Adam Smith @adamndsmith.com Tech and roses. Privacy researcher.
https://wealthofnotions.substack.com
AlgorithmWatch @algorithmwatch.org We ensure that the use of algorithms & AI benefits the many, not just the few!
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Corporate Watch @corporatewatch.bsky.social A research & training co-operative providing critical information on corporations & capitalism. UK-based & not-for-profit.
www.corporatewatch.org
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Arielle S. Garcia @ariellesgarcia.bsky.social COO at @checkmyads.org - the digital advertising watchdog | responsible media & tech | privacy | cat & dog mom | views are my own
www.checkmyads.org
www.usvgoogleads.com
Check My Ads @checkmyads.org We're the independent digital advertising watchdog. We are building a transparent and fair digital advertising market.
Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org We fight for digital rights. Join us.
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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social We are the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law, working to empower civil society through legal and policy frameworks that protect civic freedoms.
www.ecnl.org
Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org 👊 Battling techno-fascism with our Internet-savvy blend of attention-grabbing activism and mass mobilization.
https://www.fightforthefuture.org/2026
Netpol @netpol.org Network for Police Monitoring monitors and resists excessive, discriminatory and violent policing in England, Wales and Scotland
https://linktr.ee/netpol
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Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com Data/govt etc freelancer gavinfreeguard.com
Starting @sotf.org.uk
@connectedbydata.org, Data Bites @publicdigital.bsky.social, @instituteforgovernment.org.uk, Think Digital Partners, @kinship.works, @transformgovtalks.bsky.social
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Connected by Data @connectedbydata.org The campaign for communities to have a powerful say on data and AI, to help create an equitable and sustainable world.
connectedbydata.org
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
Tim Davies @timdavies.org.uk Director of Research & Practice at @ConnectedByData.org working on participatory and open governance of tech. Adoptive parent.
Emily Macaulay @emilyjmacaulay.bsky.social Head of Delivery & Operations for Connected by Data. #RunningIsFunning, fundraiser for Jane Tomlinson Appeal, Trustee: LGBT+ Consortium & Reading List Foundation. 🏳️🌈 She/Her.
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JUSTICE @justicehq.bsky.social Building a fairer UK justice system within everyone’s reach.
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Matt Davies @halcyene.bsky.social Data/AI policy @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social
(Political) philosophy of tech @lsegovernment.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social Research and policy adviser www.abdconsultancy.co.uk
Futures of work, digital welfare state, tech ethics, public sector innovation
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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.eurosky.social Legal and Policy Officer @openrightsgroup.bsky.social
"Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg." - cit.
Data protection, ArtificiaI intelligence, Social media pluralism, UK - EU regulation
Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org An independent research and development institute exploring how new technologies are transforming work and working lives. http://www.ifow.org
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Careful Trouble @carefultrouble.bsky.social We are Careful Trouble. We are a research studio and a social enterprise, helping make technologies work better for more people, more of the time.
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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
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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.
Carsten Jung @carsjung.bsky.social Associate director for economic policy & AI @IPPR. Former Bank of England economist and IMF fellow.
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org IPPR is the UK’s leading progressive think tank.
Find out more here: linktr.ee/IPPR
Yasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social Senior Policy Advisor at JRF (@jrf-uk.bsky.social) focusing on communities and place
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/
Adam Cantwell-Corn @adamc-c.bsky.social Campaigning to shift power on data and AI with @Connectedbydata.org and the Trades Union Congress @the-tuc.bsky.social
Alex Krasodomski @alexkj.bsky.social Tech, AI, Digital Public Infrastructure and old border foils at @Chatham House. Fellow @ ISD, Demos, Public AI network
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
Kester @kesterbrewin.com Writer, and Associate Director at the Institute for the Future of Work. Views my own. Latest book, God-like: a 500-Year History of AI, is out now. All my books: http://www.kesterbrewin.com
Sam @smithsam.bsky.social Believes in better data with informed privacy for all. Day job @medconfidential amongst other things. he/him http://is.gd/samblog 🧘♂️ #FILDI
Cambridge
medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social medConfidential.org
Julian @julianlstar.bsky.social CEO of Open Data Manchester, liker of the outside and outsiders, prone to disagreement. Views expressed may change within the space of a few seconds. Optimistic mostly
Sophia Knight @sophiaaknight.bsky.social PhD Researcher @ldnsocmedobs.bsky.social - podcasts, political communication & computational social science
Research Lead in Civic & Democratic Participation Online at Responsible Innovation Centre, BBC R&D
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Open Data Institute @odihq.bsky.social Advancing trust in data.
Reece Parslow @reece-parslow.bsky.social 5Rights Foundation • #OnlineSafetyAct • #DataProtection
Working to build a safer and rights-respecting digital world for children by design and default. Views my own.
Louise Crow @itscrowbot.bsky.social Chief Exec for @mysociety.org. We run TheyWorkForYou, WhatDoTheyKnow, FixMyStreet and a host of other projects reimagining people power.
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Adam Leon Smith @adamleonsmith.substack.com Technology product safety advocate. AI standards expert. Chair of AIQI. Chair of BCS F-TAG. NoLeFa-84.
Kate Jones @kate-jones.bsky.social AI Policy Lead at UNISON / Trade Union Liaison Officer on GPEx at Green Party
Limiting social media use so on here rarely.
unison.org.uk/aihub
SMEX @smex.org SMEX is a nonprofit dedicated to safeguarding human rights in digital spaces across West Asia and North Africa.
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