Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein.bsky.social Investigative journalist & #CivicTech strategist. Co-CEO @ICFJ+. Manages pan-African innovation fund + tech labs. Founder at @Code4Africa + @afriLEAKS +@AfricanCIR +@PesaCheck
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
kalibomeli.bsky.social @kalibomeli.bsky.social Freelance journalist covering corruption, government, and public accountability. Reach me at kali.bomeli.reporting@gmail.com
Flora Carmichael @floracarmichael.bsky.social Editor, BBC Trending
Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social If there's something you hope will happen, well, maybe it will happen today.
🚫No AI Ever🚫
Selected prints available here: https://www.inprnt.com/collections/phineas/maybe-it-will-happen-today/
Mathieu Lavigne @mathieulavigne.bsky.social Political scientist studying social media, misinformation & elections at McGill
Aengus Bridgman @abridgman.bsky.social Political scientist @McGill studying online political participation, misinformation, and the information ecosystem. Director of the Media Ecosystem Observatory
Dr Judith Sijstermans @jsijstermans.bsky.social Lecturer in Politics, University of Aberdeen. Previously at the Universities of Dundee, Edinburgh, Birmingham. Political parties, nationalism (sub-state and far right), and (trans)nationalism. Frequently found on a bike or Scotrail.
Stijn van Kessel @stijntvankessel.bsky.social Professor of Comparative Politics, Queen Mary University of London. Studies populism, radical right, politics of European integration. Staff page: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/vankesselstijn.html
Joe Hodson @joehodson.bsky.social Paralegal with masters in international maritime law, interested in languages, ethics, governance, environmental protection and human rights. Mythology-loving humanist.
Broderick James McDonald @broderickjames.bsky.social NatSec x Online Harms | Director at Oxford Advisory | Research Fellow at Kings College London XCEPT | The Alan Turing Institute CETaS Fellow | ex-GOV, UN
Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Irishman in London. Founder of award winning investigative news site Democracy for Sale https://democracyforsale.substack.com/
Donovan Schaefer @feelingtheory.bsky.social Philosopher of emotion. West coast soul in Philly.
Now researching: Secular artifacts, Confederate commemoration, conspiracy theory.
🐱🐱 Brighton & Bristol
🌱 ⓥ food
🚫 AI
📚✍️: http://donovanschaefer.com/research
Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social Journalist @Guardian, #1 New York Times best-selling author, foreign correspondent. Latest book: "Invasion: Russia's Bloody War and Ukraine's Fight for Survival", shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and Peterson Literary Prize. Agent: Susanna Lea
Sérgio Lüdtke @ludtke.bsky.social Jornalista, editor do @ProjetoComprova.com.br, presidente do @Projor.bsky.social, coordenador do Atlas da Noticia.
Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social GOP disinformation isn’t chaos. It’s a playbook. Cambridge Analytica & Atlas Network built it, Project 2025 & GOP runs it. We break down all 9 stages so you can see, name, and fight back. Donations are appreciated. https://ko-fi.com/disinformationplaybook
Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social Museum exec, visiting prof at the Dunn School, Oxford, and UCL Chemistry. Ex MRC, Editor of New Scientist and Science Editor of the Telegraph. Co-author #VirtualYou and more books. Neutron bouncer
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Niamh McIntyre @niamhmcintyre.bsky.social senior reporter covering tech @tbij.bsky.social
get in touch: @niamhmcintyre.21 on signal/ niamhmcintyre@tbij.com
Yuliia Dukach @ydukach.bsky.social PhD, data journalist, investigate Russian disinformation using machine learning algorithms
Ika Trijsburg @ika-t.bsky.social Disinformation in the City. Democracy. Diplomacy. Optimist.
Jinyi Ye @jinyiye.bsky.social PhD student at USC CS | Multi-agent, Social Simulations, Computational Social Science, Social Networks | Ex MSR, TsinghuaU, MSR Asia
Andy Stoycheff @andystoycheff.bsky.social A passionate researcher always working on practical solutions to emerging social issues. I do research on cognitive layers and vectors of disinformation — current principal domains of application: Media and information literacy and irregular/hybrid warfare
Michael Corech @radicals.bsky.social OSINT analyst / investigative researcher with a focus on far-right extremism, disinformation, and online radicalization.
