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Altruism Still Fuels the Web. Businesses Love to Exploit It.
Humans aren't incorrigibly or universally selfish, but we've built plenty of institutions that do act that way.
It’s 10 p.m. Do You Know Where Your Friends Are?
Constant location-sharing is now the norm for some friend groups.
Take off your tech goggles
Ben Green offers insights into why technology is not an end in itself
Connective Action: Digital Tools for Trade Unions
Report highlights tools that can boost union outreach to members
A.I. Is Learning From Humans. Many Humans.
Inside the labor-intensive process that enables AI’s creation.
#AsianAugust, One Year Later
Has the momentum of #AsianAugust continued in the way fans and critics had hoped?
How YouTube Misinformation Resolved a WhatsApp Mystery in Brazil
WhatsApp and YouTube formed a powerful feedback loop of extremism and misinformation
Training the next generation of ethical techies
Tech, policy, and ethics training should begin in undergraduate studies, Zuckerman says
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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
AI: Algorithms and Justice
The use of algorithms in the judiciary has already raised significant questions about bias and fairness, and looking… More
Privacy Initiatives
The Berkman Klein Center has long been home to a number of cross-disciplinary initiatives that investigate privacy and… More
Global Access in Action
Global Access in Action, a project of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, conducts… More
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is dedicated to exploring, understanding, and shaping the way we use technology
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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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Ghost Work
How services delivered by companies like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Uber can only function smoothly thanks to the… More
Auditing for Bias in Resume Search Engines
VIDEO & PODCAST: Are the algorithms that surface and rank your resume for job recruiters biased with respect to gender? More
The social media have been accused of contributing to everything from terrorism to genocide. They have also been the… More
Everyday Chaos
VIDEO & PODCAST: In his new book, Everyday Chaos, David Weinberger points to accepted ways we work on the Internet that… More