Youth and Artificial Intelligence
Where We Stand More
Announcing AccessCheck
Track website accessibility around the world More
The Latest
Community
The latest news and commentary from our community.
As schools become suffused with ed-tech, is the only response to constant surveillance the right to remain silent?
Velislava Hillman asks whether the constant monitoring, micromanagement and data collection of students can guarantee a…
Creating a fair digital payments market
Local firms in India will be at a disadvantage if big tech companies are given plum roles, says Padmashree Gehl Sampath
Takeaways from the Ethical Tech Industry Workshop
What could an industry standard for socially responsible, ethically-attuned technologies look like?
“Liars and Outliers” named a must-read book on security
The Enterprisers Project highlights Bruce Schneier’s Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive
How White Nationalists See What They Want to See in DNA Tests
What happens when white supremacists on the hate site Stormfront learn that they’re not as white as they thought? Two…
Palo Alto event showcases Harvard tech startup scene
Jonathan Zittrain delivers an energetic presentation on the ethical responsibilities of tech companies toward consumers…
The unpredictable legal implications of Trump’s Twitter-blocking defeat
Telling the president to unblock critics was easy, but interpreting the rule for other government accounts could be hard
$1.4M NSF Grant Will Support Technology Education for Women Post-Incarceration
A project from BKC fellow Hyunjin Seo will offer evidence-based technology education for women who have been recently…
Featured Projects
See all Projects & ToolsEthics and Governance of AI Initiative
In 2017 the Berkman Klein Center and the MIT Media Lab launched the Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence… More
AI: Educational Activities
The Berkman Klein Center has worked to build a robust community and institutional activities leveraging the University… More
Berklett Cybersecurity
The Berklett Cybersecurity project is a unique forum for discussing true and important, and often novel, facts, and… More
AI: Algorithms and Justice
The use of algorithms in the judiciary has already raised significant questions about bias and fairness, and looking… 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
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
Featured events
See all Events
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