https://redpillreversal.substack.com/
https://www.vice.com/en/contributor/michael-corech/
Nikolai Rozanov @ai-nikolai.bsky.social CS. PhD Candidate in LLM Agents @ImperialCollegeLondon || ex tech-founder nikolairozanov.com
Meriem Mahdhi @meriemm.bsky.social Investigative reporter / previously @tbij.bsky.social
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Sudhamshu Hosamane @sudhamshu.bsky.social Computational Social Science researcher. Phd Student at Rutgers Information Science. Formerly: University of Chicago Computational Social Science, Embedded Software Systems at Bosch, BITS Pilani Goa
sudhamshu.info
Thanos Sitistas @thanossitistas.bsky.social Founder of Greece Fact Check non-profit company
Co-founder and former member of Ellinika Hoaxes non-profit company
Consultant to Fact-Check Cyprus/Cyprus University of Technology
IFCN Advisory Board member
factchecker.gr
Olga Tokariuk @olgatokariuk.bsky.social Academy Associate, Chatham House. Journalist, disinfo researcher, occasionally lecturer, speaker and moderator. Proud Ukrainian, currently in the UK
Kayleen Devlin @kayleendevlin.bsky.social BBC Verify journalist
📧 Kayleen.devlin@bbc.co.uk
Signal: kayd.05
Maria Flannery @maria.ebu.ch Verification & OSINT at the EBU.
Tommaso Canetta @tommasocanetta.bsky.social Deputy director of Pagella Politica and Facta news, EDMO fact-checking coordinator, board member of EFCSN, professional journalist, master degree in Law
Steven Lacey @stevenlacey51.bsky.social Founder of leading Cultural Insight agency The Outsiders www.outsidersinsight.com.
Advisor to brands, NGOs and Governments
Ukrainian activist and enemy of Russian Disinformation.
Disabled, Neurodiverse and proud
Thomas REGNIER @thomasregnier.ec.europa.eu European Commission Spokesperson for tech sovereignty, defence and space.
Alex Goldenberg @alexgoldenberg.bsky.social Fellow at Rutgers University | Affiliate with NYU Institute for the Study of Emerging Threats | Studying Online Harms
Dominik Presl @dompresl.bsky.social Research Fellow at the Association for International Affairs.
OSINT Analyst.
Decoding Geopolitics Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@DecodingGeopoliticsPodcast
Daria Dergacheva @dariadergacheva.bsky.social Associated researcher at the Platform Governance, Media and Technology Lab, ZeMKI, University of Bremen. Platform and AI regulation, Governance of speech by platforms and AI models, Russian disinformation and propaganda, journalism in exile
Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social Borders, osint, & digital investigations / investigations @lighthousereports.com , sometimes more
Valentyna Shapovalova @vasha01.bsky.social Researcher of Russian media, disinformation & propaganda, with a critical focus on gender & the war @University of Copenhagen.
Output on Ukraine & Russia, politics & culture.
Nuurrianti Jalli, Ph.D @nuurrianti.bsky.social College Professor | Misinformation, AI, and Informational Systemic Risk | Technology, Policy, and Democracy in Southeast Asia | 📌Currently associated with OKState, ISEAS, Data Democracy Monash Indonesia. — www.nuurrianti.com
Ai-Men Lau 劉羿雯 @aimenlau.bsky.social 🇭🇰🇲🇾🇨🇦 | Information Operations and Transnational Repression Research | formerly at Alliance Canada Hong Kong and Doublethink Lab | she/elle | views are my fault
Miguel Ramalho @msramalho.bsky.social Investigative Technologist @bellingcat.com
Data, Tech, Human Rights, Conflict & Financial Investigations
Signal @miguel.351
https://github.com/msramalho
Richard Sambrook @sambrook.eurosky.social Emeritus Prof, Co-Chair @TBIJ, previously Director BBC News. Also photography and LFC
Michelle Inez Simon @michelleinezsimon.bsky.social Visual Investigations @skynews
Kaitlin Tosh @kaitlintosh.bsky.social Digital Investigations Journalist @news.sky.com | Formerly at The Economist, Reuters
got a tip? 📩 message on signal @kaitlintosh.57
Adam Parker @adamparkr.bsky.social OSINT Editor at Sky News. Verifying and investigating. Part of the Data+Forensics unit.
Often found in the mountains.
