Techdirt @techdirt.com A good old fashioned blog that has been covering tech, law, policy, and democracy for almost three decades now.
michael veale @michae.lv prof @laws.ucl.ac.uk, technology, law, policy, society, whimsical latvian top level domain names. michae.lv and fediverse https://someone.elses.computer/@mikarv 🏳️🌈
Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social Professor of Ethics & Technology @ Hertie School, Berlin. Interests: Artificial & Natural Intelligence; Behavioural Ecology; Cooperation; Digital Governance. Social media policy: https://joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2024/10/guidance-to-my-social-media.html
Laureline Lemoine @laureline.eurosky.social Digital rights, law and policy @ AWO, based in Brussels
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Aleksandra Kuczerawy @aleksandraq.bsky.social Professor ICT Law at KU Leuven @citip.bsky.social
Woodrow Hartzog @hartzog.bsky.social Andrew R. Randall Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law. Author of "Privacy's Blueprint" (2018) and co-author of "Breached!" (2022). Posting mainly about privacy, tech and the law.
Moritz Moser @moserat.bsky.social Beim ORF Vorarlberg, davor NEUE, Addendum und NZZ.at, Politikwissenschafter, behelligt Behörden
https://moritz-moser.myshopify.com
Jonas Bosson @bosson.bsky.social Digital rights and freedoms. Environment. Liberal values, humain policies and learnings.
Owen Bennett @owbennett.bsky.social Now: Independent consultant and Fellow at the Hertie School.
Then: Head of International Online Safety at Ofcom; Senior Policy Manager at Mozilla.
Aurélien Mähl 🇪🇺 @apmaehl.bsky.social Policy @ DuckDuckGo. Follow for Tintin memes and tech/competition policy (or both). Brussels | Berlin
Ailo @airavn.eurosky.social Digital and consumer rights advocate at the Norwegian Consumer Council (Forbrukerrådet).
Research and policy work on data protection, adtech, AI, cybersecurity, video games, etc.
Megan Gray @megangray.bsky.social GrayMatters Law & Policy
Avail for investor consults
Past: DuckDuckGo, FTC, BigLaw
Affiliate/Advisor: StanfordCIS, EFF, CDT
http://linkedin.com/in/megangra
simultaneously posting on X/Twitter as @megangrA, with single platform forwards and replies
Elisa Nédélec @elisanedelec.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow in clinical neurophysiology, Northumbria University | PhD in female exercise physiology (neuromuscular physiology), NTU | Physiotherapist | She/Her
Erik Tuchtfeld @erik.d-64.social Co-Vorsitzender von D64 | Research Fellow MPIL Heidelberg | Völkerrechtspodcast | Denke über Freiheit, Privatsphärenschutz und digitale öffentliche Räume nach
Auf Mastodon hier unterwegs https://d-64.social/@erik
David Meyer @superglaze.eurosky.social Technology journalist and host of Tech Gets Real, singer and guitarist in The Board. Desperately trying to focus on nice things. However…
Homepage: https://dmeyer.eu/ / TGR: https://www.youtube.com/@TechGetsReal / The Board: https://theboardmusic.com/
Joris van Hoboken @jvh.bsky.social (he/him) antifascist, law prof in Amsterdam (IViR); platform regulation, law and digital infrastructure, quantum technology, fundamental rights.
@ivir-uva.bsky.social
Yago M.-Abascal @yagoabascal.bsky.social Law, technology, politics... I do not subscribe to or endorse anything I ♡, link or repost. Legal Counsel at Google.
Simonetta Vezzoso @wavesblog.eurosky.social https://competitionwave.blogspot.com/ (daily reading list and more)
Cristina Maza @cmaza.bsky.social Journalist. Covering foreign policy & defence. Editing @ Euractiv.
www.cristinamaza.com
Write: https://lazoletters.substack.com/welcome
email:
c.maza@protonmail.com
cristina.maza@euractiv.com
Signal: Cmaza.12
Alec Muffett @alecmuffett.bsky.social everybody deserves good security.
https://alecmuffett.com/about
Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social Associate Dean for Research & Professor, Santa Clara Law. Internet Law, IP, Advertising Law. He/him. Website: http://www.ericgoldman.org. Email: egoldman@gmail.com
Graham Smith @cyberleagle.bsky.social IT and internet lawyer. Sceptical tech enthusiast. Reposts and links are not endorsements. All views my own. No posts are legal advice. www.cyberleagle.com
Ann M. Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social Law prof at U Colorado, business and securities. Blogging at https://www.businesslawprofessors.com/
Papers at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2365170
"Markets can remain irrational a lot longer than you and I can remain solvent.”
