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“No simple answer”
Talk covers COVID-19 and the need for creative, and swift, solutions
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Beware of Apps Bearing Gifts in a Pandemic
Researchers share concerns about free services and public health interventions by tech companies
How a TikTok ban would affect the influencer economy
The Verge interviews Taylor Lorenz
Sick of unwanted Twitter replies? New feature lets users limit who can reply to tweets
Jasmine McNealy discusses the feature and the First Amendment
Why All News Sounds the Same
Ethan Zuckerman uses Media Cloud to explain the narrowing media agenda
Tech Execs Wield Privacy as a Shield and a Sword in Congressional Hearing
The #BigTech antitrust hearing and the path ahead for privacy
Facebook Must Better Police Online Hate, State Attorneys General Say
Danielle Citron spoke with The New York Times about Facebook’s hate speech policies.
The Case for Banning Law Enforcement From Using Facial Recognition Technology
New Report from Woodrow Hartzog & Evan Selinger
Harvard to Track Affiliates’ Wi-Fi Signals as Part of Contact Tracing Pilot
Asaf Lubin discusses the Tracefi contact tracing system with The Harvard Crimson.
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See all Projects & ToolsNetwork of Interdisciplinary Internet & Society Research Centers
A collaborative initiative focused on interdisciplinary research on the development, social impact, policy implications… More
AI: Educational Activities
The Berkman Klein Center has worked to build a robust community and institutional activities leveraging… More
Youth and Media
Youth and Media (YaM) encompasses an array of research, advocacy, and development initiatives around youth (age 12-18)… 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
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Data Alliances
Christo Wilson and Rebecca Weiss present the state of online measurement platforms as they exist today, why they are… More
Contact Tracing and Technology: A Deep Dive
BKC co-hosts conversation on digital data and public health More
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[Virtual] The Pandemic As a Portal
Video & Podcast: Three projects dedicated to capturing and documenting the new possible will talk about their… More
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[Virtual] Data and COVID-19
Health data, contact tracing, and misinformation More