People engaging in thoughtful criticism of AI, and/or technology, technopolitics or the tech industry more generally. Looking for more folks? Check here: https://go.bsky.app/B2kmVWg
A starter pack of central gov, local gov, kinda gov, former gov, charity, HE, BBC and makes sense to me internet of public service people.
Privacy and security AI folks / organisations - give them a follow (see separate starter pack for responsible AI).
People engaged in ideas & innovation relating to local government policy & practice. Mostly in England and non-partisan.
Folks working on public interest technology, critical data studies, and related fields.
Policy professionals, think tankers & commentators engaged in UK domestic policy
Some people who are thinking and writing about and making Internet culture - with a slight bias towards some less followed favourites
Some of the many contributors to the More Than Robots newsletter over the years. Many more to be added
A starter pack of UK-ish people who did a lot in the before times to make this site so good. Some of them are also criminally under-followed
Our list of great follows around building a fairer future of better work - and a better future of social too.
People and orgs from the Data and AI Civil Society Network, https://data-and-ai-cso-network.org/, which brings together diverse civil society organisations and campaigners to share and collaborate on policy, campaigns and advocacy on data and AI
Here are some people to follow on data and economics and a bit of tech/AI, particularly but not exclusively from the UK.
These are people who give good commentary on news and current affairs - largely UK based
Trying to compile tech policy people here
Follow the brilliant people and organisations who make up and collaborate with the UK charity sector. Changing the world for the better.
Scientists with sensible opinions on digital tech effects
A nice collection of people working across the public, digital and cultural sectors posting good things
Accounts followed by javijevi
Some of the leading thinkers, practitioners and organisations shaping the conversation on how government works – and how it can work better. All in one place.
Most of the critical data/AI starter packs are US-heavy so here's one focusing on the European folks. Let me know who I've missed and I'll update! Also, going to tag colleagues in other regions to do corresponding packs for Latam, South/SE/E Asia, SSA, MENA...
People in and around tech who care about people and the impacts tech has on them, and are trying their best to do the right thing. Good tech needs a multidisciplinary team so it's not just Devs. Designers, researchers, writers, all welcome as long as their about positive tech.
My most popular twitter list, recreated as best I can. People who love tech, know that cyberpunk is a warning not a manual, & don't buy the valley BS wholsale. Practitioners, academics, journalists, mouther-offers.
I will have forgotten people but these are some of the folks that I quote regularly and see posting about stuff you might not hear about but need to think about