Privacy People (or frequently mention it)
Great people to follow who frequently post about privacy and data protection from all perspectives. Please let me know who else to add! Once we reach the 150 cut-off for starter packs, those with less privacy content may be removed (but I promise I still love you. Well, some of you.)
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@ameliaivance.bsky.social
@toddfeathers.bsky.social
Data journalist @Gizmodo. Writing about algorithms, surveillance, and civil rights.
@mindingprivacy.bsky.social
Privacy Law & Policy, Repro rights, Tech Ethics at Duke Law & Duke Science and Society. Focus: privacy and surveillance after Dobbs. Co-founder Data Privacy Day.
@noaasm.bsky.social
⚖️ LL.M Candidate in Corporate & Commercial Law @ Maastricht University | 🎓 Public Int'l Law LL.M alumni @ University of Oslo | 💼 Privacy Lawyer | interested in tech, data protection, international law & geopolitics | 📍🇪🇪/🇳🇱 | views my own
@stephangeering.bsky.social
Deputy General Counsel & Compliance, Trustworthy AI and Global Privacy Officer at Anthology. Posts are my personal views. Dad, immigrant, tech geek. He/him/his.
@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.
@Privacymatters.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Pat Walshe. Advocate for privacy and broader human rights impacted by data. [bridged from https://mastodon.social/@Privacymatters on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@baileysanchez.bsky.social
former riverboat operator. current privacy gal at Future of Privacy Forum. views are mine and also correct.
@jordfran.bsky.social
Policy Counsel @futureofprivacy.bsky.social | Nonresident Fellow cordellinstitute.wustl.edu | JD | CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM | Views expressed here are my own. Likes and reposts are not endorsements.
@sheaswauger.bsky.social
Senior Policy Analyst at @futureofprivacy, PhD student researching school shootings. www.sheaswauger.com
@epic.org
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) was established in 1994 to secure the fundamental right to privacy in the digital age.
@johndavisson.bsky.social
‣ Director of Litigation + Senior Counsel @epic.org ‣ Baltimore native 🦀 • DC/Ward 5 resident 🌸 ‣ LEGO 🧱 • Cycling 🚲 • O's + Ravens 🐦⬛
@brettfrischmann.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary researcher & teacher (Villanova Univ.). Infrastructure. Knowledge Commons. Re-Engineering Humanity. Tech & Humanity/Society. IP Theory. Lately, some work on Friction-in-design, Age Gating.
@montezumachavez.bsky.social
@aliciasn.bsky.social
Associate Prof at GW Law. Privacy, algo accountability, AI governance. Distance runner fueled by ice cream.
@priva.cat
I write about technology, policy, data protection & fractal complexity at https://insights.priva.cat/. Cat lover (x9), booze-appreciator, data protection nerd & constantly curious. Professional Cynical Bastard. More deets: https://linktr.ee/privacat
@ariezra.bsky.social
Law professor at UC Irvine, studying law, technology, society, and queer civil rights. 🏳️🌈 Dad to Peabody.
@dbrody.bsky.social
Privacy rights are civil rights. Founder & former director of the Digital Justice Initiative at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
@brennancenter.bsky.social
We work to build a United States that is democratic, just, and free — for all. Visit BrennanCenter.org.
@alicetiara.bsky.social
Studies social media & society, far-right disinfo. Dir of Research, Data & Society. UNC CITAP. Loves pop cult. Mom, fashion victim, sci fi/fantasy enthusiast. Author of The Private is Political, Status Update. NYC forever. She/her/femme 💅🏻 tiara.org
@datasociety.bsky.social
Data & Society is a nonprofit research institute that studies the social implications of data-centric technologies, automation, and AI.
@onekade.bsky.social
Civil rights and liberties advocate, appreciator of nice things like democracy. Opinions mine.
@cendemtech.bsky.social
The Center for Democracy & Technology. Shaping technology policy and architecture, with a focus on equity and justice. @CDTEU.bsky.social for our EU-based team. https://cdt.org
@shannonvallor.bsky.social
Philosopher/AI Ethicist at Univ of Edinburgh, Director @technomoralfutures.bsky.social, co-Director @braiduk.bsky.social, author of Technology and the Virtues (2016) and The AI Mirror (2024). Views my own.
@ruchowdh.bsky.social
www.rummanchowdhury.com www.humane-intelligence.org CEO & co-founder, Humane Intelligence US Science Envoy for AI (Biden Administration)
@lawfaremedia.org
Straight-shooting information and analysis at the intersection of national security, law, and policy. Support Lawfare at https://www.lawfaremedia.org/support
@drewharwell.com
Tech reporter @washingtonpost.com Newsletter: drewharwell.com/stories Signal: drewharwell.01
@histoftech.bsky.social
Historian of technology and dad joke aficionado who lives with a tiny, spotlight-stealing rabbit. www.marhicks.com for writing & syllabi
@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
@davey.bsky.social
Bloomberg tech reporter / Google, Big Tech, misinfo / https://daveyalba.com / ask for my Signal
@dell.bsky.social
Sr. writer @wired.com. w/ the @newsguild.org. privacy, surveillance, natsec > Send tips via @signal.org ➜ dell.3030
@willoremus.com
I cover online speech and tech policy for the Washington Post and write the Tech Brief newsletter. Sign up to follow my work: https://www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/follow-will-oremus/ Signal: willoremus.24
@caseynewton.bsky.social
Email salesman at Platformer.news and podcast co-host at Hard Fork.
@hypervisible.bsky.social
Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that.
@maryannefranks.bsky.social
Law Professor at George Washington Law. President of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative. Author of Fearless Speech (2024) and The Cult of the Constitution (2019). First Amendment, civil rights, technology, criminal law, family law, firearms law.
@privacyguru.bsky.social
Privacy Engineering Manager @ Lumin Digital | Post about Privacy, Security, Ethical Tech, AI & Safety PNW, USA https://shiftingprivacyleft.buzzsprout.com/ #PrivacySky Interests: democracy; sci-fi; trivia; puzzles; & my beaglier
@zamaan.bsky.social
Campaigns at @accountabletech.bsky.social, Co-Chair at @designitforus.bsky.social. Alum: @ausis.bsky.social, @fboversight.bsky.social, @markey.senate.gov, @casten.house.gov. YNWA | 🇺🇸🇬🇧 | he/him | opinions my own
@ccianet.bsky.social
The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA): 52 year-old tech trade association promoting open markets, open systems, & open networks.
@keirlamont.bsky.social
U.S. privacy law and policy ⏩ I don't rock the boat, but it's always unsteady.
@danielcastro.bsky.social
Tech optimist. Policy nerd. Data enthusiast. AI champion. Innovation expert. IP defender. A11y ally. DEI supporter.
@gzf.bsky.social
Data Protection Geek. Co-author of the big GDPR OUP Commentary🇷🇴🇪🇺🇺🇸 US-based, former Brussels bubbler. Writes about data protection law and policy, AI governance through a Global lens (& sometimes democracy) www.pdpecho.com
@jevan.bsky.social
data privacy/cybersecurity attorney by day, tech law professor/clinic director by night. into data rights, not into data wrongs.
@cobun.bsky.social
Privacy, data protection, AI governance. Translating policy to practice. Some friction is good friction. D.C. policy lawyer by day, Colorado forest creature by night. (he / him)
@johnnyryan.bsky.social
Director of ICCL Enforce http://Enforce.ie. Previously Chief Policy Officer of Brave. FRHistS. https://ie.linkedin.com/in/johnnyryan1
@joejerome.com
Public Policy at DuckDuckGo. Here to post about tech, privacy, and the law. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 www.joejerome.com
@caitrionafitz.bsky.social
Privacy advocate • Deputy Director at @epic.org • Pronounced "Katrina,” just spelled the Irish way.
@poetofcode.bsky.social
@publicknowledge.bsky.social
Public Knowledge promotes an open internet, accessible communications tools, and balanced copyright laws. Reposts do not necessarily indicate endorsement. Sign up for our newsletter here: publicknowledge.org/subscribe
@klmac.bsky.social
she/her 🏳️🌈 | personal account | past gigs: @duckduckgo @ConsumerReports @CenDemTech & @FCC | all my tweets have errors
@annalenhart.bsky.social
Tech Policy (University of Maryland & George Washington). data scientist. anti-monopolist. consumer advocate. former hill staffer.
@berinszoka.bsky.social
🇺🇸/🇩🇪 Nomad. Tech lawyer @TechFreedom. “To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man” 🏳️🌈📚🗽 PhD student, Dublin City University; LLM in 🇪🇺 law, Paris Panthéon-Assas; JD, University of Virginia. 🏡: Albuquerque, Bethesda
@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/
@morar.bsky.social
working the tech policy shift at the big corporation. formerly a decade+ in civil society. comedian. writer. fauxhipster. foreigner sans accent.
@lambarrett.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law | computer distruster | she/hers
@frederike.bsky.social
Global tech policy & geopolitics advisor✨ Also: EU Ai industrial policy & global governance for @ainowinstitute.bsky.social frederikekaltheuner.com
@aselbst.bsky.social
UCLA Law Prof. Focused on law, tech, and justice; posting not necessarily related. He/him. http://ssrn.com/author=1328346
@michae.lv
assoc. prof, @UCLLaws.bsky.social, technology, policy, society, whimsical latvian top level domain names. michae.lv and fediverse https://someone.elses.computer/@mikarv 🏳️🌈
@carissaveliz.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. Author of #PrivacyIsPower (An Economist Book of the Year). Keynote Speaker. Posts about #privacy, #AIethics, #philosophy, #philtech
@techfreedom.org
A tech policy think tank. We embrace change, pushing back against technocrats who fear it & reactionaries who would control it. Inquiries: media@techfreedom.org techfreedom.org
@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
@stopspyingny.bsky.social
Fighting to abolish local & state surveillance.
@ainowinstitute.bsky.social
The AI Now Institute produces diagnosis and actionable policy research on artificial intelligence. Find us at https://ainowinstitute.org/
@iwillleavenow.bsky.social
Global Privacy Counsel at EPIC, privacy advocate, nerd. Personal opinions, terrible jokes. CIPM, CIPP-US/E/C, FIP.
@profferguson.bsky.social
Law Prof. AUWCL, Tech & Justice. Author: “The Rise of Big Data Policing,” “Why Jury Duty Matters,” and “The Law of Law School.”
@jkosseff.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Cybersecurity Law, US Naval Academy. Views my own and do not represent DOD, Navy, or USNA. jeffkosseff.com
@hartzog.bsky.social
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.
@merbroussard.bsky.social
Critical AI, data journalism, literary nonfiction. NYU professor. Author, "More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech." meredithbroussard.com
@jessifer.bsky.social
Irascibly optimistic. Ungrading. Critical Digital Pedagogy. Professor at U of Denver. Owner of PlayForge. Co-founder of Hybrid Pedagogy. Author of Undoing the Grade and An Urgency of Teachers. One of Hazel’s dads. he/him. https://www.jessestommel.com
@rajiinio.bsky.social
AI accountability, audits & eval. Keen on participation & practical outcomes. CS PhDing @UCBerkeley.
@elizabethjoh.bsky.social
Law Prof at UC Davis Law; co-host What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law podcast http://learnconlaw.com https://elizabethjoh.faculty.ucdavis.edu/
@levendowski.net
Teaching tech law @georgetownlaw.bsky.social Researching SPACE: surveillance, power, accessibility, creativity, equity Co-editor of Feminist Cyberlaw: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/feminist-cyberlaw/paper
@foxcahn.bsky.social
@STOPSpyingNY founder; @CarrCenter @yaleisp, @ashoka, & @TEDTalks fellow; 100+ bylines in NYTimes, Guardian, Wired, etc. Was @WeilGotshal & @Harvard_Law. He/him
@rcalo.bsky.social
I am a law professor and information scientist at the University of Washington. I have a book coming out next year about law and technology that I hope you read. 💙
@cfarivar.bsky.social
"suh-ROOS" / سیروس Director, Community Wildfire Resilience Fire Aside (http://fireaside.com) 20+ years in journalism (Forbes, NBC, Ars Technica and more) 🕵️ 4th-gen Californian // Oakland, CA cyrus@fireaside.com +1-341-758-0888 (mobile/Signal)
@gshans.bsky.social
Clinical Professor, Cornell Law School. That brown gay law prof who bakes, makes ice cream & laughs too loud. Tech law & policy, con law, clinical education, and screaming into the void. Not the best but pretty good. Always MI ✋🏾
@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.
@fightforthefuture.org
Digital rights are human rights. There's hardly anything as important as ensuring that our shared future has freedom of expression and creativity at its core. https://www.fightforthefuture.org
@cfiesler.bsky.social
information science professor (tech ethics + internet stuff) kind of a content creator (elsewhere also @professorcasey) though not influencing anyone to do anything except maybe learn things she/her
@randomwalker.bsky.social
Princeton computer science prof. I write about the societal impact of AI, tech ethics, & social media platforms. https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~arvindn/ BOOK: AI Snake Oil. https://www.aisnakeoil.com/
@safiyanoble.bsky.social
Living in Los Angeles. Native Californian. Writer, researcher, professor. Author, “Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism,” which is unfortunately still relevant to understanding today’s LLMs and AI. safiyaunoble.com
@christopher.soghoian.net
Work: Senior Advisor for Privacy and Cybersecurity, Office of Senator Ron Wyden.
@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
@mayer.bsky.social
Princeton prof and tech + law person. Previously at the Justice Department, Senate, FCC, Stanford, and CalDOJ. Views are solely my own.
@josephhall.org
Astrophysicist turned advocate; guiding the globe to a safer, stronger Internet. Distinguished Technologist @internetsociety.bsky.social https://josephhall.org/
@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) 🍋
@byrontau.bsky.social
investigative reporter in washington for the ap formers: wsj, politico, notus. author of 'means of control,' a new book on big data and big government. buy: https://bit.ly/buyMoC signal: byrontau.01 twitter/linkedin/mastodon: byrontau
@ruha9.bsky.social
✍🏽 • RACE AFTER TECHNOLOGY: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code • VIRAL JUSTICE: How We Grow the World We Want • IMAGINATION: A Manifesto 📚www.ruhabenjamin.com
@inafried.bsky.social
Chief Technology Correspondent at Axios. Huge fan of the sportsball. Also Lego. She/her Aiplus.Axios.com
@geoffreyfowler.bsky.social
Tech Columnist at The Washington Post. Geoffrey.Fowler@washpost.com