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Policing User Content on Social Media
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Source Hacking: Media Manipulation in Practice
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Youth and Media
Youth and Media (YaM) encompasses an array of research, advocacy, and development initiatives around youth (age 12-18)… More
metaLAB (at) Harvard
Explores the digital arts and humanities through research, teaching, publications, and exhibitions More
Internet Monitor
Internet Monitor's aim is to evaluate, describe, and summarize the means, mechanisms, and extent of Internet content… More
AI: Algorithms and Justice
The use of algorithms in the judiciary has already raised significant questions about bias and fairness, and looking… More
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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
Ethics 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
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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A New Jim Code?
Ruha will present the concept of the “New Jim Code" to explore a range of discriminatory designs that encode inequity:… More
Fall 2019 Open House
Please join us for our Fall 2019 Open House to learn about the Berkman Klein Center, our amazing community and our… More
Couldry and Mejias argue that the role of data in society needs to be grasped as not only a development of capitalism,… More
Can Tech be Governed?
VIDEO & PODCAST: How different is this technology from what preceded it, and do we need new ways to govern it? If so,… More