.org
Future of Privacy Forum @futureofprivacy.bsky.social A catalyst for privacy leadership & scholarship, advancing principled data practices in support of emerging tech. Get updates: fpf.org/subscribe
Jordan Francis @jordfran.bsky.social Senior Policy Counsel @futureofprivacy.bsky.social | Nonresident Fellow cordellinstitute.wustl.edu | JD, UMN Law | CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP | Views expressed here are my own. Likes and reposts are not endorsements.
Rob van Eijk @rvaneijk.bsky.social Data & AI | Technologist, PhD (Law) | NYT, Bloomberg, MLEX, POLITICO
Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social Senior Policy Analyst at @futureofprivacy, PhD student researching school shootings. www.sheaswauger.com
Jordan @jordanwrigley.bsky.social Feral tech policy worker, life sci researcher. I like to be fed. Intellectual trash panda. Data-driven garden hermit. My ops are my ops, fr.
Daniel Hales @danielskeets.bsky.social
Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite
newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/
books: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/brian-merchant/
kofi link: https://ko-fi.com/brianmerchant
michael h keller @mhkeller.bsky.social nytimes reporter | tech, special projects | mhkeller@{nytimes,protonmail}.com, github/mhkeller | adjunct at CUJ | mhkeller.01 on Signal
Jeremy Epstein @jeremyepstein.bsky.social Former WH OSTP privacy guy. NSF SaTC (cybersecurity and privacy) lead for a decade, now trying to figure out what's next. Dad, grandfather. Personal account, nothing official here.
SPUR Lab @spur.science Nathan Malkin's research group
— studying Security, Privacy, Usability, Respect at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
– https://spur.science/
Sauvik Das @sauvik.me I work on human-centered {security|privacy|computing}. Associate Professor (w/o tenure) at @hcii.cmu.edu. Director of the SPUD (Security, Privacy, Usability, and Design) Lab. Non-Resident Fellow @cendemtech.bsky.social- H Cori Faklaris (follow me @corifaklaris.com) @heycori.bsky.social I have claimed this username because I am known as "heycori" on other sites. Follow my main account here @corifaklaris.com
Lindah Kotut @kotut.bsky.social Bibliophile. Tea Snob. Assistant Professor at @uwischool.bsky.social. I collect stories, play with code, and dabble in HCI + Cybersecurity research.
Peter Mayer @securitycapybara.bsky.social Human-centred cybersecurity & privacy faculty at University of Southern Denmark
Jason Hong @jas0nh0ng.bsky.social Professor - Carnegie Mellon University - Human Computer Interaction
Ubiquitous Computing - Usable Privacy and Security - Responsible AI
Co-Founder - Wombat Security (acquired) - FuguUX
Laura Dabbish @dabbish.bsky.social Professor - HCI at Carnegie Mellon University
Kami Vaniea @kaniea.bsky.social Usable Security and Privacy researcher
Willie Agnew @willie-agnew.bsky.social Queer in AI 🏳️🌈 | postdoc at cmu HCII | ostem |william-agnew.com | views my own | he/they
Kyzyl Monteiro @kyzyl.me PhD Student @ CMU HCII
kyzyl.me
Eran Toch @eranto.bsky.social I invent new technologies and user experiences for privacy & human-AI interaction. Prof of Engineering at TAU.
Apu Kapadia @apukapadia.bsky.social Professor of Computer Science at Indiana University Bloomington. Usable privacy and security, especially with online photo sharing.
Franzi Roesner @franziroesner.bsky.social Professor (computer security and privacy, broadly construed) in the Allen School of CSE at the University of Washington. Also spend my time on parenting, reading, exercising, and writing poetry. She/her.
https://www.franziroesner.com
Collins Munyendo @collinsmunyendo.bsky.social Postdoc at UC Berkeley and Incoming Asst Prof of CS at NUS
Human factors in computer security and privacy
https://collinsmunyendo.github.io/
Benjamin Berens @reaktanz.bsky.social Psychologist with phd in computer science conducting research in the area of cyber security and privacy
Mahmood Sharif @mahmoods01.bsky.social S&P researcher. SCS@TAU.
