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What’s the future of the internet — and society?
Learning from our past and reevaluating our present, a recent World Affairs Council event opened discussion for what’s…
Is the Smart City a Good City?
An overview of smart cities and whether they can be forces for good.
Q&A: Can AI be virtuous?
Jessica Fjeld, lead author of Principled AI, answered questions about the report and its implications
Amazon’s Judging of IP Claims Questioned in Seller Lawsuits
As Amazon expands its reign over e-commerce and gets more aggressive about rooting out counterfeiting, it’s taking a…
The Rise of Content Cartels
evelyn douek urges transparency and accountability in industry-wide content removal decisions
China’s coronavirus app will only inspire panic, experts say
Dariusz Jemielniak on a Chinese app that tracks the spread of the coronavirus.
Ajunwa to Congress: Help stop employers’ AI-fueled bias
Ifeoma Ajunwa testifies in front of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor
How Campaigns Can Counter Deepfakes
Danielle Citron devised an eight-point plan for political campaigns to protect against fabricated video and audio
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The Internet Robustness project is developing, testing, and piloting software and protocols to safeguard the promise of… More
Internet Monitor
Internet Monitor's aim is to evaluate, describe, and summarize the means, mechanisms, and extent of Internet content… More
AI: Educational Activities
The Berkman Klein Center has worked to build a robust community and institutional activities leveraging the University… More
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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
All Data Are Local
How to analyze data settings rather than data sets, acknowledging the meaning-making power of the local. 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