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The Harvard Gazette

Why are communities pushing back against data centers?

The public is right to be concerned about data centers, Ben Green argues.

Apr 9, 2026
NPR

Amid a high-profile scandal, Germany considers deepfake porn punishments

Co-Director Rebecca Tushnet discusses deepfake pornography in light of German lawmakers' debate.

Apr 5, 2026
Science

Digital child safety at the frontier

From evidence to action

Faculty Associate Sandra Cortesi and Co-Director Urs Gasser identify four design approaches that align children's online safety with their rights and agency. In a new paper in…

Apr 2, 2026
CSO

Cybersecurity in the age of instant software

Affiliate Bruce Schneier offers an optimistic viewpoint on AI-powered cybersecurity.

Apr 2, 2026
Lawfare

The State Department’s X Directive and the End of Platform Independence

Kate Klonick reflects on Secretary of State Marco Rubio's decision to issue a cable endorsing X as a tool of US diplomacy.

Apr 1, 2026
Harvard Magazine

Is Copyright Law the Wrong Weapon Against AI?

Co-Director Rebecca Tushnet argues that copyright law is ill-suited for settling disputes about generative AI and fair use.

Mar 31, 2026
The Guardian

As the US midterms approach, AI is going to emerge as a key issue concerning voters

Following the Trump Administration's order limiting states' ability to regulate AI, Sanders and Schneier argue that it's time for leaders to take firmer stances on the technology…

Mar 30, 2026
OONI

Russia blocked Telegram

Maria Xynou's report uses OONI data to document the blocking of Telegram - one of the most widely used messaging platforms in the country - in Russia.

Mar 30, 2026
International Journal of Communication

The Quotidian Web and the Accidental Archive

Faculty Associate Ethan Zuckerman and Ryan McGrady argue that platforms like YouTube functional as accidental cultural archives.

Mar 27, 2026
Bloomberg Law

Cox Wins Supreme Court Ruling Curbing Music Copyright Suits (3)

BKC Co-Director Rebecca Tushnet weighs in on the Court's decision to throw out a copyright-infringement decision against Cox.

Mar 25, 2026
Jeffrey Snover

AI Safety is a Category Error

Fellow Jeffrey Snover reflects on the STAMP Safety Design Workshop at MIT.

Mar 25, 2026
Tech Policy Press

Does YouTube’s Algorithm Reward Risky Prank Content?

Affiliate and former BKC Fellow Dylan Moses asks how far the "potential" to invoke violence or harm can take us in regulating online prank content.

Mar 25, 2026
Tech Policy Press

Trump’s Anthropic Ban Is Lawless. Congress Must Respond with a Law.

Alan Raul remarks that the Trump-Anthropic dispute underscores the need for a national policy to govern transformative AI.

Mar 24, 2026
Harvard Law Today

AI content (and algorithms) is coming for your kids

New laws are urgently needed to address “brain rot” content aimed at minors, argues Harvard Law expert

Faculty Associate Leah Plunkett argues that the spread of "brain rot" is being accelerated by AI.

Mar 24, 2026
Ethics and Information Technology

Algorithmic representation in virtual realities

Ethical challenges and regulatory opportunities

Faculty Associate Yong Jin Park illuminates the ethical challenges wrought by VR-based social media, including users' autonomy over their digital representations. In a paper…

Mar 23, 2026
Tech Policy Press

Considering How AI Destroys Democratic Institutions

Woodrow Hartzog and Jessica Silbey argue that even intentionally-used AI erodes the foundations of democratic institutions.

Mar 22, 2026
Fortune

Women are avoiding the very technology that threatens them most, as expert warns of a ‘two-tiered AI economy’ approaching

Fellow Mara Bolis argues that women's skepticism about AI will ultimately make the technology safer.

Mar 21, 2026
Harvard Journal of Law and Technology

Ban Cookie Banners

A Case Study in Tech Regulation

At best, cookie banners implement a regime of performative compliance.

Mar 19, 2026
Tech Policy Press

Social Media Fuels Community Violence. Prevention Needs an Upgrade.

Most community violence organizations lack the expertise needed to monitor and address social media-fuele violence.

Mar 18, 2026
World Economic Forum

AI, energy and geopolitics

Leadership's triple transition challenge

"To deliver on the promises of AI, no leader from the public or private sector can afford to ignore the energy system or international politics."

Mar 18, 2026