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Trump social media ban will feature in future antitrust hearings
Jasmine McNealy discusses policy issues likely to appear on a Democratic-controlled agenda.
Blocking the president
Harvard Law experts Yochai Benkler and evelyn douek weigh in on the suspension of President Trump’s social media…
The deadly consequences of Trump’s gradual and insidious rhetoric
Susan Benesch pens an op-ed about the dangers of Trump’s rhetoric.
Facial Recognition Technology Isn’t Good Just Because It’s Used to Arrest Neo-Nazis
Joan Donovan and colleague warn against using facial recognition technology in Slate
The real lesson of Trump's social media silencing
Ethan Zuckerman calls for a new vision of social media
The Facebook Oversight Board Should Review Trump’s Suspension
evelyn douek pens an op-ed on Facebook’s Oversight Board
The Capitol siege was the biggest media spectacle of the Trump era
Joan Donovan and colleagues say the storm on the Capitol was the culmination of a presidency defined by media…
Twitter, FB have deplatformed Trump. Is it enough?
Joan Donovan on what lawmakers and companies need to do to address the weaponization of social media and disinformation
Featured Projects
See all Projects & ToolsThe Ethics of Digitalization
Led by the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), the Berkman Klein Center, and the Digital… More
Public Discourse in the U.S. 2020 Election
Studying digital media ecosystems and political discourse related to the U.S. presidential election More
metaLAB (at) Harvard
Explores the digital arts and humanities through research, teaching, publications, and exhibitions More
Web Integrity Project
The Web Integrity Project (WIP) monitors changes to government websites More
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is dedicated to exploring, understanding, and shaping the way we use technology
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… 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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White Surveillance and Black Digital Publics
Dr. Apryl A. Williams and Dr. Allissa V. Richardson will address the long-standing history of White vigilante-style… More
Organizing, Budgeting, and Implementing Wraparound Services for People in Quarantine and Isolation
Join Dr. Margaret Bourdeaux, Dr. Linda Bilmes, and Dr. Syra Madad for a session exploring the economic costs of… More
Reflecting on 2020, the year ahead, and vaccine disinformation that has been proliferating online More
A More Representative First Amendment?
Video & Podcast: Professors Khaled Beydoun and Justin Hansford join IfRFA Director Kendra Albert for a discussion of… More