Civil rights, Privacy, and Tech Policy
Advocates and academics working to advance digital justice, civil rights online, and an equitable Internet for everyone.
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@dbrody.bsky.social
@mattcagle.bsky.social
ACLU NorCal attorney focused on surveillance, privacy, and technology. Opinions are my own.
@mepstein.bsky.social
Senior Counsel, Digital Justice Initiative Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
@consumerfed.bsky.social
The Consumer Federation of America is an association of more than 250 nonprofit consumer organizations established to advance the consumer interest.
@aultwrites.bsky.social
Policy Counsel @ The Lawyers’ Committee. Voting/Democracy/Privacy and probably Survivor.
@lacycrawfordjr.bsky.social
Communication and Partner at Democracy Partners, Views expressed are my own.
@evanfeeney.bsky.social
Tech accountability, racial justice, fighting surveillance capitalism, D&D nerd, ultimate player 💖💜💙 Corporate Engagement @ Consumer Reports. opinions my own.
@matthewus.bsky.social
Workers' Technology Rights advocate @ Center for Democracy & Technology
@yosefg.bsky.social
Working at the intersection of tech, democracy, and civil rights. Currently: Reset.Tech. Formerly: Common Cause, Public Knowledge. Posts are my own.
@stevenrenderos.bsky.social
Salvadoreño 🇸🇻 ED at Media Justice. Co-host of Bring Receipts. Doyers fan.
@johndavisson.bsky.social
‣ Director of Litigation + Senior Counsel @epic.org ‣ Baltimore native 🦀 • DC/Ward 5 resident 🌸 ‣ LEGO 🧱 • Cycling 🚲 • O's + Ravens 🐦⬛
@friedler.net
CS prof at Haverford, former tech policy at OSTP, research on fairness, accountability, and transparency of ML, @facct.bsky.social co-founder Also at: sorelle@mastodon.social 🦣 (formerly @kdphd 🐦) sorelle.friedler.net
@jgo4justice.bsky.social
Co-CEO of @FreePress.bsky.social. Board member @AmericasVoice.bsky.social & @LatinoMediaCollaborative. Los Angeles-based chingona.
@alexreevegivens.bsky.social
CEO at Center for Democracy & Technology, fighting to protect people’s rights & our democracy in the digital age. Proud daughter & Board Member at Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.
@alexengler.bsky.social
Formerly Democracy & Tech at White House NSC & OSTP | Algorithms, Economic Access & Democracy | Predict not the car but the traffic jam
@kateruane.bsky.social
Free expression advocate. Whiskey drinker. Friend of dogs. Views my own
@charlotteswwweb.bsky.social
@counterhate.com
International organization disrupting the production and spread of hate & misinformation. US 501(c)(3) non-profit. Press: press@counterhate.com
@ianvan.bsky.social
Policy advocacy and research on money in politics and disinformation. Senior Counsel & Manager, Brennan Center.
@srgaudette.bsky.social
ED @fightfortheftr.bsky.social, organizer forever, can be the order muppet to your chaos muppet
@htsuka.bsky.social
Assoc. Dir. of Legislative Activism at EFF, CIPP/US, WaPo alum, Minnesotan forever. Respectfully declines to fight with you. Views mine. she/her
@snowjake.bsky.social
Tech, privacy, surveillance, ACLU NorCal. On Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@snowjake/. He/him. Views mine.
@checkmyads.org
We're the independent digital advertising watchdog. We are building a transparent and fair digital advertising market.
@notaaroncraig.bsky.social
Co-CEO of Free Press and Free Press Action and guy with two first names freepress.net
@nullset.bsky.social
Public policy (tech/privacy) by day, everything else by night Co-Director Privacy & Data Program, Center for Democracy & Technology, @cendemtech.bsky.social. Views expressed here are mine: hastily adopted, uninformed, and deeply held. He/him!
@adamconner.bsky.social
Older but no wiser on a new social platform than the old ones. Professionally caring about the internet, doing tech policy at @americanprogress.bsky.social & @capaction.bsky.social but a poster first, always, and forever. Opinions are…you know the drill.
@annalenhart.bsky.social
Tech Policy (University of Maryland & George Washington). data scientist. anti-monopolist. consumer advocate. former hill staffer.
