Homepage
The True Costs of Misinformation
Producing Moral and Technical Order in a Time of Pandemonium More
The Latest
‘The Connected Parent’ offers guidance, insight into digital parenting
John Palfrey and Urs Gasser discuss their latest book
Community
The latest news and commentary from our community.
What Makes Trump’s Subversion Efforts So Alarming? His Collaborators
Trump and fellow Republicans are trying to dismantle beliefs in democracy, argue Bruce Schneier and Henry Farrell
How COVID-19 Could Enable the Inclusion of Women in the Workplace
Ifeoma Ajunwa outlines three reasons why COVID-19 could help the future inclusion of women in the workplace
Why Isn't Susan Wojcicki Getting Grilled By Congress?
YouTube is a major vector for election and other disinformation. evelyn douek asks why its CEO wasn’t with Mark…
Extended Reality
Opportunities and limitations of augmented, virtual, and mixed reality technologies in the educational space
Twitter says it labeled 0.2% of all election-related tweets as disputed
evelyn douek discusses content moderation and the 2020 election
AI revolution in medicine
Jonathan Zittrain compares AI to asbestos
Software snoops on students during exams
Leah Plunkett provides insight into student surveillance during the pandemic
Biden’s plan to fight online harassment could set up new confrontation with tech companies, experts say
Joan Donovan comments on platform approaches to harassment and what it means for researchers
Featured Projects
See all Projects & ToolsThe Ethics of Digitalization
Led by the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), the Berkman Klein Center, and the Digital… More
Public Discourse in the U.S. 2020 Election
Studying digital media ecosystems and political discourse related to the U.S. presidential election More
metaLAB (at) Harvard
Explores the digital arts and humanities through research, teaching, publications, and exhibitions More
Web Integrity Project
The Web Integrity Project (WIP) monitors changes to government websites More
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is dedicated to exploring, understanding, and shaping the way we use technology
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 technologi… More
Internet Health
Censorship, filtering, throttling, dead links, blockages. The health of the Internet can be measured by the ease with which its users can access and share information. We develop tools and research to… More
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… More
Privacy & Security
Privacy violations are a serious threat to the health of the Internet and the effective use of technology. We study how people understand their privacy as users of technology, examine and document the… More
Featured events
See all Events
How environmental injustice and racism have contributed to the disproportionate impact of the pandemic More
The True Costs of Misinformation
Misinformation-at-scale is now a feature of most major social media platforms, what can be done to mitigate its effects… More
Video & Podcast: How asymmetrically polarized media in the United States shape political discourse More
Video & Podcast: A session exploring how US state and local public health leaders can implement retrospective contact… More