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BKC Meet the Author Series: Urs Gasser in conversation with Farah Pandith
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Fall from Grace
"Network Propaganda" shines a light on the dark side of democracy.
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A Legislative Shot at Internet of Things Security
A recently unveiled proposal for regulating the Internet of Things in the US falls short in some areas, but could make…
Announcing the Winners of the AI and the News Open Challenge
Seven projects that tackle artificial intelligence in the field of news and information
The Making of the Fox News White House
What does the data show? Looking at the relationship between Fox News and the Trump Administration.
Why I Changed My Mind
Jonathan Zittrain and Kendra Albert share moments when they had to re-examine some of their most closely held ideas…
'Sealioning' Is A Common Trolling Tactic On Social Media--What Is It?
"Sealioning" and good versus bad faith demands for evidence on social media.
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The Berkman Klein Center has long been home to a number of cross-disciplinary initiatives that investigate privacy and… More
Global Access in Action
Global Access in Action, a project of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, conducts… More
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Youth and Media (YaM) encompasses an array of research, advocacy, and development initiatives around youth (age 12-18)… More
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The rapidly growing capabilities and increasing presence of AI-based systems in our lives is raising pressing questions about the impact, governance, ethics, and accountability of these techn… 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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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, analy… More
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BKC Meet the Author Series: Urs Gasser in conversation with Andreas Reckwitz
Andreas Reckwitz argues that the new antagonism between a new middle class and a traditional middle class turns out as… More
How to work with tech companies on human rights
David Sullivan draws upon a decade of work with technology companies (and a heated argument with Steve Jobs) to offer… More
Dirty Data, Bad Predictions
An examination of the data provenance of police data commonly used in predictive policing system. More
Constitutionalizing Speech Platforms
We're never going to get a global set of norms for online speech but do the platforms pick our global values and… More