@benwinters.bsky.social
director of AI and privacy at Consumer Federation of America | teaching tech policy law/reg @udclaw | formerly EPIC (the privacy one not the bad ones), and DOJ Civil Rights division| ⚫️⚪️+🗽 | 🐦 🐿 | he/him contact: bwinters@consumerfed.org
@poetofcode.bsky.social
@cyn-k.bsky.social
⚖️ Senior Fellow @citizenlab.ca | fmr @cippic.bsky.social | fmr @georgetownprivacy.bsky.social 👩🏻💻 Tech & human rights lawyer @ tekhnoslaw.ca 🎓 LLM @cdtsuottawaclts.bsky.social | JD @UVicLaw 🤸🏻♀️ Capoeirista
@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
@bergmayer.net
@caitrionafitz.bsky.social
Privacy advocate • Deputy Director at @epic.org • Pronounced "Katrina,” just spelled the Irish way.
@sarahkwiley.bsky.social
Currently fighting for a transparent information economy @CheckMyAds.org Tech and media policy at the intersection of 1A, monetization, and competition. Lawyer sometimes. Adrenaline junkie always. Would rather be trail running.
@article19law.bsky.social
Defending freedom of expression and information through legal & policy reforms. Everywhere
@haroldfeld.bsky.social
@whiskeyocelot.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Northeastern University Co-Director, C4D Formerly: Chief Technologist, DoJ Antitrust Division, DOJ Civil Rights Division
@iajunwa.bsky.social
Writer. Professor of Law. Author of The Quantified Worker. Order here: https://a.co/d/bfdTUj5 #AI #Ethics #Law #Chocophile #Filmophile #Igbophile #Francophile (mostly) #Bibliophile #musicophile #Afrofuturist
@epic.org
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) was established in 1994 to secure the fundamental right to privacy in the digital age.
@geomblog.bsky.social
Director, Center for Tech Responsibility@Brown. FAccT OG. AI Bill of Rights coauthor. Former tech advisor to President Biden @WHOSTP. He/him/his. Posts my own.
@lambarrett.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law | computer distruster | she/hers
@amac0.bsky.social
Lawyer, coder, baker. Govt (Deputy US CTO for Obama and Biden), non-profit (Trust & Safety Professional Assn & Foundation, Data & Society, Public.resource), startup person (Google, Twitter). Curious tinkerer. @amac on the other thing. Now in London.
@chrisjlewis.bsky.social
Tech policy advocate, President/CEO at @publicknowledge.bsky.social, Fmr Alexandria City School Board member, DC sports fanatic, & donut connoisseur.
@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.
@brandicd.bsky.social
Author of Black Skinhead: Reflections in Blackness & Our Political Future. Cat mom (Ella & Satchel). Researcher. Techno optimist in an antitrust goth phase. Chicago is my ❤️, Baltimore is my 🏡. https://linktr.ee/BrandingBrandi
@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
@iwillleavenow.bsky.social
Global Privacy Counsel at EPIC, privacy advocate, nerd. Personal opinions, terrible jokes. CIPM, CIPP-US/E/C, FIP.
@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
@a-marshall-plan.bsky.social
I like FOIA and octopuses 🐙 • senior staff attorney at RCFP litigating government transparency cases • creator of https://foia.wiki • maintain SunshineSky Bluesky feed • he/him/his • alum GW Law, LSE, Kalamazoo College • www.rcfp.org/author/adam-marshall/
@foxcahn.bsky.social
@STOPSpyingNY founder; @CarrCenter @yaleisp, @ashoka, & @TEDTalks fellow; 100+ bylines in NYTimes, Guardian, Wired, etc. Was @WeilGotshal & @Harvard_Law. He/him
@onekade.bsky.social
Civil rights and liberties advocate, appreciator of nice things like democracy. Opinions mine.
@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.
@granick.bsky.social
Personal account. ACLU lawyer. From New Jersey. Living in San Francisco. New College of Florida alum. Newfie owner.
@megansquire.bsky.social
Cyber threat intelligence, investigations. CompSci PhD. Former @elonuniversity @splcenter
@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. 💙
@smw.bsky.social
Current: Co-Executive Director @AINowInstitute | Former: Senior Advisor on AI @FTC | She/her
@rajiinio.bsky.social
AI accountability, audits & eval. Keen on participation & practical outcomes. CS PhDing @UCBerkeley.
