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Digital Witnesses: The Power of Looking
Featuring Allissa Richardson, Nana Mgbechikwere Nwachukwu, and Hannane Freedman More
Ethics and Governance of AI and Robotics
A contribution to the SIENNA project More
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Revolutionizing Medical Data Sharing Using Advanced Privacy-Enhancing Technologies: Technical, Legal, and Ethical Synthesis
Effy Vayena and colleagues publish in Journal of Medical Internet Research
Using 'Systems Thinking' To Make Sense Of The World, From Pandemics To Politics
Zeynep Tufekci joins WBUR
Why Facebook Turned Off The News In Australia
Elizabeth Renieris joins WBUR
Disclosures of NYPD Surveillance Technologies Raise More Questions Than Answers
Desmond Patton is cited in an overview of NYPD surveillance technologies
India Has Its Own Alternative To Twitter. It's Filled With Hate.
evelyn douek discusses the increasing use of alternative platforms
Why Was SolarWinds So Vulnerable to a Hack?
Bruce Schneier says the market economy played a significant role in the SolarWinds attack.
Provocations for a better Internet
Jad Esber shares a curated set of provocations focused on why the internet is broken and what needs to change.
Improving Social Media
Oumou Ly and Ethan Zuckerman featured in a publication from All Tech Is Human on Improving Social Media.
Featured Projects
See all Projects & ToolsPrivacy Tools
The Privacy Tools Project is a broad effort to advance a multidisciplinary understanding of data privacy issues and… More
The 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
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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Digital Witnesses: The Power of Looking
A panel exploring how Black people around the world are using digital technology to bear witness to human rights… More
Privacy Praxis
Privacy Praxis is an annual conference bringing together scholars, practitioners, representatives, and advocates… More
Organizing, Budgeting, and Implementing Wraparound Services for People in Quarantine and Isolation
Video & Podcast: Join Dr. Margaret Bourdeaux, Dr. Linda Bilmes, and Dr. Syra Madad for a session exploring the economic… More
Covid State of Play: Vaccines and Variants
Join Dr. Margaret Bourdeaux, Professor Jonathan Zittrain and Dr. Vanessa Kerry as they discuss vaccine roll-out and the… More