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The Amish approach to AI
Ethan Zuckerman calls for a revaluation of the Luddite ethos.
Digital Natives, Digital Activists in Non-Digital Environments
Greg Gondwe explores Zambian youth's sophisticated digital activism in the wake of the 2020 youth protests.
Paola Ricaurte, researcher: ‘Large technology companies are allies of authoritarian governments’
Paola Ricaurte Quijano explores how AI development tracks and reinforces gaps in social capital.
Are rich different from you and me? Would we be better off without them?
Nien-hê Hsieh considers the conditions under which mega-wealth might be permissible.
The SEC Whistleblower Program Is Dominating Regulatory Enforcement
Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders warn that AI will complicate the SEC's financially cutting in whistleblowers.
Tonight’s strange debate with an AI congressional candidate
Nathan Sanders weighs in on a debate between two Virginia congressional candidates and an AI bot.
Controlling AI Agents
BKC director Jonathan Zittrain explains what AI agents are, and why we need to regain control of them.
Deal Value Threshold and M&A
Sidharth Chauhan and Dhruv Mehta detail the recently ratified amendments to India's Competition Act, 2002.
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…