Andrew Guthrie Ferguson @profferguson.bsky.social Law Prof. GWU, Tech & Justice. Author: “Your Data Will Be Used Against You,” “The Rise of Big Data Policing,” “Why Jury Duty Matters,” and “The Law of Law School.”
Ofcom @ofcom.bsky.social Official account for Ofcom, the UK’s independent communications regulator.
ofcom.org.uk
Mumsnet @mumsnet.com
Oxford Social Sciences Division @socsci.ox.ac.uk We bring together the outstanding departments, faculties and schools that make up the University of Oxford's Social Sciences Division.
Helen Margetts @helenmargetts.bsky.social Professor at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford and the Alan Turing Institute, trying to make sense of governance and democracy in a digital world #public policy #digital government #data science #AI #democracy #behavioural science
OECD @oecd-ocde.bsky.social
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
Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk Exploring how technology is transforming the way we live, work and govern.
Oxford Criminology @oxfordcrim.bsky.social Centre for Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.
https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/centre-for-criminology/centre-criminology
Reposts/links to media or other websites do not imply endorsements.
Gergely F Lendvai @lendvaigf.bsky.social Scientometrics, science of science, cutesy networks, semantic thingies, and occasionally a bit of policy research.
Ludovika University of Public Service
Way too late to the party.
Sophie Stephenson @sophiestephenson.me PhD candidate at @uwmadison.bsky.social studying interpersonal security & privacy. Website: sophiestephenson.me
Cover photo by neilbat.es
Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy @mctd.bsky.social Radically rethinking power relationships between digital technologies, society, and the planet | 📍 University of Cambridge | Sign-up to our mailing list ➡️ http://tinyurl.com/minderoocambs | Latest: https://linktr.ee/mctdcambridge
Ellie Colegate @elliecolegate.bsky.social PhD Candidate, University of Nottingham | Researching the UK Online Safety Act and young people’s experience of harm | Tech Law and Internet regulation 📱
Carina Williams @carinawilliams.bsky.social Researcher | Keele University | Social Policy and Education | Digital literacy education, youth and social media, and the frameworks guiding policy and practice.
Parent Zone @parentzone.org.uk Parent Zone sits at the heart of digital family life, shaping the best possible future for children.
Pam Ugwudike @pamsoton.bsky.social Professor of Criminology | Researching AI & implications for justice
Co-Editor-in-Chief Criminology & Criminal Justice Journal: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/crj
Helen BB @helen-bb.bsky.social Girlguiding Trainer & Leader / DC #Chislehurst / #Trainer at Kidscape, Ben Kinsella Trust, Talent Foundry / formerly YoungMinds & Save the Children / Youth Pastor in Southwark Diocese / Student at RidleyHall
Rebecca Gray @becgray.bsky.social Director Mental Health Network @nhsconfed
chair of trustees @kidscape
Jacob Gaboury @jacobgaboury.bsky.social Associate Professor of Film & Media, UC Berkeley (he/him)
Media History | STS | Queer Theory | Digital Visual Culture
Book: Image Objects: An Archaeology of Computer Graphics (2021)
Now: Screenshot Histories & Queer Computing
https://jacobgaboury.com
Sandra Ristovska @sristovska.bsky.social Associate Professor of Media Studies (courtesy appointment in Law) at CU Boulder. Founding Director, Visual Evidence Lab @visualevidencelab.bsky.social Studies video evidence, AI, justice, and human rights. Author of Seeing Human Rights (MIT Press, 2021)
Tom Chatfield @tomchatfield.bsky.social Tech philosopher, author, dad. Critical thinking, AI ethics, future skills. Latest book: Wise Animals (Picador) https://tinyurl.com/WiseAnimals Views mine
Save the Children US @savethechildren.org Save the Children is an international humanitarian organization that has been protecting children around the world for more than 100 years. ❤️
savethechildren.org
nylah @yumcoconutmilk.bsky.social words @voguemagazine @travelleisure @VOGUEIndia @sweetjulymag | travel writer who doesn’t fly | literary agent @jessregel | Nylah.burton@gmail.com
Mariya Stoilova @mariyastoilova.bsky.social 📍Researcher at Media@LSE | Manager of the Digital Futures for Children centre
🎯Focus: digital technologies, GenAI, platformisation; mental health & wellbeing; children, families, intimacy; multi-method + cross-national analyses; rights & advocacy
Dr Sara Ratner @sararatner.bsky.social University of Oxford
AI in Education | Policy | Pedagogy
LinkedIn @sara-ratner
Ludmila Lupinacci @ludludlud.bsky.social Lecturer in Digital Media, University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social ✨digital tech & everyday life, experiences of liveness (whatever that means), scrolling nonsense, moods & vibes ✨ ludmilalupinacci.com
Nicolette Little @nicolettelittle.bsky.social New book 📕: From Red Dresses to Memory Stones: Multimedia Activism and Gender-Based Violence in Canada (UBC Press, 2026)
Feminist media activism, tech-facilitated violence, & memory @UAlberta
Nora Suren, PhD @norasuren.bsky.social Global digital media scholar. Researching digital platform governance, creator culture, media & gender 👩🏻💻 Teaching Prof @northeasternu.bsky.social 👩🏻🏫
Laura Aade @laade.bsky.social PhD candidate at University of Luxembourg 🇱🇺 | consumer protection, platform governance & social media commerce | affilitations @humanadserc @stanfordlaw TTLF |laura.aade@uni.lu
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher PGMT Lab @Uni Bremen | prev. DigitalValues project | Critical Platform Studies | European/German/feminist | first gen | she/her
CJ Reynolds @reynoldscj.bsky.social Postdoc at the University of Copenhagen. Researching finfluencers, gamblers, and general troublemakers. Still missing GeoCities.
