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Applications due January 31, 2022
Starting February 2022, Hendrickson will help lead BKC and shape its next generation of education, research &…
Invited workshop brings activists, scholars, and practitioners together from across disciplines, sectors, and countries
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#SOPAPlus10
Babatunde Okunoye assesses the legacy of the ten-year-old campaign against the Stop Online Piracy Act, and charts…
Amid the Hype over Web3, Informed Skepticism Is Critical
Elizabeth Renieris urges skepticism amid the overwhelming hype around Web3.
Bolsonaro crafts new social media strategy ahead of Brazil election
David Nemer discusses Bolsonaro supporters’ migration from WhatsApp to Telegram.
AI unmasks anonymous chess players, posing privacy risks
In a Science article outlining the risks surrounding software that can identify anonymous chess players, Alexandra Wood…
Bullying Dropped as Students Spent Less Time in In-Person Classes During Pandemic
Sameer Hinduja said that the pandemic-related push for online classes also meant that students reported bullying — and…
The complexities of online content moderation
Julie Owono shares why digital rights should have the same protections as offline ones.
Tech giants banned Trump. But did they censor him?
Chinmayi Arun discusses the consequences for democracy if major social media platforms arbitrarily blocked political…
The Shadows of Removed Posts Are Hiding in Plain Sight on Reddit
Sameer Hinduja explains the implications of a security flaw on Reddit that allow removed posts to continue to be viewed.
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BKC Research Assistant Information Session
Learn about RA opportunities available for current Harvard students for Spring 2022...
Lumen is hosting a series of weekly sessions every Tuesday for potential researchers interested in working with the…
Security by Spectacle: The Invention of Gray Hat Hacking & The Fight Against Microsoft in the 1990s
To reflect on contemporary battles and conundrums over socio-technical vulnerability and security, this talk will cover…
IfRFA Presents: First Amendment Careers
This event showcased the work of several friends of IfRFA who work on a range of freedom of expression issues…
Featured Programs
See all ProgramsFellowship Program
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society welcomes an interdisciplinary and diverse community of academics and…
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…
BKC Policy Practice: Artificial Intelligence
The BKC Policy Practice on Artificial Intelligence (BKC PP: AI) is a public interest-oriented program that helps…
Cyberlaw Clinic
Harvard Law School's Cyberlaw Clinic provides high-quality, pro-bono legal services to clients on issues relating to…
Featured Projects
See all Projects & ToolsAlternative Data Futures: Cooperative Principles, Data Trusts, and the Digital Economy
The New School's Platform Cooperativism Consortium and the Berkman Klein Center are running a Research Sprint to…
Youth and Media
Youth and Media (YaM) encompasses an array of research, advocacy, and development initiatives around youth (age 12-18)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…