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The latest news and commentary from our community.
We need stronger cybersecurity laws for the Internet of Things
Making Internet-connected devices more secure will require smarter regulations
Public-Interest Technology Resources
A set of resources for public-interest technologists
Algorithms and their unintended consequences for the poor
Algorithms may be intended to have a positive impact, but what happens when the opposite occurs?
Buying your First AI
A skeptic's guide to the market for AI technologies, especially for government and policymakers
Trump has Twitter. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is winning Instagram
“What’s striking about Ocasio-Cortez’s style is just how digitally native it seems."
Deepfakes
Can fake doctored videos — known as “deepfakes” — impact elections?
The Rise of Fake News
On the surge in misinformation since the 2016 elections
We Tested Facebook’s Ad Screeners and Some Were Too Strict
Do big social media platforms have effective ad policies?
Featured Projects
See all Projects & ToolsResponsive Communities
Responsive Communities addresses issues of social justice, civil liberties, and economic development involving Internet… More
Digital Health @ Harvard
The Digital Health @ Harvard collaboration brings together an interdisciplinary community of scholars, researchers,… More
Berklett Cybersecurity
The Berklett Cybersecurity project is a unique forum for discussing true and important, and often novel, facts, and… More
AGTech Forum
The AGTech Forum provides opportunities for collaborative engagement among state attorneys general, technology… 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 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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The Era of Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, a former artificial intelligence researcher since 3 decades ago, former head of Google China and… More
“My Constellation is Space”: Towards a Theory of Black Cyberculture
The phrase “Black cyberculture” is an argument for Blackness as an informational identity: powered by discourse,… More
Promoting Fairness, Equity, and Human Rights in Tech
A broad overview of the landscape for regulating cutting-edge digital technologies in Europe and the US More
Skewed or Rescued?: The Emerging Theory of Algorithmic Fairness
A Public Lecture by Cynthia Dwork, the Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at the John A. Paulson School of… More