Alex Turvy @alexturvy.bsky.social Internet culture researcher | PhD Candidate in Sociology | alexturvy.com
taylor annabell @taylorannabell.bsky.social Postdoc for HUMANads, Utrecht University
🔍 influencer cultures & platform governance; everyday experiences of datafication; digital memory work by and through social media platforms
🥝 in 🇳🇱 via 🇬🇧
Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández @ariadnamf.bsky.social Associate Professor at University College Dublin
Social media cultures, platform governance, online harms, and algorithmic systems.
Opinions are my own. She/her.
David Craig @producing2power.bsky.social comm, media industries, platform, social media, and creator studies scholar (aka "creator anthropologist"). In my past life, I spent decades making TV movies and "producing to power".
sarah edwards @seedwards.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Media Studies, North Central College. Feminist media studies // influencer industry // platforms // labor // tech. Formerly: UW-Madison Comm Arts, Social Media Collective. She/her.
https://sarahedwardsphd.com/
Dr. Mariah L Wellman @mariahlwellman.bsky.social Professor & researcher | writing a book on social media influencers and the wellness industry
Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social Assistant professor @rug.nl
Latinoamericano studying digital culture, platformized violence, and critical data studies.
Website: https://esteban-morales.com/
Katy Pearce @katypearce.bsky.social Associate Prof @uwcomm. I study tech & inequality in 🇦🇲 & 🇦🇿. Posts research & pop culture & parenting. She/her.
ysabel @ysabel.bsky.social • qualitative social science academic researching tech + young identities
• new book out with @ucpress: THE KIDS ARE ONLINE https://tinyurl.com/jv33yjaf
• words in @guardian @WIRED @WSJ @glamour
• she/her
find me @ ysabelgerrard.net/home
Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social Assistant professor at Duke University. Tech policy, platform governance, mom.
I make bad jokes sometimes.
Daniela Jaramillo-Dent @danijaradent.bsky.social Senior Research and Teaching Associate
at the Media Change and Innovation Division at the Department of Media and Communication Research at the University of Zurich. Internet scholar focusing on diaspora and inequality.
Moa Eriksson Krutrök @moaerikssonkrut.bsky.social PhD | Assoc Prof Media & Comms Umeå University | Digital media research | Crisis and memes | Editor JDSR | Humlab | DIGSUM | Weird double last name 💣
Brooke Erin Duffy @brookeerinduffy.bsky.social social media researcher and author
associate professor at Cornell University
platforms, power, and the creator economy
www.brookeduffy.com
Tom Divon | توم ديفون | תום דיבון @tomdivon.bsky.social Social Media Explorer 🦆
PhDing; Communication; HebrewU
Founding Member @weareccsn.bsky.social
🤳🏽 Content Creators
🧲 Audiovisual Memes
🧨 Algos and Hate
📵 Tech Appropriation
👩🏽🎤 TikTok Cultures
Dr Natalie Byrom @drnataliebyrom.bsky.social Researcher and policy advisor. Justice reform, data and technology. Honorary Senior Research Fellow at UCL Laws. BBC Expert Women Network. All views my own.
Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social Former CEO of NSPCC (2013-2024) now available for all sorts of bits and bobs. President of Somerset County Cricket Club, Ebbsfleet United fan and proud owner of a functioning iPod classic
Maeve Walsh @maevewalsh.bsky.social Policy & Govt Relations consultant | Director, #OnlineSafetyAct Network | Trustee | Ex-Civil Servant | #FRSA | London-Irish
Gretchen Peters @gretchenpeters.bsky.social ED of Alliance to Counter Crime Online. Tech companies should have the same duties to protect users on their platforms as brick & mortar companies have to protect people on their premises.