Glyn Moody @glynmoody.bsky.social writer (Rebel Code, Digital Code of Life, Walled Culture - free ebook download - https://walledculture.org/the-book/), journalist, blogger. On #DigitalRights, #privacy, #surveillance, #openness, #copyright, and #patents. email: glyn.moody@gmail.com
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social Chasing digital badness. Senior Researcher at Citizen Lab, but words here are mine.
Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social Journalist @404Media.co
Signal: jason.404 // email: jason@404media.co
TJ McIntyre @tjmcintyre.com I'm an associate professor of law at University College Dublin specialising in technology law (mostly privacy/data protection/cybercrime/fundamental rights), consultant solicitor with FP Logue LLP, and chair of Digital Rights Ireland.
Paddy Leerssen @pjleerssen.bsky.social Postdoc @ivir_uva | DSA Observatory | social media law
Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social Entrepreneur
Costplusdrugs.com
Robin Riley @riley.pub Soft creature, wild philosopher, and booster for the commons 🌱 Tech, media, libraries, urbanism, and civics.
@igalia.com @petalumapride.org @northbaypython.org formerly @matrix.org @opensource.org @opensource.google
she/ella 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🦓 ♾️ 9a
Andreas Proschofsky @sukahiroaki.bsky.social Ressortleiter Stv. https://derStandard.at/Web / Journalist / Writing a lot about Linux, Android and IT Security. Also available on Mastodon https://chaos.social/@suka_hiroaki
Süleyman Zorba @zorbasu.bsky.social 🏛|Abgeordneter zum Nationalrat @diegruenen |Sprecher für Netzpolitik, Digitalisierung
Luca Belli @1lucabelli.bsky.social Prof at FGV Law School, heading CTS.FGV.br and CyberBRICS.info
Director of CPDP.lat
Personal Views
Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org Straight-shooting information and analysis at the intersection of national security, law, and policy.
Support Lawfare at https://www.lawfaremedia.org/support
Just Security @justsecurity.org Forum on law, rights, and security. Editorial Board includes professors, top civil society attorneys, former senior government officials.
Michael Jungwirth @michaeljungwirth.bsky.social Citoyen, Political Animal, News Junkie, Chefredakteur-Stellvertreter der @kleinezeitung i. R. All the tweets that are fit to print
Andreas Dür @andduer.bsky.social Professor of International Relations at the University of Salzburg || Political science || Trade policy || International political economy || EU || Public opinion
Hans Peter Lehofer @hplehofer.bsky.social blog.lehofer.at
law / media / telecoms / whatever
Mary Branscombe @marypcbuk.bsky.social Omnivorous technology journalist. girl with the USB earring; author of the Cassidy At Large technomysteries. Like my writing? Buy me a ☕ https://ko-fi.com/marybranscombe. she/her. Warning: contains opinions. signal marypcbuk.44
Louise Beltzung @louisebeltzung.bsky.social AI & Digitalisation in Consumer Policy @arbeiterkammer.bsky.social
Views are my own
https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisebeltzung/
Ramsha Jahangir @ramshajahangir.bsky.social Journalist covering tech & power. deputy editor @techpolicypress.bsky.social
ramshajahangir.com
Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social A multistakeholder collaboration working to protect & advance freedom of expression and privacy in the tech sector.
Oliver Marsh does tech policy @olivermmarsh.bsky.social Will bridge worlds of tech & society for money. Independent consultant/researcher. Tech policy, Counter-online-harms, government&tech, regulation, data access, etc. Based in London. https://www.oliver-marsh.com/
Diego Naranjo @diego.eurosky.social Advisor for non-profits on human rights and technology | EU advocacy trainings | labour rights at heart | photographer by night
Former president of the EMAlumni association and Advisory Board Member World Ethical Data Foundation
www.diegonaranjo.eu
Luca Bertuzzi @lucabertuzzi.bsky.social Senior AI Correspondent at MLex. Award-winning reporter focused on digital policy & EU affairs. Ex Euractiv. Bylines at la Repubblica & Tagesspiegel.
Alderik @alderik.eurosky.social A running junkie in the morning, a platform regulation nerd during daytime, and a karaoke fanatic by night.
Disclaimer: only personal views & reposts are not endorsements
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Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social Director of ICCL Enforce https://iccl.ie/Enforce Previously Chief Policy Officer of Brave. FRHistS.
https://ie.linkedin.com/in/johnnyryan1
Sabrina Provenzani @sabrinaprovenzani.bsky.social London-based journalist. Correspondent @Italian newspaper Il Fatto quotidiano. Politics, Current affairs, Tech-(justice/politics/harm) https://the-citizens.com.
Platforms were always a front-page issue for me.
VP, Foreign Press Association in London.
