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Who is right about political ads, Twitter or Facebook?
evelyn douek joined a virtual panel of experts to weigh in on the two approaches
Danielle Citron and evelyn douek on Deep Fakes
evelyn douek spoke with law professors Bobby Chesney and Danielle Citron about deep fakes.
The Evil List: Which tech companies are doing the most harm?
BKC fellow Mutale Nkonde responded to Slate with her views on Alphabet
How To Spot Fake News
Joan Donovan participated in a panel of scholars who study media manipulation, digital resources, and the spread of…
YouTube and Radicalization
Joan Donovan talks with Mathew Ingram of Columbia Journalism Review
China Isn’t the Only Problem With 5G
The network has plenty of other security weaknesses, including ones the U.S. doesn’t want to fix since they help its…
Tech companies tried to help us spend less time on our phones. It didn’t work.
Ethan Zuckerman adds to the discussion about whether concerns about “time well spent” are overblown.
Over-sharing Your Kids In The Social Media Age
Faculty associate Leah Plunkett joins The Jefferson Exchange to discuss the problems with parents creating a…
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The Berkman Klein Center has worked to build a robust community and institutional activities leveraging the University… More
AI: Autonomous Vehicles
As vehicles become more automated vehicles, we consider potential impacts on labor, questions about governance, bias,… More
AI: Algorithms and Justice
The use of algorithms in the judiciary has already raised significant questions about bias and fairness, and looking… More
AI: Media and Information Quality
As autonomous systems play an increasing role in selecting the content we see online, questions arise about AI's… More
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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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In Principle and in Practice
A conversation about AI principles More
The United States spends $6billion a year on rural broadband deployment, and yet the digital divide may be growing… More
Zac Kriegman describes his path from a Harvard JD to a data science career focused on deep learning. More
Former Member of the European Parliament reflects on the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market More