Dr Ruth Brittle @ruthbrittle.bsky.social Law Lecturer | Uni of Leicester |researching children’s rights, family law, refugee & asylum law | Teaching family, immigration, and tort | from Norn Iron | Love dogs, skiing, reading & films.
Marieke Hopman @mariekehopman.bsky.social #ChildrensRights researcher @Maastricht University. Philosophy, law, soc. sciences. Understanding by listening to people. Current: Rights of children living in de facto states during and after armed conflict #Gaza #LasAnod #NargornoKarabakh
Suzanne Egan @suzanneegan.bsky.social 🪷Associate Professor University College Dublin • Human Rights Law and Education • Law in the Classroom • Public Legal Education •Children’s Rights
Julie Spray @juliespray.bsky.social Childhood & medical anthropologist, child health researcher, Lecturer at University of Galway Ireland, Pākehā New Zealander, she/her, never enough cats. I study people because they fascinate & confuse me. Children make most sense though. We like to draw.
Council of Europe @coe.int 46 countries working together to promote
#HumanRights
#Democracy
#RuleOfLaw
Tara Steele @tarasteele.bsky.social AI safety for children | Founder, The Safe AI for Children Alliance | Exploring AI’s potential for both harm and good!
(Please note that my BlueSky direct messages are not always checked regularly)
Giorgia Aiello @giorgiaaiello.bsky.social Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at the University of Milan. Visual cultures, digital media, cities.
The EdTech Equity Project @edtechequity.bsky.social University of Oxford researchers. Technology and equity in secondary schools. Equitable EdTech futures.
Funda Ustek Spilda @fundaustek.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College London
Digital economy / digital labour / AI & work
Sabrina Norwood @sabrinanorwood.bsky.social Postdoc at University of Bern. Researching digital technologies, digital behaviour, and meta-science.
Liam Berriman @liamberriman.bsky.social Associate Prof @SussexUni & Director of @SussexCIRCY. A sociologist of childhood + digital + data. Co-editor @CandS_Journal & safeguarding governor (he/him)
Bronwyne Coetzee @bronwynec.bsky.social Associate Prof of Psychology @ Stellenbosch University interested in young people and their caregivers’ mental health and well-being. Mom to 💗 & 🐕. Views my own.
Louise La Sala @louiselasala.bsky.social Research Fellow | Social Media, Online Safety & Youth Mental Health | Self-harm & Suicide Prevention | Orygen, Centre for Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne
David Bazan @davidbazan.bsky.social Sociologist interested in algorithms, affects and inequalities. Researching on feedback loops and emotions on TikTok. PhD
Digital Primary Teacher @digitalprimaryt.bsky.social Matt Mustafic. Parent. Teacher. Expert advisor and specialist in Digital Literacy and Online Safety with over 20 years experience in teaching and education.
Jeanette Hofmann @jeah.bsky.social Research on digitalisation with a focus on innovation, regulation and democracy, at WZB, HIIG, Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin. Teaching at Freie Universität
Julia Pohle @jupohle.bsky.social Research on digital governance, digital geopolitics and communication policy. WZB Berlin Social Science Centre / Brussels School of Governance
Alyson Webb @alywebb.bsky.social Digital and content strategy and research for cultural organisations.
Children Australia @childrenaustralia.bsky.social Open-access peer-reviewed journal publishing articles that advance services for children, young people and families. Free to read, no author fees.
Published by @cfecfw.bsky.social.
www.childrenaustralia.org.au
Nicole Cohen @nicolecohen.bsky.social I research labour and media. Books: New Media Unions: Organizing Digital Journalists and Writers’ Rights: Freelance Journalism in a Digital Age | culturalworkersorganize.org
Csadaba @csadaba.bsky.social Full Professor at University of Navarra (Spain), and Dean of the School of Communication. Research about the impact of digital on children and youth’s lives.
Professor Rachel Condry @rachelcondry.bsky.social Director of the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford. Fellow of St Hilda’s College. Crime & family - prisoners’ families, family violence, parricide, youth justice.
Madalyn Wasilczuk @mkwasilczuk.bsky.social University of SC Law Prof. Youth Defender Clinic Director. Youth justice, criminal law/proc., jails & prisons, pregnancy criminalization. https://mwasilczuk.github.io/madalynwasilczuk/#
Dr. Melanie Palacios Soderstrom @melsoderstrom.bsky.social Assistant Professor & Pre-Law Advisor @ Texas State | PhD in Criminal Justice from UCF | JD from William & Mary | Former public defender | Researcher of juvenile justice, school policing, youth mental health, and practitioner training | 🇵🇷
Cayla Bamberger @caylabam.bsky.social Education and youth issues reporter @nydailynews.com
Tips to: cbamberger@nydailynews.com
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
Kate Mannell @katemannell.bsky.social Postdoc Research Fellow
Deakin University // ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child digitalchild.org.au
Rachel Brooks @rachelbrooks.bsky.social Professor of Higher Education and Fellow of Linacre College, University of Oxford | Editor, British Journal of Sociology of Education
ACLU @aclu.org A nonprofit, nonpartisan, legal and advocacy 501(c)(4) organization. Visit our site for more about us and our affiliated organization, the ACLU Foundation.