HateAid @hateaid.org Denn Menschenrecht gilt auch digital. Wir engagieren uns für Betroffene von Online-Hass und die Demokratie im Netz. Unterstütze hier: https://hateaid.org/spenden
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Ex-Guardian/Observer. Now co-founder brand new all-women journalist collective, www.thenerve.news. Tech justice stuff: www.the-citizens.com. Personal newsletter: www.broligarchy.substack.com
Molly McCluskey @mollymccluskey.com Investigative journalist & editor covering public lands, the environment, foreign affairs and diplomacy. Founder & Publisher: Diplomatica Global Media. DC/CA/SE AK
https://www.mollymccluskey.com/
Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social Security writer @wired.com
Cybercrime, privacy, surveillance, and more.
Signal: mattburgess.20 | Email: matt_burgess@wired.com
Justus Dreyling @justusdreyling.bsky.social COMMUNIA Policy Director. Protecting the Public Domain.
Frederic Jacobs @fredericjacobs.com www.fredericjacobs.com
https://ger.mx/A-RGsldmQt0iXfnzPgXNzLzA5_jvDbWHabqz1yJrt2ma#did:plc:oxwmqopgbm3driwzues7odpz
Pieter Haeck @pieterhaeck.bsky.social Senior technology reporter @POLITICO.eu
Lukasz Olejnik @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social Security & Privacy. Data Protection. Research & Development. Engineering. Analyst. Policy. W3C. Consultant. Author. King’s College London/War Studies. me@lukaszolejnik.com
lukaszolejnik.com/books
blog.lukaszolejnik.com
techletters.substack.com
Vanja Skoric @vanjasko.bsky.social Human rights | Music | Fighting fascism with passion | ECNL| Surfing |PhD research at UvA| Tech will not save us but dancing might
Daniel Holznagel @danielholznagel.bsky.social interested in platform regulation and other people's thoughts
Peter Bußjäger @peterbussjaeger.bsky.social Universitätsprofessor für Staatsrecht, Verwaltungslehre und Verwaltungsrecht an der Universität Innsbruck. Experte für Föderalismus
Finn Lützow-Holm Myrstad @finnmyrstad.bsky.social Digital policy at Forbrukerradet. Co-chair of TACD Digital Committee.
Topics: Privacy, Data Protection, InfoSec, AI, Dark Patterns, Deceptive Design, Protection of Children's rights online, Competition, Broadband.
Alumni: TEDtalks, LSE, Mozilla Rise25
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) challenges the influence of Big Business and corporate lobby groups in EU policy-making.
🐘 @corporateeurope@mstdn.social
🔗 https://corporateeurope.org/en
👉 linktr.ee/corporateeurope
Gateklons @gateklons.eurosky.social EU digital policy nerd | data protection & privacy | competition | platform & media regulation | identity | cybersecurity
Focus: consent-or-pay & (messaging) interoperability
https://gateklons.substack.com/
🐘 @gateklons@eupolicy.social
🐦 @gateklons
@EU_Dempsey @eudempsey.bsky.social Irish. EU Advocacy for @article19.bsky.social in Brussels. Prior - international dev/affairs in Mumbai and MENA - Beirut, Baghdad, Amman, Berlin, London. #humanrights #foreignaffairs #techpolicy #EUaffairs #mediafreedom Views mine.
Silvia Lorenzo Perez @silvperez.bsky.social Programme Director at CDT Europe, Security, Surveillance & Human Rights.
Iptegrity @iptegrity.bsky.social Dr Monica Horten. Independent policy analyst. PhD, DipM. Author. Civil society advocate. Member, Council of Europe Committee of Experts on Online Safety and User Empowerment. Not afraid to ask the awkward questions!
Alexandre Alaphilippe @aa.disinfo.eu Executive Director EU DisinfoLab www.disinfo.eu / Hummingbird / Searching for James Dubious Crickton /Growing my ethical mussels / Asking PourqOui / Prism in Jeans / 😀🤓🤯🤝
Max Schrems @maxschrems.bsky.social (Luckily not only) Law, Privacy and Politics. #ScheißDaNix 🇦🇹🇪🇺🏳️🌈🇺🇳
Angela Watercutter @waterslicer.bsky.social Senior Editor, Special Projects @ WIRED
Signal: AngelaWatercutter.95
David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social californian. human rights, free expression, tech, international law. uc irvine. fulbright. article 19. prior: UN special rapporteur, GNI chair.
edu coalition (dm for details)
go bears!
Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social freelance UK tech policy x human rights / midlife MPhil student @ Strathclyde Law School, researching US tech policy x Christian Nationalism / IANAL / https://heatherburns.tech / 💬 on Signal / open to work, hire me pls / "bad ass Glaswegian" apparently
People Vs Big Tech @peoplevsbigtech.eurosky.social Algorithm, we’re onto you. Let’s build a better digital world.
👾 Linktree linktr.ee/peoplevsbigtech
📩 Newsletter blog.peoplevsbig.tech
AlgorithmWatch @algorithmwatch.org We ensure that the use of algorithms & AI benefits the many, not just the few!
🇪🇺 We’re the EU/German part
🇨🇭 For Switzerland: @algorithmwatchch.bsky.social
🌐 https://algorithmwatch.org/
noyb – European Center for Digital Rights @noyb.eu About us 👉 http://noyb.eu
Become a member 👉 http://noyb.eu/support
#MakePrivacyReality #InvestInPrivacy
Margarida Silva @margaridasilva.bsky.social I research Big Tech's power and campaign to limit it at @somoamsterdam.bsky.social
Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social Professor of EU and Human Rights Law. Usual disclaimers. Latest book: European Union Law, 5th edition, co-edited with Catherine Barnard.
Svea Windwehr @sveawindwehr.bsky.social Fundamental rights, platform governance and other internet stuff. Policy @Mozilla. Co-Chair @D-64.org. Member of the advisory council of the German DSC. Views all hers.
Dave Maass 🔦 @maassive.bsky.social Investigations at EFF, researching border and police tech. Scholar in res. at UNR Reynolds School of Journalism. I also wrote the graphic novel Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis (https://a.co/d/gHsJzAa). New Insta: maassinpublic
Jason Kelley at EFF @jason.exposed cda.230 on signal. https://www.eff.org/about/staff/jason-kelley
Lex @zoracon.bsky.social PIT Crew @eff.org managing the Certbot project. My words. Not my job's words. Etc. Relax.
Coffee ☕, crochet 🧶, cryptography 🔐, and being Black in my Black ass business.
Brian Fung @brianfung.me Googler and former tech policy reporter for CNN, The Washington Post, The Atlantic & National Journal. A few things I enjoy: 🎮 🚴🏕️🍳🖖
Streaming at @BrainFungi on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/brainfungi
kate conger @kateconger.com tech reporter for the NYT!
co-author of CHARACTER LIMIT!
signal: kateconger.11
buy our book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737290/character-limit-by-kate-conger-and-ryan-mac/
tour dates & translations: https://linktr.ee/kateconger
Ashley Belanger @ashleybelanger.bsky.social Cursed to love reading legal docs.
Senior policy reporter for Ars Technica
ashleybelanger.com
Signal: @ashleybelanger.77
Human Rights Watch @hrw.org 🔎 🌎 ✊
Exposing human rights abuses around the world.
WIRED @wired.com For Future Reference.
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com Technology news and analysis with a focus on founders and startup teams.
Got a tip? http://techcrunch.com/tips
Gizmodo @gizmodo.com The future is here.
Ars Technica @arstechnica.com Original news, reviews, analysis of tech trends, and expert advice on the most fundamental aspects of tech.
Mathias Vermeulen @mathver.bsky.social EU law and tech policy, mostly musings on content moderation, platform governance, privacy, AI. Now: Co-Founder & Director @awo.agency. Fellow at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Then: EU Parliament. UN. Mozilla. PhD in EU law.
Fago Milfoy @dia.bsky.social they/them/he; it's good to be back
thoughts on human rights, content moderation, tech policy, and politics.
Lot of writing on Tech Policy Press, though my articles are all over! https://www.techpolicy.press/author/dia-kayyali/
Whitney Merrill @wbm312.bsky.social I nudge people to care about privacy and security. CPO/DPO. Privacy/infosec lawyer. Hacker. Fighting for privacy, digital civil liberties & the users. Ex @EA @FTC |my views are my own. I used to post on Twitter at @wbm312.
Multi-em-dash-ate @starchy.org Currently: covered in cat hair and running shoes, doing tech ops at EFF.
Previously: stardust, stars
Extremely not a professional account. Tikkun olam motherfucker
Javier Pallero @javierpallero.bsky.social Tech Policy Analyst. Advocacy for impact. Technology + culture + humanism.
Brewster Kahle @brewster.kahle.org Digital Librarian, Internet Archive, Open Library. https://brewster.kahle.org https://archive.org https://openlibrary.org
Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social Law professor and writer. Expert on tech, privacy, AI, and sarcasm.
🐦: https://twitter.com/tiffanycli
🧵: https://www.threads.net/@tiffany.c.li
🐘: https://mastodon.social/@tiffanycli
TiffanyLi.com if you insist
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute
Andres Guadamuz @technollama.bsky.social Law and technology academic. Posts about copyright law, internet regulation, AI, llamas, pandas, and cats. 🇨🇷 🇬🇧
https://www.technollama.co.uk/
paige @pagina.bsky.social privacy tings and digital rights at @EFF
Kat Walsh @mindspillage.bsky.social Copyright/internet/free + open content lawyer, musician (bassoon/viola/voice), lover of bad jokes, strongman+powerlifter, license nerd, etc., etc. (Advisor @ Creative Commons, former GC.)
Email: kat@mindspillage.org
Mastodon: kat@stareinto.space