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@eamonderry.bsky.social
@dcalvillo.bsky.social
Professor and cognitive psychologist @CSUSM researching misinformation and memory
@matthewfjohnson.bsky.social
Director of Education for MediaSmarts, Canada's centre for digital media literacy. He/him. Open to correction.
@enzopanizio.bsky.social
Journalist @pagellapolitica.bsky.social @factanews.bsky.social 💻 | covering disinformation at EU level for EDMO @edmo-eu.bsky.social 🇪🇺 | previously @RadioCapital_fm 🎙 | Premio Papa Hemingway '22
@christierns.bsky.social
Ph.d. Student at EUI SPS. Russian online disinfo and strategic communications. Can also be found on the other place @ChristiernR johannes.santos@eui.eu christiern.sr@gmail.com santosjc@protonmail.com
@ismiseleenie.bsky.social
Aka Celine | Passionate about wildlife | Amateur nature photographer | Dub in Offaly | #TáGaeilgeAgam | She/Her/Sí/Í | All pics my own work, all views my own | www.instagram.com/is_mise_leenie
@lifeofmeri.bsky.social
Autistic professor, researcher, and writer exploring the intersection of AI, media studies, and propaganda. Sharing insights to inspire ethical innovation and critical thinking. #ElbowsUp
@daraconduit.bsky.social
ARC DECRA Fellow, University of Melbourne | Digital Authoritarianism | Syria | Iran | Author of The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria | She/Her
@nan-knust.bsky.social
Assoc. Professor of Law at Arctic University of Norway | Research on Crime Control | Atrocity Crimes & TJ | Environmental Crimes | Law&Tech ECO-CRIM-NET:Network for the Monitoring & Investigation of Crimes against Ecosystems Eintracht Frankfurt Supporter
@dgrand.bsky.social
Prof at MIT working on misinformation/fake news, social media, polarization, intuition vs deliberation, cooperation, politics, and religion. (he/him) https://davidrand-cooperation.com/
@marietjeschaake.bsky.social
Technology Policy at Stanford 👩🏼💻 column in FT 🇪🇺 Member of European Parliament 2009-2019 📕Author: The Tech Coup
@jsrailton.bsky.social
Chasing digital badness. Senior Researcher at Citizen Lab, but words here are mine.
@davidgilbert.bsky.social
Reporter @WIRED covering disinformation, online extremism, and election hucksters. https://www.wired.com/author/david-gilbert/ Got a tip? Get in touch • Email: david.gilbert@wired.com • Signal: @DavidGilbert.01
@3r1ng.bsky.social
Social media network analysis. Digital ethnography. Formerly: Technology & Social Change Project: https://shorensteincenter.org/programs/technology-social-change/ she/her
@jillian.bsky.social
Author of Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism (Verso 2021). Views are mine alone. Work @EFF, teach at College of Europe Natolin, full bio at https://jilliancyork.com/about #freealaa
@mikecaulfield.bsky.social
Author: Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online (University of Chicago Press). Researcher, infolit/misinfo/rhetoric/civic reasoning. Currently researching AI as tool for critical thinking.
@leximcmenamin.com
permanent Philadelphian in NYC news + politics editor @teenvogue.com member @transjournalists.org @leximcmenamin on twit/insta/tumblr linktr.ee/leximcmenamin
@eddieperez.bsky.social
Election admin & voting technology. Ex-Twitter director for civic integrity. Lapsed poli-sci academic. I post about democracy & social media. Likes: facts. http://linkedin.com/in/eddie1perez Board of Directors @osetinstitute.org
@marwasf.bsky.social
Palestinian feminist made in Saudi | MENA Policy and Advocacy Director @AccessNow
@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
@mariaressa.bsky.social
@giancarlofiorella.bsky.social
Director of Research and Training | Bellingcat Assistant Professor | Utrecht University PhD, Criminology & Sociolegal Studies | University of Toronto
@attorneynora.bsky.social
law, tech, freedom, democracy | now: @freepress, past: free expression @PENamerica, litigation @ACLU. ATL | LA | NYC www.norabenavidez.com
@seamus-malekafzali.com
Journalist and writer. Writing about the Middle East at http://seamus-malekafzali.com and about film at http://burntnitrate.com. Email: s.malekafzali@protonmail.com
@emmalbriant.bsky.social
International Expert on #Propaganda; Visiting Assoc Prof, University of Notre Dame; Fellow, Bard College, US; Associate @ U of Cambridge, UK; Owner Maven of Persuasion LLC; Speaker; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕
@michellelkahn.bsky.social
Historian of far-right extremism, writing a book about German & American neo-Nazis | Also: migration, racism, & sexuality in Europe/global | Author of Foreign in Two Homelands (2024) | University of Richmond | Ask me about fascism & my 3 cats
@gordpennycook.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Psychology @cornelluniversity.bsky.social. Researching thinking & reasoning, misinformation, social media, AI, belief, metacognition, B.S., and various other keywords. 🇨🇦 https://gordonpennycook.com/
@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.