IRTIS @irtis.bsky.social Interdisciplinary Research Team on Internet and Society 🦄
We research how tech and social media impact people's well-being, online risks & opportunities for youth, anonymity, digital parenting, and more.
Masaryk University, Brno 🇨🇿
https://irtis.muni.cz
LSE Consulting @lseconsulting.bsky.social LSE Consulting forms a vital bridge between the academic experts at The London School of Economics and Political Science and the wider world.
Find out more: https://www.lse.ac.uk/business/consulting
Mtoto News @mtotonews.bsky.social Award winning Child Digital Platform. We leverage #technology through #Content, #ChildParticipation and #Research
Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social Social Media; Communication Studies; Cyberculture; Sociology; Political Communication; Internet Studies. Published by Routledge. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rics20
EU Kids Online @eukidsonline.bsky.social European research network on the opportunities and challenges of digital transformation for young people
http://eukidsonline.net
Sonia Livingstone @sonialivingstone.bsky.social LSE prof @MediaLSE | Director of #DigitalFutures4Children | Researches children's digital experiences and rights | Interested in evidence to inform policy | s.livingstone@lse.ac.uk | Stay in touch at http://eepurl.com/cEUi05
Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social Supporting children growing up in a digital world. Find out more at digitalchild.org.au
Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social Professor and Associate Vice President (Impact) at #LSE | Psychologist | Hon FBPsS | Hon Prof @lborouniversity.bsky.social | @IndependentSage.bsky.social Behaviour Group | Conversation Analyst #EMCA | she/her | own views | #AcademicSky
Paul Hodkinson @paulhodkinson.bsky.social Prof of Sociology at University of Surrey - fathers, masculinities, youth, digital media...
J Children and Media @journalcam.bsky.social Journal of Children and Media is an academic publication for scholars and professionals who study the role of media in children's and adolescents' lives.
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social I teach media communications and social theory at London School of Economics. Main interests: data colonialism, AI, rebuilding social media. Links to my two new books: https://linktr.ee/SpaceOfTheWorldBook https://lnk.to/DataGrabBook
Prof. Catherine Flick @liedra.net Professor of Ethics and Games Technology, University of Staffordshire UK - she/her
Vice chair ACM Committee on Professional Ethics, Co-EIC ACM Games
Content lead #EMFCamp
Ethics of games & emerging tech; AI & crypto critic
https://liedra.net 🩷💜💙
Mienke Mari Steytler @mienkemaristeytler.bsky.social | Children's Rights in the Digital Age | MA Socio-Informatics, Stellenbosch University | Former comms Amnesty International South Africa |
Lilie Chouliaraki @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social LSE Prof | Media & Communications | Latest book: ICA Best Book Award “Wronged. The Weaponization of Victimhood” | https://cup.columbia.edu/book/wronged/9780231550239
Giovanna Mascheroni @giovannamas.bsky.social Media sociologist researching digital media, data & AI in children's lives. Dog lover (Eng. Springer Spaniel) TwitterRefugee. Projects: http://www.eukidsonline.net/, https://yskills.eu/, https://datachildfutures.it/
Also on @giovannamas@aoir.social
NSPCC @nspcc.bsky.social UK Based Charity. We exist to keep children safe. Everything we do puts children first – their voices, their experiences, their needs. Anyone worried about a child can call 0808 800 5000.
Steve Wood @privacyx.bsky.social Founder of PrivacyX Consulting. Former UK Deputy Information Commissioner. Now enjoying an independent portfolio advising on regulatory risk, new DP regulators on strategy, research into recommender systems. Blogging at privacyx.substack.com
Jeremy Hunsinger @buridan.bsky.social academic, researcher of the internet, writer, traveler...
STS, Critical Internet Studies, Critical University Studies, Critical Data Studies, Critical Theory, Interpretive methods, etc. #AoIR ista and leftist like Will Rogers
gillian rose @profgillian.bsky.social digital things, visual culture, cities, visual research methods. And sometimes academic life. Prof of Human Geography at the University of Oxford. I still blog, occasionally, here:
https://visualmethodculture.wordpress.com/
Greg Childs @gregchilds.bsky.social I am the Director of the Children's Media Foundation (UK) and Editorial Director of the Children's Media Conference. This might tell you something about my interests.
Professor Paula Gerber @profgerber.bsky.social Human Rights Law Professor specialising in LGBTIQA+ Rights, Children's Rights and Human Rights Education. Monash University, Australia