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What do generative AI and social media have in common? A lack of regulation.
Teens' use of AI may be cause for concern.
(Anti)Trust Issues
The dry spell in antitrust litigation appears to be ending.
You'd never fall for an online scam, right?
Bruce Schneier sat down with the Harvard Gazette to discuss just how common online scams are.
Russia blocked OONI Explorer, a large open dataset on Internet censorship
Maria Xynou details the latest censorship campaign against OONI Explorer.
Youth Voice Playbook
The Youth Voice Playbook is a free online resource that helps elevate the voices & ideas of young people.
Introducing Bellingcat's Collaborative Open Source Toolkit
The Online Investigations Toolkit helps open source researchers discover new tools, and understand their uses and…
AI Could Still Wreck the Presidential Election
We could soon see the fallout from a hands-off approach to AI regulation.
Israel's Pager Attacks Have Changed the World
The Israeli attack on Hezbollah sheds light on widespread vulnerabilities.
Featured Programs
See all ProgramsResearch Sprints
The BKC Research Sprints are a series of educational programs that bring together emerging scholars from around the…
Fellowship Program
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society welcomes an interdisciplinary and diverse community of academics and…
Applied Social Media Lab
A new home for technologists and practitioners to reimagine, rebuild, and reboot social media to serve the public good…
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…
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…
CopyrightX
CopyrightX is a twelve-week networked course offered under the auspices of Harvard Law School, the HarvardX distance…
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…