People Vs Big Tech
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Members of the People vs Big Tech collective + other folk working on digital rights around the world. Algorithm, we're onto you 👾🧐
@mariafarrell.bsky.social
Irish writer and keynote speaker: let's rewild the internet! Dog lady. Forest bather. She/her http://www.mariafarrell.com https://buttondown.email/MariaFarrell
@tanyaocarroll.bsky.social
Accountable & equitable tech. Senior Fellow, Foxglove Legal suing Meta. Co-founder Amnesty Tech and @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social
@dispatch.the-citizens.com.web.brid.gy
Reporting from The Citizens on the harms of Big Tech. Follow for personal stories, features and debate. [bridged from https://dispatch.the-citizens.com/ on the web: https://fed.brid.gy/web/dispatch.the-citizens.com ]
@cypurr.org
Established #420/2016 in NYC. We 💙 #cats #cryptoparties #cybersecurity and community education
@rootaccess.org
Community #Hackerspace and #Makerspace for people into #art, #tech, #crafting, and #making in Fresno, CA. they/them. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/rootaccess 🔗 https://rootaccess.org
@flashes.blue
A photo viewing client for u from the creator of @skeetsapp.com & @bluescreen.blue iOS: https://t1p.de/b3o4x Android: Not available yet ❓ FAQS: https://t1p.de/24kj0 🐞 Bug Reports: https://t1p.de/phwii 💡 Feature Requests: https://t1p.de/8tmnc
@mattvermeir.bsky.social
Associate Professor of International Political Economy at Ghent University
@ianbrown.tech
💻 regulation (🔑 #privacy 🗳) ⛷🚴🏻♂️🥾🗺 🇮🇨🇪🇸🇪🇺🏳️🌈 Visiting Prof, FGV Law, Rio de Janeiro 👨🏫 Formerly DCMS Principal Scientific Officer/Prof. Information Security & Privacy @oii.ox.ac.uk Fedi @1br0wn.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy
@wchr.bsky.social
Public-interest researcher at Cracked Labs | Research fellow at Citizen Lab | Vienna, Austria | Tech and society. Tracking, surveillance, data economy, platform power, algorithmic decisions, datafication of work. wolfie.crackedlabs.org/en
@andreasschwab.bsky.social
Gemeindepräsident von Bremgarten bei Bern (SP), Autor, Ausstellungsmacher 2024: Freiheit, Rausch und schwarze Katzen. Eine Geschichte der Boheme.
@cgoanta.bsky.social
Associate prof in private law & tech (Utrecht University) & PI ERC Research Stg HUMANads '22-'27 @goanta@someone.elses.computer
@edithhancock.bsky.social
Writing about EU competition, trade and tech policy for the Wall Street Journal and/or Dow Jones. Send tips, invitations & affirmations to Edith.hancock@wsj.com
@copyrightlately.bsky.social
Copyright lawyer, along with trademark, media and entertainment litigation. Visit copyrightlately.com for copyright stuff
@klonick.bsky.social
Law professor & journalist researching internet law, online speech governance, AI. Dallying in consumer protection. For sporadic writings on these things see: https://klonick.substack.com/ For more info and full bio see: www.kateklonick.com
@eppgroup.bsky.social
The largest political group in the European Parliament. We defend centre-right policies to promote growth and jobs in a more integrated Europe. #JobsJobsJobs
@ec.europa.eu
News and information from the European Commission. Social media and data protection policy: http://europa.eu/!MnfFmT
@reneweurope.bsky.social
We are the pro-European political group in the European Parliament! Our mission? to Renew Europe! 🇪🇺
@shmaheel.bsky.social
@redstarcaucus @ueunion @chicagodsa | fmr: @MITGradUnion @Mizzou| Banned from MIT lol | Midwest Girly
@ttp-updates.bsky.social
The Tech Transparency Project is a research initiative of Campaign for Accountability that investigates the power, influence, & impact of Big Tech. https://www.techtransparencyproject.org
@euractiv.com
🇪🇺 News from across Europe, and policy coverage of the EU in 🌾 Agrifood, 🏥 Health, 🪫Energy, 🤖Tech, & more: www.euractiv.com Bringing a beam of yellow into Bluesky ☀️
@euobserver.com
Brussels' premier non-profit news media on EU affairs. EUobserver is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand what's really going on in Europe. Your support keeps us going: https://euobserver.com/register
@matinastevis.bsky.social
Canada bureau chief @NYTimes, formerly in Brussels. Previous lives in East Africa, Europe @WSJ Send tips securely: https://nytimes.com/tips
@marietjeschaake.bsky.social
Technology Policy at Stanford 👩🏼💻 column in FT 🇪🇺 Member of European Parliament 2009-2019 📕Author: The Tech Coup
@stokel.bsky.social
Tech journalist and author, who increasingly also talks on TV and radio. Interested in the sparks that happen when the online and offline worlds collide @stokel on the other place. Buy my book: How AI Ate the World!