Jessica Vitak @vitak.bsky.social She/her. Professor at University of Maryland's iSchool. Former director of HCIL. Steering Committee Chair-Elect for CSCW. Research: privacy, surveillance, data ethics. https://jessicavitak.com
Come for the academic expertise. Stay for the cookie content.
Daniel Zappala @zappala.bsky.social human-centered security research at BYU
Michelle Mazurek @mmazurek.bsky.social security, privacy, people
pointy-headed academic, phillies enjoyer
still tomorrow's gonna be another working day / just trying to get some rest
John Sohrawardi @nviable.bsky.social DeFake Project Lead | HCI, AI, Cybersecurity | Fighting #deepfakes | RIT
Bailey 🕸️🕷️🦇 @bkacsmar.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta. Amii Fellow. Human-centered privacy enhanced data science e.g., ML, MPC, PSI, etc.
My group is PUPS, Practical Usable Privacy and Security
https://bkacsmar.github.io//
Adriana Porter Felt @apf.bsky.social I like writing silly skeets, but that doesn't pay so I also make Google Chrome. mamá, Eng Director, volunteer at Second Harvest. 🇺🇲🇨🇷
Twitter: @__apf__
Adryana "arin" H. @awyrm.bsky.social PhD student at GWU, security, privacy, and disability justice | fake philosopher | any pronouns, she/her is fine
a-wyrm.github.io
@lujobauer.bsky.social @lujobauer.bsky.social
Nicolas Christin @nc2y.bsky.social Prof. at Carnegie Mellon University. Computer security, online crime, and assorted online seediness. Reformed(?) hacker. Economic migrant.
📍 Pittsburgh, PA, mostly
🕸️ https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/nicolasc
@alexbardas.bsky.social @alexbardas.bsky.social
Joe Calandrino @jcalandrino.bsky.social
Irwin Reyes @irwinreyes.com Principal Research Engineer at Two Six Technologies
I do monkey business in the mobile+network privacy and security space
https://irwinreyes.com
yuxi 👩🏻🏫 @yuxiwu.com privacy, design, hiking, photography
postdoc @ northeastern khoury
Hao-Ping (Hank) Lee @hankhplee.bsky.social PhD student @CMU HCII | Prev: IBM Research, Microsoft Research, Brave
I develop tools that assist AI practitioners in identifying, reasoning about, and mitigating privacy risks during the development of AI products.
https://hankhplee.com/
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/
Emiliano De Cristofaro @emilianodc.com Professor at UC Riverside, head of SPALab
Home: emilianodc.com
Pradyumna Shome @pradyumna.bsky.social Security researcher, board gamer, long-distance runner, EDM enthusiast, boba guy, and dancing goat. Spending my tempo rubato admiring pointillism.
pradyumnashome.com
Ananta Soneji @anantasoneji.bsky.social PhD, Human Factors in Cybersecurity
Current: SEFCOM, ASU
Ex: MPI-SWS, Sage Bionetworks
drvotipka @drvotipka.bsky.social @TuftsCS professor. @umdcs Alum. Co-directory of @TSP lab. Interested in usable security in professional contexts.
Personal website: https://www.eecs.tufts.edu/~dvotipka
Lab website: https://tsp.cs.tufts.edu
Warda Usman @wardausman.bsky.social
@haojian.bsky.social @haojian.bsky.social
Mary Anne Smart @maryannesmart.bsky.social Assistant Teaching Professor
Purdue University
@kellycaine.bsky.social @kellycaine.bsky.social
Neilly Tan @neillytan.com phd candidate @ uw hcde ✎ critical data, design systems, privacy, power
↳ pronounced “nee-lee” • she/her ⚢🏳️🌈 • neillytan.com ✧
Zakir Durumeric @zakird.com Internet Security, Trust, and Safety Researcher. Stanford CS Faculty, Censys Founder and Chief Scientist, ZMap Creator. https://zakird.com/
Mary Ellen Zurko @mzurko.bsky.social CyberSecurity with an emphasis on human use, integration, and impacts. Matron Saint of Usable Security. The only "Mary Ellen Zurko" on the web.