The Information Environment Project
Carnegie’s Information Environment Project is a multi-stakeholder effort to help policymakers understand the information environment.
Starter Packs
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The Information Environment Projects Starter Pack
Great minds we've worked with along the way - past and present!
@tylermcbrien.com
Managing Editor at Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org Signal - tylermcbrien.97 Writing in the New York Times, The Atlantic, Washington Post, Slate, Mother Jones, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and more: www.tylermcbrien.com
@cward1e.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Dept of Communication, Cornell University. Bit partial to information ecosystems.
@elisethomas.bsky.social
Senior OSINT Investigator at @cen4infores.bsky.social. Opinions, hot takes, mistakes all my own. https://www.clippings.me/elisethomas
@netosessa.bsky.social
Research Manager @disinfo.eu • GBD, FIMI & DSA are some of my favorite acronyms • Based in Milan, but traveling often 🛸✨ linktr.ee/netosessa
@citizenlab.ca
Research and development at the intersection of cyberspace, global security, and human rights. Based at Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto.
@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 / 😀🤓🤯🤝
@joncong.bsky.social
Professor of Global Digital Media and Director, GloTechLab.net at UMass Amherst. #CarnegieFellows #OracleOng 🔮
@acarv.in
Former managing editor and director of research, DFRLab.org. NPR and Reported.ly alum. Woodturner, occasional conlanger, #ActuallyADHD, veteran of the prolactinoma wars. Calling BS is my calling. I used to tweet a lot.
@some4dem.bsky.social
Social media for democracy - Horizon Europe project studying the impact of social media on the public sphere and liberal democracy some4dem.eu
@citap.bsky.social
We research the intersection of technology platforms and democratic society. Our work produces insights that inform a digital future rooted in equality and justice. https://linktr.ee/unc_citap
@pewresearch.org
Nonpartisan, nonadvocacy data and analysis. Visit us at https://www.pewresearch.org/
@ascor.bsky.social
The Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) is a leading research institute in Communication Science 📍 @FMG_UvA @UvA_Amsterdam
@engagingnews.bsky.social
The Center for Media Engagement conducts original, groundbreaking research alongside newsrooms, social media platforms, and organizations looking to influence media practices for the benefit of democracy. mediaengagement.org
@aoir.bsky.social
Researching the Internet is serious business. Mostly. (We're mainly over on AoIR.social, our organisation Mastodon instance, which is open to all members.) https://aoir.org/ https://aoir.social/@aoir
@ddc-sdu.bsky.social
The Digital Democracy Centre SDU is an interdisciplinary hub at the University of Southern Denmark https://www.sdu.dk/en/ddc • #dkmedier #dkpol #dkforsk #democracy #digital #AI •
@dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social
dsa40collaboratory.eu | joint project by the @europeannewschool.bsky.social and the @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
@lorenzspreen.bsky.social
Heading the Computational Social Science group within SynoSys & ScaDS.AI at TU Dresden, where we study how online information environments impact public discourse and develop alternatives that benefit democracy. Group: https://css-synosys.github.io/
@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.
@cdteu.bsky.social
Centre for Democracy and Technology Europe 🇪🇺 Advancing EU law and tech policy with a focus on democracy and human rights. Part of @CenDemTech.bsky.social's Global team. https://cdt.org/eu/
@disinfo.eu
Independent EU-focused NGO whose mission is to raise awareness on #disinformation & contribute to a better information landscape.
@techdirt.com.web.brid.gy
[bridged from https://techdirt.com/ on the web: https://fed.brid.gy/web/techdirt.com ]
@csmapnyu.org
We work to strengthen democracy by conducting rigorous research, advancing evidence-based public policy, and training the next generation of scholars. https://csmapnyu.org/links
@knightcolumbia.org
The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University defends the freedoms of speech & the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, policy advocacy, and public education. https://knightcolumbia.org/
@socialmedialab.ca
Academic Research Lab in Toronto: SocialMediaLab.ca |Skeets by @philipmai.com re: the politics of technology, social media, democracy, mis/disinfo, conspiracies & propaganda | PoliDashboard.org, DeepfakesTracker.org, ConflictMisinfo.org & Communalytic.org.
@annalenhart.bsky.social
Tech Policy (University of Maryland & George Washington). data scientist. anti-monopolist. consumer advocate. former hill staffer.
@rebekahtromble.bsky.social
Director, Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics, GWU Union of Concerned Scientists’ 2024 Defender of Science Co-founder: https://researchersupport.org/ https://expertvoicestogether.org/ https://independenttechresearch.org/
@mmasnick.bsky.social
Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform
@daphnek.bsky.social
Director of Program on Platform Regulation, Stanford CPC. Former Google (2004-2015) Legal Director for Web Search, Speech and Intermediary Liability Issues. I've done this stuff for a long time and am getting kind of cranky about it.
@benimmo.bsky.social
@derekslater.bsky.social
@ehutchins.bsky.social
Started in infosec, co-authored the kill chain paper, dabbled in countering influence operations at Meta, and now back to infosec. Lover of command line, python, and rust.
@bgoldberg.bsky.social
Fan of applied research for gnarly tech policy and product questions | Head of Research at Jigsaw (Google) | Lecturer at Yale Jackson School | Lurking for laughs and spicy discussion sections
@claesdevreese.bsky.social
Professor of AI, society, media and democracy + Political Communication, U Amsterdam || Director of Digital Democracy Centre, SDU || EDMO || Algosoc || AIMD || Mix of work and private stuff || 🇩🇰🇳🇱🇪🇺🏃🏼🧪☕️🍿🐶🟥🦋
@sbradshaw.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, American University | Studying disinfo, cybersecurity, and emerging technology 👩💻
@techpolicypress.bsky.social
Technology + democracy. Visit https://techpolicy.press Join our newsletter: https://techpolicy.press/newsletter Opinions do not reflect the views of Tech Policy Press. Reposts do not equal endorsements.
@heiditworek.bsky.social
Prof @ UBC. Canada Research Chair in history and policy of communications. Director @ubcdemocracy.bsky.social Co-editor of Journal of Global History. Senior fellow @ Centre for International Governance Innovation
@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.
@natematias.bsky.social
I work with communities on citizen science for safer, fairer, more understanding Internet. Founder: Citizens & Technology Lab. Assistant Prof in Communication at Cornell · Guatemalan-American. @natematias@social.coop natematias.com citizensandtech.org
@tombcgh.bsky.social
Co-director and co-founder at tech policy think tank https://brainbox.institute and digital legal infrastructure company https://syncopatelab.com
@kingjen.bsky.social
Expert of data privacy, algo manipulation (dark patterns), & artificial intelligence. Privacy & Data Policy Fellow, Stanford HAI. Outdoors fanatic and nuts enough to swim in the SF bay. I bleed blue & gold (Berkeley I-School). Former trust & safety Yahoo!
@broniatowski.bsky.social
Professor at The George Washington University in Engineering Management and Systems Engineering.
@ulliecker.bsky.social
I study effects of misinformation. Professor at the School of Psychological Science and Fellow of the Public Policy Institute at the University of Western Australia Views my own.
@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. www.sandervanderlinden.com
@davekarpf.bsky.social
Political Communication Professor at GWU. I write a lot about the history and future of tech and politics. Best known for that one time I made fun of Bret Stephens. Davekarpf.substack.com