@charlesgaba.com
Healthcare data analysis, advocacy & snark. (I used to be @charles_gaba on 🐤) 🕸️ https://ACASignups.net 🐘 https://Mastodon.social/@charlesgaba
@marcowenjones.bsky.social
Associate Professor Northwestern University in Qatar | Studies Disinfo, Digital Repression & Gulf Politics | Author Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East (Hurst & OUP) Political Repression in Bahrain (Cambridge University Press) | Cat Fancier
@mollymckew.bsky.social
Writer/lecturer on Russian influence & information warfare | lead writer of greatpower.us
@socialmedialab.ca
Academic Research Lab in Toronto: SocialMediaLab.ca |Skeets by @philipmai.com re: the politics of technology, social media, immigration, democracy, mis/disinfo, & propaganda | PoliDashboard.org, DeepfakesTracker.org, ConflictMisinfo.org & Communalytic.org.
@billmccarthy.bsky.social
Digital investigation journalist covering online mis- and disinformation, conspiracy theories and extremism for AFP • Formerly with PolitiFact and the Raleigh News & Observer • Duke alum https://factcheck.afp.com/Bill-MCCARTHY
@dfrlab.bsky.social
The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab. Cultivating a global network of digital forensic analysts (#DigitalSherlocks) to combat disinformation.
@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
@iyadelbaghdadi.bsky.social
Founder & chair, Kawaakibi Foundation. Obsessed with the future of liberty in the MENA & the world. Studying dictators at the Jamal Khashoggi Disinfo Monitor. Book: "The Middle East Crisis Factory" (Hurst, 2021) 🇵🇸🇳🇴 (Account managed by @kawaakibi.org)
@paulmorganbentley.bsky.social
Head of Investigations at The Times in London and author. Occasional undercover reporter. 2X winner of the Cudlipp Award for investigative reporting. Dad (with husband, Robin) to two very jumpy boys (one poodle, one human) 🏳️🌈
@charlesfourier.bsky.social
Pro-Europe #socialist #RefugeesWelcome. Warning - I swear a lot because the world is on fire!
@mikecowburn.bsky.social
Research Fellow, DEMOLAW ERC project @ Zeppelin Universität Intra-Party Politics | Candidate Selection | Legislative Politics | PolComm | Primaries Author: Party Transformation in Congressional Primaries https://tinyurl.com/4w6tfvjx www.mikecowburn.com
@disinfo.eu
Independent EU-focused NGO whose mission is to raise awareness on #disinformation & contribute to a better information landscape.
@lukaszolejnik.bsky.social
Security & Privacy. Data Protection. Research. Engineering. Analyst. Policy. W3C. Consultant. Author. King’s College London/War Studies. lukaszolejnik.com/books blog.lukaszolejnik.com techletters.substack.com
@mosababutoha.bsky.social
Palestinian poet from Gaza. Author of Forest of Noise & Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear.
@ejbeals.bsky.social
Constructive disrupter. Working on: the crisis in peace/conflict, disrupting aid, democracy/human rights, systems change and the mess we’re in. Former: Syria. Do: research, analysis, policy, piloting. Affiliations: EIP, MEI. Opinions my own. EmmaBeals.com
@ascottreid.bsky.social
Know a bit about misinformation, news, Eurovision and Scottish stuff. Formerly of Twitter, Apple and many newspapers. Any views are my own. I'm in Glasgow (nearly). Free agent available for hire.
