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What Facebook can learn from academia about protecting privacy
The death of privacy is not inevitable.
Regarding the usage of surveillance equipment in the City of Boston
It is urgent that Boston develop policies that comprehensively account for what surveillance means today.
From Westworld to Best World for the Internet of Things
"While procrastination around security has been vital to the expansion of the internet, 'later' doesn’t mean 'never,'"…
Data Protection Laws Are Shining a Needed Light on a Secretive Industry
In this article for The Guardian, Bruce Schneier describes some new data protection laws aimed to regulate data brokers.
How Facebook Can Better Fight Fake News: Make Money Off People Who Promote it
Leverage the aggregate insights of its own users to root out false or deceptive news, and then, remove the profit…
The Limits of Explainability
For decades, artificial intelligence with common sense has been one of the most difficult research challenges in the…
When a robot writes your news, what happens to democracy?
In the not-so-distant future, we will be presented with the version of the news we wish to read -- not the news that…
Putting the J(ustice) in FAT
Ben Green calls for the disentanglement of the concepts of unfairness and injustice within the Fairness, Accountability…
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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
Digitally Connected & Conectados al Sur
Digitally Connected is a collaborative initiative between UNICEF and the Berkman Klein Center building upon a multi… 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
AI: Algorithms and Justice
The use of algorithms in the judiciary has already raised significant questions about bias and fairness, and looking… 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 is raising pressing questions about the impact, governance, ethics, and accountability of these techn… 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
Media, Democracy, & Public Discourse
The way we communicate online evolves and changes shape rapidly. Through research, the building of tools, and bringing together diverse viewpoints and underrepresented voices, we seek to examine, analy… More
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Symposium on Trust in Autonomous Vehicles
A symposium that brings together scientists, engineers, lawmakers, and car manufacturers to discuss ethical considerati… More
Art that Imitates Art
Copyright in AI-generated works, the need for a shared understanding of what is and isn’t up for grabs in a license,… More
Shaping Consumption
Narrative manipulation issues are increasingly well-documented problems affecting the entire social ecosystem. More
Join founding members of the CryptoKitties team, Dieter Shirley and Alex Shih, as they discuss the unique governance,… More