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Urs Gasser will step down as BKC Executive Director after 12 years of transformative service; will assume role as professor of public policy, governance, and innovative technology at the Technical University of Munich
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What Facebook Did for Chauvin’s Trial Should Happen All the Time
evelyn douek says that if Facebook can discourage hate speech and incitements to violence on a special occasion, it can…
We have enough proof
Allissa Richardson argues against sharing videos of violent police encounters in an op-ed for Vox.
Blockchain for Social Good: A Field in Expansion
Samer Hassan provides an overview of P2P Models’ involvement in a recent EU report
Here's why one journalism professor argues graphic video of Black deaths shouldn't be broadcast
Dr. Allissa Richardson spoke with WUSA9 about having Black deaths aired on TV
Hackers Used to Be Humans. Soon, AIs Will Hack Humanity
Bruce Schneier says that AIs will grant our wishes, and then hack them, exploiting our social, political, and economic…
Between Games and Apocalyptic Robots
Tom Zick considers the near-term societal risks of reinforcement learning
Decolonial Humanitarian Digital Governance
Aarathi Krishnan reflects on her fellowships at BKC and the Carr Center
The Coming AI Hackers
Paper from Bruce Schneier explores the implications of AI hackers
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Assembly Project Fellowship Showcase
An inside look at the work of the 2021 Assembly Fellows on Disinformation, Privacy, and Ethical AI
Edgelands Institute APAC Launch
The Edgelands Institute is an interdisciplinary pop-up institute to redraw our social contract in our era of mass…
Governing the Social Media City
Two former tech insiders turned public advocates discuss ways that platforms can mitigate all kinds of harms, without…
Edgelands Institute Launch Event
The Edgelands Institute is an interdisciplinary pop-up institute to redraw our social contract in our era of mass…
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See all ProgramsAssembly: Disinformation
The Assembly: Disinformation Program brings together participants from academia, industry, government, and civil…
BKC Policy Practice: Artificial Intelligence
The BKC Policy Practice on Artificial Intelligence (BKC PP: AI) is a public interest-oriented program that helps…
BKC Policy Practice: Digital Pandemic Response
The BKC Policy Practice on Digital Pandemic Response is an interdisciplinary program that works with public and private…
Initiative for a Representative First Amendment
IfRFA is a shared project between the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and the Cyberlaw Clinic.
Featured Projects
See all Projects & ToolsThe Ethics of Digitalization
Led by the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), the Berkman Klein Center, and the Digital…
Web Integrity Project
The Web Integrity Project (WIP) monitors changes to government websites
Lumen
Lumen collects and studies online content removal requests, providing transparency and supporting research and analysis…
Privacy Tools
The Privacy Tools Project is a broad effort to advance a multidisciplinary understanding of data privacy issues and…
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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 raise pressing questions about the impact, governance, ethics, and accountability of these technologi…
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…
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…
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…