@guyshrubsole.bsky.social
Environmental campaigner & author, The Lie of the Land (William Collins, 2024), The Lost Rainforests of Britain (2022), & Who Owns England? (2019) Agent: @jmlockhart.bsky.social
@snurb.info
Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor at @qutdmrc, researching news, politics, partisanship, polarisation in digital and social media. He/his | Progressive Rock | Hannover 96 🖤🤍💚 | 🇦🇺🇩🇪🇪🇺 🕸️ snurb.info 🐘 @snurb@aoir.social ⛔ @snurb_dot_info
@jannisgrimm.bsky.social
Repression/resistance/(non)violence • Director of Research Unit Radical Spaces @interactfu.bsky.social • pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will • https://www.jannisgrimm.com/
@glynmoody.bsky.social
writer (Rebel Code, Digital Code of Life, Walled Culture - free ebook download - https://walledculture.org/the-book/), journalist, blogger. On #DigitalRights, #privacy, #surveillance, #openness, #copyright, and #patents. email: glyn.moody@gmail.com
@davetroy.com
Publisher and Editor, America 2.0. Baltimore/Washington. Pilot, chef, coder. america2.news Signal: davetroy.69
@davidcarroll.org
Is it still a free country? admin of federate.social faculty of parsons.edu subject of https://netflix.com/title/80117542 secure comms https://signal.me/#eu/P4v1lX3Oqmdp0mH_VXLsUO-S773AYm6Z0Rh-FIL7tD7ZOpmNWmpKvYnlKOxWFluX
@chinmayiarun.bsky.social
Law & Technology researcher. Executive Director @yaleisp.bsky.social. Lecturer & Research Scholar, Yale Law School. Posts are personal.
@matthewfacciani.bsky.social
Social Scientist @NotreDame. Studies misinformation, media literacy, & AI. Author of Misguided: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/misguided/9780231555814/ https://matthewfacciani.substack.com www.matthewfacciani.com
@cward1e.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Dept of Communication, Cornell University. Bit partial to information ecosystems.
@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
@sohandsouza.info
🥼 @MPIB-Berlin.bsky.social; 📚 computational social science, disinformation/polarization, crowdsourcing, OSINT; 🎓 @MITOfficial.bsky.social @MediaLab.bsky.social, @DFRLab.bsky.social #DigitalSherlocks; 📍 London, England; https://www.sohandsouza.info
@anneo.bsky.social
Comm tech & social media research professor by day, symphony violinist by night, outside as much as possible otherwise. German/American Pacific Northwestern New Englander, #firstgen academic, she/her, 🏳️🌈 https://anne-oeldorf-hirsch.uconn.edu
@anujchopra.bsky.social
Disinformation correspondent, AFP. Based in Washington D.C. Past lives: New York, Riyadh, Kabul, Hong Kong, Pune. Ex-Knight Bagehot and Dart Center Ochberg Fellow at Columbia University. Scoops, food recs? anuj.chopra@afp.com
@rashaaqeedi.bsky.social
Storyteller and occasional provocateur Mesopotamian from Mosul,Ninewa Other interests include: Art, Culture, Pop Culture, Kale Smoothies, and Seneca 105K followers on X and heartbroken
@laurenfeldman.bsky.social
Professor of Journalism & Media Studies @ Rutgers. I study climate change communication, partisan media and misinformation, and comedy and social change. https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/feldman-lauren
@jagolinzer.bsky.social
Professor of Financial Accounting, Vice Dean of Programmes, co-Director, Cambridge Centre for Financial Reporting & Accountability, University of Cambridge Research in: IFRS, GAAP, governance, information risks
@europeanpowell.bsky.social
Artist, lecturer, and since 2016 a political activist exposing the corporate takeover of the UK via 74 deregulated Special Economic Zones and 12 Freeports. Green Party member. https://ko-fi.com/europeanpowell
@jasperjackson.bsky.social
Tech editor at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Ex-Guardian and New Statesman. Sometime media columnist. Signal: jasperjackson.01
@matthewdeverna.com
PhD candidate at Indiana University working with the Observatory on Social Media. Incoming postdoc (Sep. 2025) at the Stanford Social Media Lab. Computational social science, human-AI interaction, social media, trust and safety, etc. 🛜 matthewdeverna.com
@noura.bsky.social
Senior Researcher @Citizenlab.ca , UofT Exploring the dark dimensions of digital power: authoritarianism, transnational repression & disinformation.
@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/
@omidvebrahimi.bsky.social
Research Fellow | University of Oxford | Magdalen College. Clinical Psychologist | Public Health | Statistics. I study how people transition into and recover from mental disorders.
@draamattheis.bsky.social
Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture at the University of Manchester. Researching gender, racism, and digital cultures of far-right, white supremacists, and male supremacist extremism. Views my own.
@joannestocker.bsky.social
Verification Producer, CBS News Confirmed. Philadelphian/Londoner. I like to poke at things that don’t make sense.
@andrewchadwick.com
Prof Political Communication, Loughborough University. Ed. Oxford Studies in Digital Politics. Been referred to as “that hybrid media guy.” Here after a four-year break from social media. Occasional posts on music. First-gen undergrad. andrewchadwick.com
@jospang.bsky.social
Human(e) Dep Head Deutsche Welle Research & Coop Into:politics-journalism-media-innovation-disinfo-verification-OSINT-IT-human rights Lecturer: Free University Berlin - Media & Comm Studies; Lie Detectors Boards: EDMO, CEDMO, GADMO https://about.me/jospang
@awildknight.bsky.social
Researching disinformation for DFRLab | She/her | DMs usually open | tessaknight132@protonmail.com
@kdenkwrites.com
UK-based Investigative Journalist & OSINT bod. Bylines everywhere. Email: katherinedenkinson@protonmail.com Website: www.KDenkWrites.com
@azadehakbari.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. Digital Transformation, University of Twente 🇮🇷🇩🇪 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow for the project authoritarian smart cities www.Azadeh-Akbari.com Co-Director @Survstudiesnet.bsky.social Founder @surveillancemw.bsky.social *personal account*
@paperghost.bsky.social
Award winning security researcher | 7 time Microsoft MVP | Google Hall of Fame | Music and video | UK Immigration (family reunion) https://soundcloud.com/umawing
@toridoki.bsky.social
class & literature | deputy editor @logicallyfacts.com | views my own | neurodivergent
@jerome.blue
I make some stuff with code + LLMs / indiehacking Interested in tech, modern propaganda, and cleaning up information spaces
@xaviergreenwood.bsky.social
Senior editor at The Observer. I edit the Sensemaker, commission and edit for our digital edition, and report across print and digital. Previously a 🐢 making podcasts.
@h0d3r.bsky.social
PhDing on listening and mass personalization @MediaLSE. Ex @MediaLab @Shorensteinctr+ Iran Evin prison (6yrs). co-wrote ‘Information Disorder’, wrote 'Web We Have to Save'.
@alfunk.bsky.social
Geeking out on human rights, tech, & internet freedom. Research director at Freedom House. Council on Foreign Relations term member. Global Network Initiative board member. She/her. Opinions are all mine, y’all, no one else's.
@psychunseen.bsky.social
Academic psychiatrist at UCSF and author of the Psych Unseen blog at Psychology Today and the book False: How Mistrust, Disinformation, and Motivated Reasoning Make Us Believe Things That Aren't True (Oxford University Press, 2025) drjoepierre.com
@joshcowenmi.bsky.social
Educator and Author: The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers (Harvard Education Press) https://linktr.ee/joshcowen?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=30405
@sobieraj.bsky.social
Sociologist @ Tufts University political culture & communication • digital abuse and harassment • social inequalities • media/society • democracy
@dovlevin.bsky.social
Asso. Professor of IR, HKU. Foreign election interference (& interventions)|Strategic Public Diplomacy| FP preferences| US Foreign Policy| War & Peace. Book on foreign election interference "Meddling in the Ballot Box" at OUP. Opinions are mine only
@ngamita.bsky.social
researcher studying influence ops & surveillance; open source, human rights, privacy & pro-democracy tech.
@jaseomcn.bsky.social
@shannonrsingh.bsky.social
Atrocity prevention through a tech lens. Founder, Athena Tech & Atrocities Advisory / Former Human Rights Counsel @ Twitter & Co-Chair @ IBA War Crimes Committee.
@sallyhayd.bsky.social
Journalist etc. Currently Irish Times correspondent in Beirut/Damascus & the author of ‘My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World’s Deadliest Migration Route’ (Orwell Prize, Terzani Prize, Michel Deon Prize, Irish Book of the Year)
@lorenamjz.bsky.social
Journalist. Head of Editorial Operations in UK & EU @logicallyfacts
@irhnatiuk.bsky.social
Fact-checker at Logically Facts Focused on geopolitics, health misinformation, and conspiracies
@tanner-mirrlees.bsky.social
Comm, Media & Tech Studies + empire, capital, state, power, politics, energy, environment, work, war, play, ed, left-right activism https://socialscienceandhumanities.ontariotechu.ca/research/researcher-profiles/dr.-tanner-mirrlees.php
@markiank.bsky.social
Foreign malign influence at Microsoft Threat Analysis Center. Formerly Fulbright Ukraine, New Europe Center, Fletcher, McGill. Posts are my own.
@adiray.bsky.social
Academic (Dr.), Geographer, Tinkerer, Blabberer, Writer. Testing this space. Interests: Tech | Work | Political Economies | Cities | Global Dev | Dissident Cultures | Friends and Community | Neurodivergence | Will block faceless bioless follows