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SOUPS @soupsconference.bsky.social The 22nd Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2026) will take place on August 23-26, 2026 in Germany. SOUPS brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers and practitioners in human computer interaction, security, and privacy.
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Nicole Wong @nicolewong.bsky.social Forever OOO. Formerly US Deputy CTO, also previously at Google, Twitter, Perkins Coie. Now board member for Mozilla Foundation, Tech Talent Project, CalMatters & Open Technology Fund. Currently studying words.
Dave Willner @dwillner.bsky.social Co-Founder at Zentropi. Formerly Head of Trust & Safety at OpenAI, of Community Policy at Airbnb, and of Content Policy Facebook. Strictly cold takes.
Danielle Citron @daniellecitron.bsky.social Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law; Vice President of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative; #MacFellow; Author of The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age (2022) and Hate Crimes in Cyberspace (2014) 🍋
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DistrictCon @districtcon.bsky.social A new DC hacker conference: Bringing together builders, breakers, and fixers to do cool shit.
Feb. 6-7, 2027
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club VP of Trust & Safety at Cloudflare. I run: https://canhazip.com, https://nslarchive.org, and https://rainbowtabl.es
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Working on cryptography, theoretical computer science, and computer security.
https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~tessaro/
David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social Washington bureau chief, Mother Jones. Author of the forthcoming HOW RUSSIA WON and the OUR LAND newsletter. Go to davidcorn.com. On Signal: DavidCorn.99
Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social Financial Times tech correspondent writing on social media - X, Meta, TikTok, Telegram - plus some AI, cyber and misinformation.
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Jessica Vitak @vitak.bsky.social She/her. Professor at University of Maryland's iSchool. Former director of HCIL. Steering Committee Chair-Elect for CSCW. Research: privacy, surveillance, data ethics. https://jessicavitak.com
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Jason Hong @jas0nh0ng.bsky.social Professor - Carnegie Mellon University - Human Computer Interaction
Ubiquitous Computing - Usable Privacy and Security - Responsible AI
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www.ngamita.xyz
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Claire Wardle @cward1e.bsky.social Associate Professor, Dept of Communication, Cornell University. Bit partial to information ecosystems.
Peter Adams @peteradams.bsky.social Head of research & design at the News Literacy Project. newslit.org RumorGuard.org Checkology.org
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Hans Hanley @hanshanley.bsky.social Computer Science Ph.D. Candidate @Stanford. Researching Disinformation, Computer Security, and NLP. Blog at http://themarginoferror.com.
Jen Golbeck @jengolbeck.bsky.social Computer scientist, psychologist, journalist. Professor at UMD
On the dystopia beat- AI, social media, extremism, radicalization, privacy, information warfare, and bad stuff people do on the internet
she/her
Emma Spiro @emmaspiro.bsky.social Associate Professor at the UW iSchool, Co-Founder UW Center for an Informed Public | PhD in Sociology from UC Irvine | Research: social networks, sociology, information integrity & computational social science.
Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com Professor of Internet Use & Society, University of Zurich
William Allan Neilson Professor, Smith College (Fall 2024)
Formerly: Northwestern U, Princeton U
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Talia Stroud @taliastroud.bsky.social Prof UT-Austin, Director Center for Media Engagement
Tanu Mitra @tanumitra.bsky.social Assistant Professor @UW_iSchool
Computer Science, PhD @GeorgiaTech
Social computing researcher studying online misinformation
EU DisinfoLab @disinfo.eu Independent EU-focused NGO whose mission is to raise awareness on #disinformation & contribute to a better information landscape.