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Peter Cunliffe-Jones @pcunliffejones.bsky.social Information effects at Facts Matter Research | visiting researcher at Uni Westminster | founder africacheck.org | new book: “Fake news - what’s the harm?” available in print or as free e-book https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/3197xq21t?locale=en
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FactCheckNI @factcheckni.bsky.social FactCheckNI is Northern Ireland’s first and only dedicated not for profit fact checking and training service. Accuracy matters.
EU DisinfoLab @disinfo.eu Independent EU-focused NGO whose mission is to raise awareness on #disinformation & contribute to a better information landscape.
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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
Sander van der Linden @profsanderlinden.bsky.social Professor of Social Psychology in Society at the University of Cambridge and Author of FOOLPROOF: Why We Fall for Misinformation and How to Build Immunity (2023) + The Psychology of Misinformation (2024). Bad News Game.
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Daniel Dale @ddale8.bsky.social I’m a senior reporter at CNN.
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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social History Professor
Comparative study of nationalism
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Jack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social National security journalist: https://thehighside.substack.com
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Teemu Nieminen @niemisentee.bsky.social Doctoral researcher focusing on right-wing extremism @helsinki.fi | ex-Bellingcat Volunteer
Megan O’Toole @meganotoole.bsky.social Award-winning investigative/data journalist. Senior editor @MiddleEastEye, former MENA editor @AlJazeera, Global Authentication Project member @Bellingcat, meganotoole.ca
Brenna Smith @brennasmith.bsky.social WSJ visual investigative reporter.
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Chris Osieck @chrisosieck.bsky.social I digitally investigate stuff, somehow my findings travel from spreadsheets to international media and research collectives; views are my own.
Benjamin Strick @bendobrown.bsky.social Investigator | Human Rights | Hybrid Wars
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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social I report and run projects on the Visual Investigations team at The New York Times where we collect and analyze audio-visual evidence. Ireland and New York. nytimes.com/visual-investigations
Wim Zwijnenburg @wammezz.bsky.social Environmental open-source investigations, tracking drone warfare, research based advocacy for PAX, contributer Bellingcat.
Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social Visual Investigations reporter at The New York Times. Previously with Bellingcat and Airwars.
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social Senior investigator & Trainer @Bellingcat.com
Investigating explicit non-consensual deepfakes/AI and disinfo w/OSINT
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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
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science • Author: Polarized & Demobilized, Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine • ماسكة السلم بالعرض • Banner by Sara Qaed
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Annie Kelly @annieknk.bsky.social Researching antifeminism, conspiracy theories and the far right. PhD from UEA, former postdoc on Everything is Connected project. UK correspondent for QAA Podcast + MAN CLAN and writer of Vaccine: The Human Story. New series TRULY TRADLY DEEPLY out now!
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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rim-sarah.eurosky.social Ph.D. in Public Law | Researcher in Constitutional Law, Discrimination, Human Rights, Religious Freedom & Civil Liberties in France, Europe, & North America | Open Science| Opinions my own | Team Chocolatine.
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social Dept of Global Labor and Work at Cornell | China in Global Capitalism w/Haymarket https://t.ly/uySU6 | Labor politics in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan | @aaup.org & @jvp.bsky.social
Mona Harb @monaharb.bsky.social Professor of Urban Studies & Politics, American University of Beirut
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Peter Kalmus @climatehuman.bsky.social Climate scientist working at NASA/JPL and lover of truth. Arrested for defending Earth. Opinions mine. 
Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social Borders, osint, & digital investigations / investigations @lighthousereports.com , sometimes more
Karena Avedissian @karena1.bsky.social Eurasian politics and foreign affairs, covering Russia, former Soviet space, Turkey and Syria. I focus on conflicts, political crises & narratives. Senior Analyst RCDS.am. Member @fromtheperiphery.com. Fellow thersa.org. Substack: itskarena.com
Fabien Goa @fabiengoa.bsky.social Human rights researcher based in Marseille.
Work on migrants' rights, GCC migrants, sports & human rights. Also talk antiracism, borders, politics, MUFC
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Dr Alexei Abrahams @smokegatherer.bsky.social Head of Digital Trace at Canada's Media Ecosystem Observatory meo.ca
Author at No Starch Press nostarch.com/social-media-observatory
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com Researching the mainstreaming of reactionary/far-right politics
Co-convenor of @reacpolrn.bsky.social
Reactionary Democracy w. @aaronwinter.bsky.social and co-editor of The Ethics of Researching the Far Right
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Leila Nachawati @leilana.bsky.social Spanish-Syrian writer and researcher, devoted to social justice. I teach at Carlos III University. #CeasefireNow
Arya Zandvakili @aryazandvakili.bsky.social MD PhD. Physician-Scientist. Infectious Diseases Specialist.
In the lab, I use molecular biology and bioinformatics to study cytomegalovirus
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social Executive Director, Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights. Co-author, Breaching the Mainstream. Old school anti-fascist. Hockey fan. he/him.
Anne Fitzpatrick @annefitz13.bsky.social Associate Prof @ Ohio State AEDE. Development economics, global health, education, RCTs, Buckeyes, gymnastics
Views here are my own.
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social Senior writer at Wired, author of ONE BAD MOTHER, debut essay collection out now. https://www.amazon.com/One-Bad-Mother-Housewives-Momfluencers/dp/1668051117
Christina Austin @maplehistorypod.bsky.social I dusted off my M.A. in Public History to launch Maple History: A Canadian History
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Juan C Chavez @inafutureage.bsky.social Prison & police accountability lawyer at OJRC. Dream baby dream. He/Him.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social Taking a break from social media. Blue in Arizona, forged in the Burgh.
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social News Editor @mississippifreepress.org •Writer 🖋️ •Film Shooter 📷 •Husband 🏳️🌈 •Pibble Dad 🐾 Opinions = mine
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/
Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me Russia watcher supreme at @meduza.io. Ugly American based in Portland, Oregon. Signal: @KevinRothrock.01 / Find all my junk here: https://linktr.ee/kevinrothrock
Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social LA-based investigative journalist covering policing, injustice, and inequality. I create job security for public records custodian’s in California.
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Christopher Guess @tryandguess.com Freelance journalism/computer science/policy expert
Formerly @ Duke Reporters' Lab focusing Mis/Disinformation and fact-checking mostly with humans, and sometimes ML/AI stuff.
Based in NYC, previously a lot of places in Europe/Africa/North America
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