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How Web 3 can use Google-like tactics to keep users
Elizabeth Renieris warns that a new product offering companies working on Web 3 a way to send in-app notifications and…
Which Tech Companies Are Doing the Most Harm?
Mutale Nkonde joined Slate's technology podcast What Next: TBD to discuss Alphabet and inherent bias.
Google and Microsoft shouldn’t decide how technology is regulated
Jessica Fjeld warns that giving too much credence to Big Tech is like “asking the fox for guidance on henhouse security…
How YouTube shields advertisers (not viewers) from harmful videos
The difference between the protections YouTube offers its advertisers and those it provides consumers is stark.
One State May Become the First to Ban Law Enforcement Use of Genealogy Databases
A state lawmaker in Utah wants police to stop using consumer genealogy databases to help them find criminals.
We’re Banning Facial Recognition. We’re Missing the Point.
The whole point of modern surveillance is to treat people differently, and facial recognition technologies are only a…
The Smart Enough City
Ben Green joins Jasmine McNealy on the New Books in Technology podcast
The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It
Faculty associate Woodrow Hartzog spoke to the New York Times about the harrowing consequences of facial recognition
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The Berkman Klein Center has worked to build a robust community and institutional activities leveraging the University… More
AI: Algorithms and Justice
The use of algorithms in the judiciary has already raised significant questions about bias and fairness, and looking… More
AI: Autonomous Vehicles
As vehicles become more automated vehicles, we consider potential impacts on labor, questions about governance, bias,… 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
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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… More
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… 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
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In Principle and in Practice
A conversation about AI principles More
The United States spends $6billion a year on rural broadband deployment, and yet the digital divide may be growing… More
Zac Kriegman describes his path from a Harvard JD to a data science career focused on deep learning. More
Advancing Racial Literacy in Tech
Part of the BKC Luncheon Series More