Tech and Media 1
Tech bods
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@leightonandrews.bsky.social
@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
@ciaranm.bsky.social
“Cyber Security Ace” - Daily Star In reality: * Prof at Blavatnik School, Uni of Oxford * 1st head, UK National Cyber Security Centre * ex-Treasury, constitution & security official * adviser to cyber security companies * APT Name: Warlike Manatee
@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
@isdglobal.org
Powering solutions to extremism, hate and disinformation since 2006.
@stevenlevy.bsky.social
Still writing. Editor at Large WIRED. Hackers, Crypto, Facebook: The Inside Story, Insanely Great and other books. Signal: stevenlevy.72
@superwuster.bsky.social
Professor Columbia University & contributing opinion writer for the NY Times. Author of "The Curse of Bigness," "The Attention Merchants" Forthcoming book: THE AGE OF EXTRACTION (the rise of the platforms) (Nov 2025)
@jasonfurman.bsky.social
Professor at Harvard. Teaches Ec 10, some posts might be educational. Also Senior Fellow @PIIE.com & contributor @nytopinion.nytimes.com. Was Chair of President Obama's CEA.
@robyncaplan.bsky.social
Assistant professor at Duke University. Tech policy, platform governance, mom. I make bad jokes sometimes.
@jamesrball.com
Tech, policy, politics. Pol ed @ the New European, fellow @ Demos, writer in various other places. Latest book: The Other Pandemic – How QAnon Contaminated The World https://www.jamesrball.com/
@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
@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
@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
@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
@marietjeschaake.bsky.social
Technology Policy at Stanford 👩🏼💻 column in FT 🇪🇺 Member of European Parliament 2009-2019 📕Author: The Tech Coup
@ubiquity75.xyz
Wrote a book called Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media (Yale 2019), and Meta used it to train its LLM. Professor, researcher, author, VP AoIR, synth lover, fan of many things, gay lady. “This heaven gives me migraine.”
@zey.bsky.social
It is said that there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all
@kurtwagner.bsky.social
Journalist at Bloomberg. Go Mariners. Go Seahawks. Signal: kurtwagner.08
@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) 🍋
@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
@jenmercieca.bsky.social
Explaining anti-democratic rhetorical tricks. Award winning #teamrhetoric professor & author. Fascism is for losers. Very earnest. Democracy cheerleader. I post things on substack: https://jennifermercieca.substack.com/
@kantrowitz.bsky.social
Hello Bluesky! I’m Alex Kantrowitz, host of Big Technology Podcast and author of Big Technology on Substack.
@bcmerchant.bsky.social
author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/ cohost, System Crash: https://systemcrash.info/
@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.
@oliviasolon.bsky.social
Covering tech at Bloomberg from London Signal: @oliviasolon.13 Email: osolon2@bloomberg.net
@emilybell.bsky.social
Prof Columbia J School. Director Tow Center . Writes Guardian + elsewhere. Lives in airports…views are my own, thank goodness
@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
@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
@jim.londoncentric.media
Journalist. Editor of @londoncentric.media, a modern news outlet covering London in the old-fashioned way: www.londoncentric.media
@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.
@hern.bsky.social
AI writer at the Economist. I write about it, that is. I’m still human. One of literally dozens of people online who is not American.
@jayrosen.bsky.social
I teach journalism at NYU, critique the press, try to suggest reforms. PressThink is the name of my subject and my site.
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social
President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute
@davekarpf.bsky.social
Political Communication Professor at GWU. I write a lot about the history and future of tech and politics. Best known for that one time I made fun of Bret Stephens. Davekarpf.substack.com
@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
@sarahfrier.bsky.social
In charge of big tech coverage at Bloomberg Author of NO FILTER: The Inside Story of Instagram Email me at sfrier1 at Bloomberg dot net
@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
@caseynewton.bsky.social
Email salesman at Platformer.news and podcast co-host at Hard Fork.
@anildash.com
that guy from the internet • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and xmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • see https://anildash.com
@cwarzel.bsky.social
Writer. Never bet against the dumbest outcome. @cwarzel.92 on signal if you have a tip
@zittrain.bsky.social
A small creature who likes to run around in universities. Prof. Harvard Law School, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Harvard Kennedy School. EFF Board. Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and the HLS Library.
@leightonandrews.bsky.social
Prof Cardiff Uni. Ex Education Minister then Public Service Minister in Welsh Government. Chair, Cardiff City Football Club Community Foundation. Books:Ministerial Leadership; Facebook, the Media and Democracy. Cymro/Welsh. Substack: ukania.substack.com