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AI-Driven Disinformation and Political Influence on WhatsApp in South Africa’s 2024 Elections
Greg Gondwe studies the role of encrypted messaging apps (primarily WhatsApp) in spreading disinformation during South…
Lawfare Daily: Tim Wu on ‘The Age of Extraction’
Faculty Associate Kate Klonick and Alan Rozenshtein talk to Columbia law professor Tim Wu about Wu's new book, “The Age…
Why Commercial Tools Can Scrape Social Media But Researchers Can't
"Even with the support of new emerging regulations, independent researchers still face major barriers to accessing even…
Who Will Be the First American Candidate To Harness AI
Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders look to examples from around the globe to anticipate how the 2026 midterm elections…
I'm Going to Be a Dad. Here's Why I'm Not Posting About My Kid Online
A new piece for CNET engages with Faculty Associate Leah Plunkett's work on "sharenthood."
Lessons from Building an Online Toolkit to Aid Open-Source Investigations
Affiliate and former fellow Johanna Wild details her efforts to make it simpler for journalists to find and use open…
The rise and fall of DAOstack
In a new piece for PeerJ Computer Science, Faculty Associate Samer Hassan and coauthors chronicle the history of…
Will AI weaken democracy?
Affiliates Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders argue that the future of AI's impacts on democratic processes is unwritten…
Featured Programs
See all ProgramsFellowship Program
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society welcomes an interdisciplinary and diverse community of academics and…
The Institute for Rebooting Social Media
The Institute for Rebooting Social Media is a three-year "pop-up" initiative that will address the biggest questions in…
Professional Learning and Engagement
Professional Learning and Engagement (PLE) at the Berkman Klein Center offers transformative experiences for…
Applied Social Media Lab
A new home for technologists and practitioners to reimagine, rebuild, and reboot social media to serve the public good…
Featured Projects
See all Projects & ToolsNetwork of Interdisciplinary Internet & Society Research Centers
A collaborative initiative focused on interdisciplinary research on the development, social impact, policy implications…
metaLAB (at) Harvard
Explores the digital arts and humanities through research, teaching, publications, and exhibitions
Lumen
Lumen collects and studies online content removal requests, providing transparency and supporting research and analysis…
Artificial Intelligence and the Law
This initiative focuses on new challenges and opportunities for the law created by the rise of AI.
Featured Topics
See all TopicsEthics and Governance of AI
The rapidly growing capabilities and increasing presence of AI-based systems in our lives raise pressing questions about the impact, governance, ethics, and accountability of these technologies around the…
Media, Democracy, & Public Discourse
The way we communicate online evolves and changes shape rapidly. Through research, the building of tools, and bringing together diverse viewpoints and underrepresented voices, we seek to examine, analyze,…
Technology & the Law
Software, hardware, platforms, and networks are regulated by sometimes conflicting and overlapping sets of laws, policies, and norms. New technologies are constantly creating new frontiers for policymaker…
Governance of Technology & the Internet
Networked technologies are complex, multi-layered, interdependent, and subject to multiple competing interests. Through original research and by creating connections between stakeholders, we work to build…