@sharper.bsky.social
Journaliste pour https://pivot.quebec | Journalist at Pivot Infosec dilettante | OSINT amateur Cofondateur | co-founder https://cybercitoyen.org
@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.
@michielvanhulten.eu
Analyst, journalist, teacher, adviser, Board member. EU politics and policy. Democracy defender, transparency & accountability campaigner. Former EU/NL politician and official. I make EU starter packs and lists. ↘️
@mariamagierska.bsky.social
ECPC Maastricht University Senior Lecturer, PhD Researcher European University Institute in Florence, editor European law blog , ex-NOYB, ex-European Parliament Press Officer. data protection, eu administrative law and books
@daniel-solove.bsky.social
I'm a law professor at GW Law School and an expert on privacy, AI, technology, and data security law. I also write about law, literature, and the humanities. More about me at https://danielsolove.com
@nicklevine.bsky.social
@ubisurv.net
David Murakami Wood (DMW) Canada Research Chair in Critical Surveillance & Security Studies Director, CSS/Lab, uOttawa Co-editor-in-Chief, Surveillance & Society Surveillance / Security / Cities / Technology / Human Rights / Environment https://ubisurv.net
@newseye.bsky.social
A career spent in government affairs & media. Now an interested eye on the news. Not always balanced; there aren’t two sides to fascism or racism. Credit the source. Use ALT text :-)
@rachelgriffin.bsky.social
researching EU social media regulation @ sciences po | blue haired feminist, FT reading socialist & other clichés | paris/berlin, she/sie/elle | send me your enticing open postdoc positions 👉👈 | free palestine 🍉
@gateklons.bsky.social
EU digital policy nerd | data protection & privacy | competition | platform & media regulation | identity | cybersecurity https://gateklons.substack.com/ 🐘 @gateklons@eupolicy.social 🐦 @gateklons
@bruess.law
Rechtsanwalt. Urheber-, Medien-, Markenrecht, Film, Musik, Politik Attorney-at-law. Copyright, Media, Trademarks, Movies, Music, Politics Schreibe auf Deutsch und Englisch / Writing in German and English #teamiprecht #copyright #trademarks #GuestKat #MPA
@technollama.bsky.social
Law and technology academic. Posts about copyright law, internet regulation, AI, llamas, pandas, and cats. Rare dual Tico-British citizen. https://www.technollama.co.uk/
@todddavi.es
Competition Law PhD Candidate @ University College London Working on a theory of the competitive process, polycrisis, private power, political economy, ecology and democracy. Previously a software engineer. https://todddavi.es 🍉🌱
@samuelstolton.bsky.social
European Competition Reporter at Bloomberg News. https://bloomberg.com/authors/AWTd_b4tFic/samuel-stolton Email: sstolton@bloomberg.net
@profjacob.bsky.social
PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social; Professor in EU Law at @sdu.dk. EU and #brexit nerd. #Ukraine supporter. Member of @ec.europa.eu's expert group on EU Criminal Policy. Author of "Normative Foundations of EU Criminal Justice" @hartpublishing.bsky.social
@hutko.bsky.social
@davidnewhoff.bsky.social
Writer, copyright expert, rights advocate. www.DavidNewhoff.com Www.illusionofmore.com
@promptbattles.ai
The color of my dress means NOTHING. #Midjourney Event Host, Guide, and Community Outreach | Moderator at Hedra | Shares the best I see in AI | Your Fun, Friendly Creator at the Bleeding Edge of #AI . I BLOCKED MAGA words, Cuz I value my peace.
@funt.im
👋 Hi! I'm Tim 🔬FE dev working in visual lab tech 😍 React, Typescript, UX, coffee, crows, drum machines 😡 bright lights in offices, glamorgan sausages on fry-ups, seagulls 📍Bristol, UK
@adelewalton.bsky.social
Logging Off: The Human Cost of Our Digital World 📘 Online Safety Campaigner and Journalist Co-founder of Logging Off Club www.adelesnotes.co.uk
@margaridasilva.bsky.social
I research Big Tech's power and campaign to limit it at @somoamsterdam.bsky.social
@stollmeyer.bsky.social
Founder & Executive Director of https://DefendDemocracy.EU/ Busy defending democracy against hybrid & technological threats. 🏆Politico’s #Power40 Support #DefendDemocracy: https://defenddemocracy.eu/get-involved/donate