Jules Polonetsky's Starter Pack
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@julespolonetsky.bsky.social
@snowjake.bsky.social
Tech, privacy, surveillance, ACLU NorCal. On Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@snowjake/. He/him. Views mine.
@megangray.bsky.social
GrayMatters Law & Policy Avail for investor consults Past: DuckDuckGo, FTC, BigLaw Affiliate/Advisor: StanfordCIS, EFF, CDT http://linkedin.com/in/megangra on Twitter as @megangrA
@noyb.eu
European Center for Digital Rights #MyPrivacyisNoneofYourBusiness #InvestInPrivacy About us: http://noyb.eu Become a member: http://noyb.eu/support
@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
@caitrionafitz.bsky.social
Privacy advocate • Deputy Director at @epic.org • Pronounced "Katrina,” just spelled the Irish way.
@alissacooper.bsky.social
Executive Director of the Knight-Georgetown Institute at Georgetown University
@wilander.bsky.social
Hacker fiction novelist and WebKit Security & Privacy at Apple. Author newsletter and blog: hackerfiction dot net. My next thriller ”Submerged” should be out early 2025.
@chrismarsden.bsky.social
Professional on LinkedIn, no quote without permission pls. I'm not the news. Often post blue skies. Mainly sports politics (not US) travel. Prof AI & Internet/tech co-regulation: views personal. He/him #FirstGen Liverpool, cricket & cycling tragic #JFT97
@epic.org
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) was established in 1994 to secure the fundamental right to privacy in the digital age.
@heatherwest.bsky.social
Privacy, security, AI policy nerd at Venable. I'm a walking book club. This is my opinion only.
@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.
@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
@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.
@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
@streinz.bsky.social
Prof of Law & Regulatory Theory @eui-law.bsky.social @eui-schuman.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social 📚 Researching European/global data/tech law & governance
@zgr.bsky.social
Executive Director, FAI. Fellow, National Security Institute at George Mason University.
@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
@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/
@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
@adamkovac.bsky.social
Founder and CEO, Chamber of Progress. Pro-tech Democrat. Ex: Google, Lime.
@morar.bsky.social
working the tech policy shift at the big corporation. formerly a decade+ in civil society. comedian. writer. fauxhipster. foreigner sans accent.
@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.
@jvh.bsky.social
(he/him) antifascist, law prof in Amsterdam (IViR); platform regulation, law and digital infrastructure, quantum technology, fundamental rights. @ivir-uva.bsky.social
@moonalice.com
From 1982 to 2015, I invested in tech. Since 2016, I have been working for reform of the tech industry. Author of NYT bestseller Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe. Musician in Moonalice (https://www.moonalice.com/splash) Phillies fan.
@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
@chrisjlewis.bsky.social
Tech policy advocate, President/CEO at @publicknowledge.bsky.social, Fmr Alexandria City School Board member, DC sports fanatic, & donut connoisseur.
@ellgood.bsky.social
Information law prof @ Rutgers. Philly, animal rights, algorithmic justice, book project on urban tech. Mom, wife, still daughter ..עברנו את פרעה 🇺🇸🌻💔
@techoversight.bsky.social
The Tech Oversight Project is a nonprofit dedicated to holding Big Tech accountable by passing comprehensive antitrust, privacy protections, and children's safety legislation. Sign up for our weekly newsletter: www.techoversight.org
@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
@mgeist.bsky.social
Law Professor, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, University of Ottawa www.michaelgeist.ca Law Bytes Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5iDUCcDrkzGai0OdTgoucv http://mgeist.substack.com
@annbartow.bsky.social
Big fan of free speech and academic freedom. Strongly recommend avoiding UNH Franklin Pierce Law until change to less toxic leadership and more positive student treatment. She/her or gender neutral pronouns.
@jtlg.bsky.social
I’m a professor at Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School. One of "a number of very informative people." -WSJ
@ariezra.bsky.social
Law professor at UC Irvine, studying law, technology, society, and queer civil rights. 🏳️🌈 Dad to Peabody.