Thomas Lingard @thomaslingard.eurosky.social CEO of the Centre for Future Generations
Reha Kansara @rehakansara.bsky.social Reporter 🕵🏽♀️, BBC News + BBC World Service. Typos mine, views yours. Find me on Instagram.
Izzy Lyons @lyonsizzy.bsky.social News reporter, the Sunday Times https://www.thetimes.com/profile/izzy-lyons
Effie Webb @efwebb.bsky.social AI Reporter at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism | signal 💬 @efw.40 / effiewebb@tbij.com
The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social We mobilise the humanities and social sciences to understand the world and shape a brighter future.
Roman Osadchuk @rosadchuk.bsky.social Resident Fellow @ DFRLab
Aneela Mirchandani @aneela.bsky.social Independent journalist
Tips: theoddpost -at- proton -dot- me
The Odd Post: https://theoddpost.substack.com/
The Sikh Nation Report: https://sikhnation.substack.com/
Portfolio: https://aneelamirchandani.com/
Philine Widmer @phinifa.bsky.social Researching topics related to the media, artificial intelligence, and politics. Interested in structuring unstructured data for social science.
https://philinew.github.io/
Lauren Leek @laurenleek.eu Social data scientist with too many questions | Assistant Professor at Leiden University | PhD from @EUI
https://laurenleek.eu/
https://laurenleek.substack.com
Alexandre Doré @alexandre-dore.bsky.social PhD candidate at CREST & Cermes3, Paris
@crestsociology.bsky.social @cermes3.bsky.social
Sociology and Computational social sciences
Tim Wu @superwuster.bsky.social Professor Columbia University & contributing opinion writer for the NY Times. Latest book THE AGE OF EXTRACTION (the rise of the platforms) (Nov 2025) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691177/the-age-of-extraction-by-tim-wu/
Shakuntala @banaji.bsky.social Media Professor LSE /disinformation/social change/young people; trade unionist/ socialist - everything’s ideological but some ideologies lead to affordable healthcare, forests and public parks; others lead to discrimination and genocide.
Pallavi Sethi @pallavis.bsky.social Policy Fellow (climate change misinformation) @ the London School of Economics
Rachel Blundy @rachelblundy.bsky.social Deputy head of digital investigation for Europe at Agence France-Presse, based in London.
Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.com 🗣️ People, Not Platforms
🌐 Building: @anew.social, @disperse.social
✍🏼 Writing: augment.ink
👥 Organizing: @seattle.atprotocol.community
Mark J. Hill @mrak.bsky.social Lecturer in Cultural Computation and Digital Humanities at King's College London.
Daniel Thilo Schroeder @daniel-thilo.bsky.social Computers, graphs, and conspiracies: I'm a computational social scientist modeling global disinformation and conspiracy dynamics. Working on digital twins of human societies.
Website: https://danielthiloschroeder.org/
Google Scholar: bit.ly/40rkhnL
@natalihelberger.bsky.social @natalihelberger.bsky.social
Jonas R. Kunst @kunstjonas.bsky.social Professor of Communication and Psychology at BI Norwegian Business School and the University of Oslo
Past Yale, Harvard, UiB. Editor-in-Chief at Advances.in
Father. Views are my own.
Holly Barnett @hollybarnett.bsky.social PhD student at Lancaster University, researching mis/disinformation interventions
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.
Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social Senior researcher at @openmeasures.io
Co-host of "Posting Through It": https://www.patreon.com/PostingThroughIt
Ozgur Can Seckin @ozgurcanseckin.bsky.social Indiana University Bloomington - Informatics PhD. previously: Plaid MLE, Glassdoor MLE, Sabanci University - Data Science MSc., Galatasaray University - Economics BSc.
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk Husband, father and Mayor of the greatest city in the world. He/Him.
CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social the only Australian on the internet.
I am the ABC's national AI reporter
you can find ways to e-meet me here: www.cameronwilson.com.au
Otávio Vinhas @ovinhas.bsky.social Postdoc Researcher @ INCT-DSI, Brazil
mis/disinfo • content governance • non-WEIRD
he/him; ele/dele
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
UK OSINT Community @osint-community.bsky.social #OSINT community building and fostering local OSINT capability within the UK.
Hannah Perry @hannahperry.bsky.social Associate Director, Information ecosystems at Demos
Interested in: info ecosystems, digital rights, socio-digital inequalities and inclusion, media education, digital democracy and participation.
