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Reparative Media and Social Media & Tech Solidarity
Dr. AJ Escoffery organized the Social Media & Tech Solidarity Workshop for leaders in academia, organizing, and…
The US supreme court’s TikTok ruling is a scandal
Faculty Associate Evelyn Douek and Jameel Jaffer argue that executive control over TikTok threatens both First…
How Governments Turn the Internet Into a Weapon
Bruce Schneier and Zach Rosson study deliberate internet shutdowns - more than 240 in 2025 - as means of silencing…
Against the Federal Moratorium on State-Level Regulation of AI
Nathan Sanders and Bruce Schneier address the resurgent idea of state-level AI regulation.
Brazilian Virgílio Almeida receives UNESCO-Uzbekistan AI Ethics Prize
Almeida has received the inaugural edition of the UNESCO–Uzbekistan Beruniy Prize for Scientific Research on the Ethics…
Australia is banning young teens from social media. Could it happen in the US?
Alex Pascal weighs in on the unlikelihood of the Trump Administration being able to pass strict youth-safety…
‘We live in a turbulent time’
Codirector Mark Wu was recently named Harvard's Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law.
AI as commons
Faculty Associate Vasilis Kostakis and coauthor Aristotle Tympas make the case for community-controlled AI: systems not…
Featured Programs
See all ProgramsFellowship Program
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society welcomes an interdisciplinary and diverse community of academics and…
The Institute for Rebooting Social Media
The Institute for Rebooting Social Media is a three-year "pop-up" initiative that will address the biggest questions in…
Professional Learning and Engagement
Professional Learning and Engagement (PLE) at the Berkman Klein Center offers transformative experiences for…
Applied Social Media Lab
A new home for technologists and practitioners to reimagine, rebuild, and reboot social media to serve the public good…
Featured Projects
See all Projects & ToolsNetwork of Interdisciplinary Internet & Society Research Centers
A collaborative initiative focused on interdisciplinary research on the development, social impact, policy implications…
metaLAB (at) Harvard
Explores the digital arts and humanities through research, teaching, publications, and exhibitions
Lumen
Lumen collects and studies online content removal requests, providing transparency and supporting research and analysis…
Artificial Intelligence and the Law
This initiative focuses on new challenges and opportunities for the law created by the rise of AI.
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 technologies around the…
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, analyze,…
Technology & the Law
Software, hardware, platforms, and networks are regulated by sometimes conflicting and overlapping sets of laws, policies, and norms. New technologies are constantly creating new frontiers for policymaker…
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 build…