@lilianedwards.bsky.social
Director of Pangloss Consulting for all your AI and GDPR needs! Emerita Prof Newcastle Law School: Hon Prof, @CREATe Glasgow Uni. Formerly @ATI, @SCRIPT: Trying not to be a grey skies thinker & use this place more , lilian@lilianedwards.co.uk
@michaelzimmer.bsky.social
Privacy & data ethics scholar. Professor in Computer Science and Director of @MUDataEthics.bsky.social at Marquette University. I also curate @ZuckerbergFiles.bsky.social
@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 🏳️🌈
@ngleicher.bsky.social
Global head of security policy and counter-fraud at Meta. Countering adversarial threats. Previously Illumio, NSC, DOJ. He/him. Dreaming of fall in the green mountain state.
@mchrisriley.com
"A blend of tech insights, dad humor, and existential musings... Bonus points if you can explain data portability over bourbon." http://mchrisriley.com (... of course)
@gigastacey.bsky.social
Recovering tech journalist and IoT expert who now works on cybersecurity, IoT, and right to repair for Consumer Reports.
@iwillleavenow.bsky.social
Global Privacy Counsel at EPIC, privacy advocate, nerd. Personal opinions, terrible jokes. CIPM, CIPP-US/E/C, FIP.
@privacymatters.bsky.social
Advocate for privacy and broader human rights impacted by data. Love nothing better than a hike in the hills. Embracing ゆとり Profile pic from 1st UK lockdown 2020. Did it for a charity helping bereaved children & their families. Raised £1200
@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
@aselbst.bsky.social
UCLA Law Prof. Focused on law, tech, and justice; posting not necessarily related. He/him. http://ssrn.com/author=1328346
@thelior.bsky.social
University of Chicago Law Professor who writes about privacy law, property theory, and law & technology. My bio is here: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/strahilevitz My writing is here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=331655
@chronotope.aramzs.xyz
AramZS. he/him. Privacy Engineer. Tech for journalism. Ad Tech. Prev: Fullstack, strategy, econ/game journo, storytelling, altac. Views are only my own. https://aramzs.glitch.me
@chinmayiarun.bsky.social
Law & Technology researcher. Executive Director @yaleisp.bsky.social. Lecturer & Research Scholar, Yale Law School. Posts are personal.
@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
@elisugarman.bsky.social
Personal account. Trust and safety/philanthropy/cyber/tech policy. All views are my own and not those of my employer. Following and re-blueskying(?) =/= endorsement.
@nicolewong.bsky.social
Forever OOO. Formerly US Deputy CTO, also previously at Google, Twitter, Perkins Coie. Now board member for Mozilla Foundation, Tech Talent Project, CalMatters & Open Technology Fund. Currently studying words.
@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)
@grumplicio.us
Infosec person focused on harm reduction in technology; fmr tech, data science and T&S research at https://io.stanford.edu & https://tsjournal.org
@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
@jkosseff.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Cybersecurity Law, US Naval Academy. Views my own and do not represent DOD, Navy, or USNA. jeffkosseff.com
@jvagle.me
Law professor | Privacy, Cybersecurity, National Security, Technology and Society | Veteran | There is music yet to play | https://tractatus.org
@datasociety.bsky.social
Data & Society is a nonprofit research institute that studies the social implications of data-centric technologies, automation, and AI.
@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
@rebekahtromble.bsky.social
Director, Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics, GWU Union of Concerned Scientists’ 2024 Defender of Science Co-founder: https://researchersupport.org/ https://expertvoicestogether.org/ https://independenttechresearch.org/
@nytceciliakang.bsky.social
NYTimes Tech Policy Reporter, co-author "An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination" with @sheeraf.bsky.social Also tree, moss, boulder hugger from PNW, transplant to the Potomac https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceciliakang
@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
@mayer.bsky.social
Princeton prof and tech + law person. Previously at the Justice Department, Senate, FCC, Stanford, and CalDOJ. Views are solely my own.
@garymarcus.bsky.social
AI and cognitive science, Founder and CEO (Geometric Intelligence, acquired by Uber). 8 books including Guitar Zero, Rebooting AI and Taming Silicon Valley. Newsletter (50k subscribers): garymarcus.substack.com
@christopher.soghoian.net
Work: Senior Advisor for Privacy and Cybersecurity, Office of Senator Ron Wyden.
@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 ✋🏾
@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
@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
@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
@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
@rbs.io
Father, husband, lawyer, coder. Senior Software and Policy Engineer at SpruceID. Guardian of the Matrix Foundation. RT ≠ Endorse. If you want to reach me, Matrix is often the best way to do so: @rschulman:westwork.org I'm also on Signal at rschulman.06
@technologyreview.com
Our in depth reporting on innovation reveals and explains what’s happening now to help you know what’s coming next. Find our journalists on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/starter-pack/technologyreview.com/3lar7fofuwl2n
@kurtopsahl.bsky.social
AGC for Cybersecurity & Civil Liberties Policy at Filecoin Foundation, former Deputy ED and GC of EFF, now EFF Special Counsel, affiliate of BKC Harvard, board emeritus USENIX, advisory board Open Archive, Technical Advisory Council CISA. Skeets are my own
@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
@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/
@kint.bsky.social
#HoldTheLine. Ask, think, translate tech/media strategy (subs, ads, video, monopolies, privacy, press freedom, trust) for @dcnorg.bsky.social to advance future of trusted news and entertainment. @jason_kint on X, 20yrs leading major sports sites
@marietjeschaake.bsky.social
Technology Policy at Stanford 👩🏼💻 column in FT 🇪🇺 Member of European Parliament 2009-2019 📕Author: The Tech Coup
@inafried.bsky.social
Chief Technology Correspondent at Axios. Huge fan of the sportsball. Also Lego. She/her Aiplus.Axios.com
@melaniemitchell.bsky.social
Professor, Santa Fe Institute. Research on AI, cognitive science, and complex systems. Website: https://melaniemitchell.me Substack: https://aiguide.substack.com/
@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
@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
@josephhall.org
Astrophysicist turned advocate; guiding the globe to a safer, stronger Internet. Distinguished Technologist @internetsociety.bsky.social https://josephhall.org/
@kimzetter.bsky.social
Journalist - cyber/natn'l security. Speaker. Author - COUNTDOWN TO ZERO DAY: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon Signal: KimZ.42 https://www.amazon.com/Countdown-Zero-Day-Stuxnet-Digital/dp/0770436196 https://www.zetter-zeroday.com
@shiraovide.bsky.social
Washington Post technology writer. New Yorker. Bird watcher. Grumpy. Sign up for my (free) Tech Friend newsletter: https://www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/the-tech-friend/
@leak.bsky.social
Security, privacy, respect. Was the Twitter CISO until it was terrible. Now LinkedIn CISO. they/them
@digiphile.bsky.social
Dad, writer, cyclist, citizen, cereal dilettante. Advocate for freedom of information, open governance, & democracy. Lover of the Oxford Comma, hater of hubris. Recovering journalist. Trying to move carefully, & fix things. https://civic-texts.ghost.io
@ruchowdh.bsky.social
www.rummanchowdhury.com www.humane-intelligence.org CEO & co-founder, Humane Intelligence US Science Envoy for AI (Biden Administration)
@marciahofmann.com
Digital rights lawyer and writer. Former Twitter, EFF, EPIC, US-UK Fulbright scholar. Based in CO 🏔️🌲
@ethanz.bsky.social
UMass Amherst, Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, Global Voices, Berkman Klein Center. Formerly Center for Civic Media, MIT Media Lab.