Polly Curtis @pollycurtis.bsky.social Chief executive, Demos; journalist; non exec director, PHSO
Kate Darling @magicalprincess.bsky.social So-called expert on robotics & society. Author of The New Breed. Mom to babybot and bittybot. I swear it’s fake news that I’m not outdoorsy.
LondonDiscuss @londondiscuss.bsky.social Survivor of the Internet Wars. Low-impact Starter Pack of 1 (30+ years in tech / internet).
Peter Benzoni @benzoni.bsky.social 50/50 shitposts vs actual analysis, good luck picking out which is which.
I do: // OSINT // meme analysis // FIMI //
The Dissenter @thedissenteryt.bsky.social In-depth interviews with leading academics on #psychology, #philosophy, #anthropology, #neuroscience, #economics, #biology, and more.
Website: https://www.thedissenter.net/
Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social digital // political // mobile comm scholar, head of ‘Digital News Dynamics’ research group at Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin
Steve Nowottny @stevenowottny.bsky.social Journalist. Editor of Full Fact. Paid to say ‘Well, actually…’
Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social Writer. Never bet against the dumbest outcome. @cwarzel.92 on signal if you have a tip. I have a podcast so please like and subscribe.
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
Marco Minici @marcominici.bsky.social Researcher at ICAR-CNR
I develop computational tools to identify threats to online users posed by malicious actors and algorithms that behave unpredictably.
Personal Website: https://mminici.github.io
George Allison @geoallison.ukdefencejournal.org.uk Journalist | Editor of the UK Defence Journal, one of the UK's largest independent defence and security news websites. | Cyber Security graduate. | Member of the National Union of Journalists | Talks about 🚢s & ✈s.
Iryna Gurevych @igurevych.bsky.social #NLProc professor @cs-tudarmstadt.bsky.social @tuda.bsky.social #MBZUAI #INSAIT | Co-Founder @hessianai.bsky.social | @ellis.eu | @athenecenter.bsky.social | @emergencity.de | @leopoldina.org
Sam Jeffers @worklesshard.bsky.social Run @whotargets.me and am a Partner @jointogether.online. Used to play drums in Fridge. Live in Cork, from London.
depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social hi i'm @annierau.bsky.social i love wikipedia! dm submissions if you want :-)
Alessandro Accorsi @aleaccorsi.bsky.social Researcher Technology and Conflict | Previously @crisisgroup.org Stratcom EEAS, Middle Eastern and investigative journalist | @cityjournalism alumni
Michael Colborne @colborne.bsky.social @bellingcat.com journalist etc focused on the transnational far right. i give trainings. i take pictures of stickers. Signal: michaelcolborne.01
Raphael Satter @raphae.li I'm at H.O.P.E. in New York. Come say hi: https://raphae.li or on Signal: raphaelsatter.01
Marius Sältzer @msaeltzer.bsky.social Assistant Prof Digital Social Science Uni Oldenburg
Jeanette Serritzlev @serritzlev.bsky.social Militæranalytiker ved Forsvarsakademiet. Military Analyst at the Royal Danish Defence College. Information Warfare & propaganda. Слава Україні!
Artur Papyan @ditord.com Journalist, blogger, IT and Media Consultant
Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social President @TechFreedom.org | 🇺🇸🇩🇪🇪🇺🗽 | Lawyer: tech, free speech, FTC, FCC, admin | “Resident Antagonist”—Politico | “The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right” | 🇫🇷🏳️🌈📚⛰️🥾🚣🎼 | doing PhD in 🇪🇺/🇺🇸 platform law @ Dublin City U
James Ashford @jrashford.com 31, #Christian Saved by Grace, #Husband, #Father, #Cyclist and #Runner.
I'm a Research Associate (postdoc) in the UK studying #SocialMedia activity using #NetworkAnalysis and more. Views my own.
https://linktr.ee/jrashf
Mark Frankel @markfrankel29.bsky.social Head of Public Affairs at Full Fact and ex Head of Social Media at BBC News.
Liz Carolan @lizcarolan.com I publish thebriefing.ie, & founded organisations working on tech & democracy. Tech Policy Press fellow. Political scientist, advocate, writer, knitter. DMs open
Raphael Hernandes @hernandesraph.bsky.social Researcher, journalist working on tech, AI, and data.
PhD @ University of Cambridge
Ex-Guardian, Folha de S.Paulo
(Ele/dele he/him)