The Knight Research Network on Bluesky
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@knightgtown.bsky.social
@gushurwitz.bsky.social
Senior Fellow and Academic Director @ Penn Carey Law School Center for Technology, Innovation, and Competition Director of Law & Econ Programs @ ICLE
@mmasnick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Techdirt guy. I once wrote a paper about "Protocols, not Platforms" that seems to be slightly relevant. Also can follow my Bluesky posts at @mmasnick.bsky.social [bridged from https://mastodon.social/@mmasnick on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@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
@rstreet.bsky.social
We're a free market think tank advancing real solutions to complex policy problems. We work on tech, cybersecurity, clean energy, justice, occupational licensing, flood insurance, and more. Book our experts/media: PR@rstreet.org See our work: rstreet.org
@zgr.bsky.social
Executive Director, FAI. Fellow, National Security Institute at George Mason University.
@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)
@pfchap.bsky.social
Associate Director of the Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) at Georgetown University [views my own]
@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
@csmapnyu.org
We work to strengthen democracy by conducting rigorous research, advancing evidence-based public policy, and training the next generation of scholars. https://csmapnyu.org/links
@cccr.bsky.social
CCCR is an interdisciplinary research center at UW-Madison that aims to understand public opinion & the broad political communication ecology of WI & beyond through social science methods. Engaged scholarship, rooted in democracy. https://cccr.wisc.edu
@jolukito.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at UT-Austin's School for Journalism and Media | Modern Kilogirl 👩💻 | Computational Linguistics & Global/US PolComm
@pressgirlk.bsky.social
🌎 #journo senior reporter/policy analyst @cjl4news.bsky.social at @openmarkets.bsky.social 📝media, antitrust, finance, tech | 🐘 @pressgirlk@floss.social | 🗣ESP, FR, PT | https://linktr.ee/pressgirlk 📍🇺🇲
@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
@fil.bsky.social
Researcher on social media misinformation and manipulation, director of the Observatory on Social Media (OSoMe.iu.edu, pronounced “awesome”) at Indiana University
@mwoluchem.bsky.social
Program Director of Trustworthy Infrastructures @datasociety.bsky.social & talking about racial capitalism @ NYU Wagner. Formerly Ford Foundation, MIT DUSP. She/her.
@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/
@zevesanderson.com
Executive Director @csmapnyu.org Angeleno living in NY. Figuring out snow and social media
@zephoria.bsky.social
STS researcher who likes to look at things sideways. Founded Data & Society. Topics: Census | Youth | Data | Society Microsoft Research -> Cornell (2025) https://made-not-found-by-danah-boyd.ghost.io
@tamigraph.bsky.social
Climate/technology/labor/death researcher in Oakland. AI hater @datasociety.bsky.social I wrote a book about how techno-solutionism fails us in this life + beyond https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300248272/death-glitch/ Views mine www.tamarakneese.com
@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.
@dvhankerson.bsky.social
DeVan Hankerson Madrigal, Research Manager at cendemtech.bsky.social. Previously @GTownTechLaw. All tweets are my views only; retweets and likes may not be. Pronouns: she/her https://twitter.com/dvhankerson https://techpolicy.social/@dvhankerson
@ingakris.bsky.social
Research prof at Florida International University's Jack D Gordon Institute Focus on cybersecurity and national security Move between the US, UK and Germany - sometimes with my cat PhD from King's College London on Libya
@natefast.bsky.social
Prof at USC; researching power, tech, & ethics; Director, Neely Center for Ethical Leadership; Co-founder and Co-director, Psychology of Technology Institute
@datasociety.bsky.social
Data & Society is a nonprofit research institute that studies the social implications of data-centric technologies, automation, and AI.
@brandonsilverman.bsky.social
working on something new. former ceo & co-founder of crowdtangle, policy advocate for open internet & transparency, 3x boy-dad, less frequent dog walker.
@cip.uw.edu
A multidisciplinary research center at the University of Washington in Seattle with a mission to resist strategic misinformation, promote an informed society, and strengthen democratic discourse. Website: cip.uw.edu
@annalenhart.bsky.social
Tech Policy (University of Maryland & George Washington). data scientist. anti-monopolist. consumer advocate. former hill staffer.
@matthindman.bsky.social
Professor at SMPA GWU Author of *The Internet Trap* and *The Myth of Digital Democracy* political communication | digital platforms | politics of AI Washington, DC
@gowder.io
Prof @ Northwestern law, political theorist, cat parent. Black lives matter. Profile, pubs, etc: https://gowder.io All my books (rule of law, racial justice, platform governance) are downloadable in free open access pdf @ https://books.gowder.io
@mluria.bsky.social
Human-centered researcher of emerging tech. Designer of alternative interactions. Research Fellow at @CenDemTech. Ph.D. in HCI from @CarnegieMellon
@belletorek.bsky.social
Law, tech policy, survivor safety & privacy @nnedv.bsky.social. Advisory Committee, Cyber Civil Rights Initiative. Former AI & Tech @hrc.org. Vintage style, not vintage values.
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
PoliSci/Comm @ UW-Madison via UMich. Views mine, ~90% right. US democracy, votes, violence, history, psych. Post-post-post-post doc. Dad w/ jokes. Lapsed 🧙🏻. 🥏⛳🏆. Avid 🧗. Congress said I have "tremendous sway over SM platforms" 😂 nathankalmoe.com
@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
@engagingnews.bsky.social
The Center for Media Engagement conducts original, groundbreaking research alongside newsrooms, social media platforms, and organizations looking to influence media practices for the benefit of democracy. mediaengagement.org
@shannimcg.bsky.social
Professor at UNC. Principal investigator at CITAP. Researching & writing on political comm: identity, social media, public opinion, data, news. BOOK: Media & January 6th (Oxford) https://global.oup.com/academic/product/media-and-january-6th-9780197758533
@karanicolas.bsky.social
Palmer Chair in Law and Public Policy at Dalhousie Law. Formerly @ UCLA and Yale. All things tech and democracy. Dachshund enthusiast.
@broniatowski.bsky.social
Professor at The George Washington University in Engineering Management and Systems Engineering.
@dvshah.bsky.social
Dhavan is Jack M. McLeod Professor of Communication Research, Maier-Bascom Chair, and Director of the Mass Communication Research Center at the UW-Madison.
@rreisman.bsky.social
Innovator, Futurist, Pioneer, Systems Thinker: Digital Services | Author: Tech Policy Press, FairPay | Nonresident Senior Fellow: Foundation for American Innovation
@alanrozenshtein.com
Law professor @umnlawschool.bsky.social. Senior editor and research director @lawfare.bsky.social. Nonresident senior fellow @brookings.edu. Former DOJ. alanrozenshtein.com
@lageneralista.ca
Information Ecologist exploring the information environment | Senior Fellow at @carnegieendowment.org and Director of @ieproject.bsky.social | PhD from KCL War Studies | Visiting Researcher @uniofbath.bsky.social | Author of The Information Animal 🇨🇦
@oliviersylvain.bsky.social
Professor, Fordham Law School; Sr. Policy Research Fellow, Knight First Amendment Institute. I teach, read, and write about information and communications law. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1084259
@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
@leticiabode.bsky.social
Professor at Georgetown, research director at KGI. Studying information, politics, health, etc. Also cats, Badgers, Astros, food, gardening.
@alissacooper.bsky.social
Executive Director of the Knight-Georgetown Institute at Georgetown University
@zanderarnao.bsky.social
arkansas raised, commanders fan, working on tech and competition policy at the knight-georgetown institute
@knightgtown.bsky.social
Knight-Georgetown Institute connects independent research with technology policy and design.