@alexabdo.bsky.social
Litigation Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University (he/him)
@attorneynora.bsky.social
law, tech, freedom, democracy | now: @freepress, past: free expression @PENamerica, litigation @ACLU. ATL | LA | NYC www.norabenavidez.com
@evelyndouek.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Stanford Law School. Aussie struggling with °F & online speech stuff.
@datasociety.bsky.social
Data & Society is a nonprofit research institute that studies the social implications of data-centric technologies, automation, and AI.
@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.
@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/
@aramsinn.bsky.social
SFF/Nonfiction Author Media Prof at American U Bassist/Producer (jazz, reggae, worldbeat) 💙📚THE SECRET LIFE OF DATA 💿 OUT OF OUR CELLS: Songs by Incarcerated Musicians in DC sinnreich.com https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048811/ linktree.com/wassako
@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
@dfrlab.bsky.social
The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab. Cultivating a global network of digital forensic analysts (#DigitalSherlocks) to combat disinformation.
@mrose.ink
Grumpy feminist lawyer. Giant nerd. SFF, horror, romance writer with ADHD. Senior Policy Counsel, Public Knowledge. Copyright, tech, music, AI, fandom. I talk about stuff. She/her 🏳️🌈 日本語でもOK
@yaeleisenstat.bsky.social
Been called alarmist, a Cassandra & “someone with the resume of a 70 yr old man”. Pro-dog & pro-democracy. Working on tech accountability to safeguard democracy in the digital age at Cybersecurity for Democracy. Personal website: www.yaeleisenstat.com
@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
@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/
@bostonjoan.bsky.social
I am the founder of The Critical Internet Studies Institute and an Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies at Boston University www.criticalinternet.org
@ruchowdh.bsky.social
www.rummanchowdhury.com www.humane-intelligence.org CEO & co-founder, Humane Intelligence US Science Envoy for AI (Biden Administration)
@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
@kendraserra.bsky.social
They/them. Public interest tech and media lawyer at albertsellars.law, recovering academic. I love video games, bodily autonomy, E2E encryption, and Gritty.
@alexhanna.bsky.social
Director of Research, DAIR Roller derby athlete https://alex-hanna.com Book: thecon.ai Pod+newsletter: https://dair-institute.org/maiht3k 🇪🇬⚧ She/هي 📸 @willtoft.bsky.social Rep📘 @ianbonaparte.bsky.social
@brennancenter.bsky.social
We work to build a United States that is democratic, just, and free — for all. Visit BrennanCenter.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) 🍋
@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.
@mmitchell.bsky.social
Researcher trying to shape AI towards positive outcomes. ML & Ethics +birds. Generally trying to do the right thing. TIME 100 | TED speaker | Senate testimony provider | Navigating public life as a recluse. Former: Google, Microsoft; Current: Hugging Face
@alondra.bsky.social
Scholar, author, policy advisor alondranelson.com Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab https://www.ias.edu/stsv-lab
@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
@jameeljaffer.bsky.social
Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University; Exec Editor, Just Security; former ACLU. knightcolumbia.org.
@mattblaze.org
Scientist, safecracker, etc. McDevitt Professor of Computer Science and Law at Georgetown. So-called expert on election security and a few other things. Slow photographer. RF nerd. Occasionally blogs at https://mattblaze.org/blog
@evangreer.bsky.social
Queer activist, writer, and musician causing problems for the powerful. Director of Fight for the Future. Last album "Spotify is Surveillance" out now on Don Giovanni Records and Get Better Records. she/her/they/them
@ninajankowicz.com
☀️ CEO, @americansunlight.org 🙅🏻♀️ Author, disinformation expert, advocate for targets of online abuse. 😆 Tucker Carlson once called me a “highly self confident young woman” and meant it as an insult
@hannahgais.bsky.social
Senior researcher & journalist. @splcunion.bsky.social steward. Former internet person at @thebaffler.com. hannahgais@proton.me Signal: 334-315-8634 http://seedisclaimer.com. Newsletter: https://postsfromunderground.ghost.io/
@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
@jaredlholt.bsky.social
Senior Researcher, US Hate & Extremism @ Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) • [Views expressed here are my own] 🎙️Find “Posting Through It” on your favorite podcast player and here: https://postthroughit.substack.com/
@sifill.bsky.social
Civil rights lawyer; democracy warrior, dedicated to racial justice & equality. Fmr President & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social
President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute