Tech Law and Platform Policy Starter Pack
Smart observers at the intersection of law, policy and technology, with emphasis on social media, mobile and other platforms at commercially viable scale.
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@antone.bsky.social
@marklemley.bsky.social
William H. Neukom Professor, Stanford Law School. Partner, Lex Lumina LLP. I teach and write in IP, antitrust, internet, and video game law
@lexlanham.bsky.social
law professor teaching & writing about trademark, false advertising, IP, & entertainment law at northeastern
@chup.blakereid.org
Simple country tech law professor, multidisciplinary dilettante. Ska, Crocs, fizzy water discourse. On an indefinite ketchup strike. Need just one more guitar pedal. No legal or good advice; opinions my own, bad.
@swachter.bsky.social
Professor of Technology and Regulation, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, research on legal & ethical implications of AI, Big Data, & robotics as well as Internet & platform regulation https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/sandra-wachter/
@denisehowell.info
The Internet’s law department, at your service. Tech law+policy. Host, Uneven Distribution. Co-host, R&D with D&D. TWiT fan, friend, contributor. Skier. Yogi. Cornichons.
@katestarbird.bsky.social
Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer. #RageAgainstTheBullshitMachine
@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/
@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) 🍋
@davidsullivan.bsky.social
Tech policy, human rights, trust & safety. Raised in Brooklyn, based in Boulder. Views expressed here strictly personal. @david_msullivan elsewhere. Posts auto delete.
@pamelasamuelson.bsky.social
Professor, Berkeley Law School, who writes about challenges that new information technologies pose for intellectual property & other laws. Past Chair & member of Electronic Frontier Foundation Board & of Authors Alliance Board. Gardening is my best hobby
@annemariebridy.bsky.social
IP + tech lawyer. English PhD. Sometime career shifter and cross-country migrant. Gave up professing. Fan of careful people. Lover of well made things. Views my own. SSRN: https://ssrn.com/author=630766
@zoeschiffer.bsky.social
Director of Business & Industry at WIRED. Author of Extremely Hardcore: Inside Elon Musk’s Twitter. Signal zoeschiffer.87
@caseynewton.bsky.social
Email salesman at Platformer.news and podcast co-host at Hard Fork.
@lisahmacpherson.bsky.social
Former CMO, now Policy Director at Public Knowledge (but my skeets are my own). I’m new here. Be nice.
@elisephillips.bsky.social
Lawyer. Policy Counsel at Public Knowledge for competition/digital platform issues. Exceedingly formal, but known to be a silly goose on occasion.
@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
@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
@eff.org
We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're a nonprofit that fights for your privacy and free speech online. Find all of EFF's social media accounts at https://eff.org/social. https://eff.org
@ncweaver.skerry-tech.com
Lecturer, Computer Science, UC Davis Researcher, Computer Security, ICSI Chief Mad Scientest, Skerry Technologies Digital, Explainable, and (usually) Adversarial Systems
@ethanz.bsky.social
UMass Amherst, Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, Global Voices, Berkman Klein Center. Formerly Center for Civic Media, MIT Media Lab.
@ianballon.bsky.social
I am an internet/ ai/ mobile litigator and Co-Chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Global Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Group, a published author of legal treatises and books (www.IanBallon.net), an open water diver, and a Californian via Canada
@craigsilverman.bsky.social
Investigative journalist and OSINT trainer. I write the free Digital Investigations newsletter and edited the Verification Handbook series. Previously: ProPublica, BuzzFeed News. https://digitalinvestigations.substack.com/ https://craigsilverman.ca
@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
@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
@jkosseff.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Cybersecurity Law, US Naval Academy. Views my own and do not represent DOD, Navy, or USNA. jeffkosseff.com
@orinkerr.bsky.social
Professor, Stanford Law School. Author, The Digital 4th Amendment: https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Fourth-Amendment-Privacy-Policing/dp/0190627077/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0
@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
@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.
@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.
@aricohn.com
First Amendment & defamation lawyer. Now: Lead Counsel for Tech Policy at @thefireorg.bsky.social Former: Free Speech Counsel at @TechFreedom.org Illini/music junkie/oofnik. “A snarky gay lawyer Jessica Fletcher.” https://linktr.ee/aricohn
@lawfaremedia.org
Straight-shooting information and analysis at the intersection of national security, law, and policy. Support Lawfare at https://www.lawfaremedia.org/support
@justinhendrix.bsky.social
Concerned with tech, media and democracy. CEO & Editor at Tech Policy Press. Research & Adjunct Professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Opinions mine.
@qjurecic.bsky.social
I write about law, democracy, and the internet. Words in @lawfaremedia.org, The Atlantic, Washington Post Book World. It's KWIN-ta. Speaking only for myself on here. signal: qjurecic.32
@noupside.bsky.social
✍🏼Studies influence, propaganda, adversarial abuse @Georgetown. Writes @Lawfare, The Atlantic. 📖 Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality — on influencers, online crowds, &bespoke realities (invisiblerulers.com) 🦹🏻♀️ Twitter Files supervillain
@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
@antone.bsky.social
Full-stack general counsel to emerging tech/social ventures, platforms + products ⚖️ (ex- Google, eHarmony, MySpace). Incurable policy wonk, wag, proud Californian (SF + LA) 💙 🇺🇦 🎗️ https://linktr.ee/antonejohnson