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Computer Science Professor James Mickens brings transformative ideas about security and trust, mentoring leadership, and social impact advocacy to BKC board; HBS emeritus professor John Deighton leaves board after twelve years of far-reaching service More
Urs Gasser on two new books — and what’s ahead
Urs Gasser discusses his new guide on “connected parenting” and an essay series on the role of law during a pandemic More
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Urs Gasser on two new books — and what’s ahead
Urs Gasser discusses his new guide on “connected parenting” and an essay series on the role of law during a pandemic
International Human Rights Law Is Not Enough to Fix Content Moderation’s Legitimacy Crisis
Should tech companies follow human rights law to govern online speech?
The law is ‘tested and illuminated during this pandemic’
Martha Minow, Urs Gasser, and Jonathan Zittrain participate in colloquium on governmental powers during a pandemic
What the US needs to do to secure election 2020
Abbey Stemler and colleagues publish paper on disinformation and election insecurity
Mental health and journalism
Allissa Richardson on mental health of Black journalists covering the anti-police brutality and Black Lives Matter…
Cheap Fakes on the Campaign Trail
Danielle Citron joins Lawfare podcast to discuss manipulated video and audio content.
MacArthur Foundation Invests $1.6M in Equitable COVID Tech
Urs Gasser discusses the BKC Policy Practice: Digital Pandemic Response
10 Reasons Why Anti-Racism Training Is Not The Problem
Ifeoma Ajunwa shares her thoughts on anti-racism training
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Harvard Open Access Project
The Harvard Open Access Project (HOAP) fosters the growth of open access to research, within Harvard and beyond. More
Network of Interdisciplinary Internet & Society Research Centers
A collaborative initiative focused on interdisciplinary research on the development, social impact, policy implications… More
AI: Educational Activities
The Berkman Klein Center has worked to build a robust community and institutional activities leveraging… 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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Data Alliances
Christo Wilson and Rebecca Weiss present the state of online measurement platforms as they exist today, why they are… More
Contact Tracing and Technology: A Deep Dive
BKC co-hosts conversation on digital data and public health More
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[Virtual] The Pandemic As a Portal
Video & Podcast: Three projects dedicated to capturing and documenting the new possible will talk about their… More
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[Virtual] Data and COVID-19
Health data, contact tracing, and misinformation More