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Weekly talks on social media topics from an exciting group of authors, social scientists, industry practitioners, legal…
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Sam Bankman-Fried and the People Who Gave Up Their Money for Nothing
Molly White argues that Sam Bankman-Fried and the collapse of FTX exposed the greater…
We Need A Policy Agenda for Rural AI
Although there is no one universal definition of “rural,” in general, rural areas are those outside of population…
The EU AI Act
The public release of ChatGPT in November 2022 represented a significant breakthrough in generative…
Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence in an Era of Generative AI
Responsible AI Fellow Rumman Chowdhury explores technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) in an era of…
Art Collective MSCHF Signs Onto Amicus Brief Championing Satirical NFTs as a Free Speech Issue
The Cyberlaw Clinic supported a brief filed Monday on behalf of the art collective MSCHF and others to stage…
Holly Herndon’s Infinite Art
BKC Director Rebecca Tushnet comments on the copyright implications of A.I.-generated art.
You Know, For Kids
BKC Associate Bill Shribman brings the perspective of a children’s media producer as he explores how media literacy…
Thinking Through Generative AI Harms Among Users on Online Platforms
BKC Faculty Associate Sameer Hinduja offers a deep dive into the sobering potential of generative AI tools to…
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The Quantified Worker
The Young and the Influential
In a world where young people are the dominant users of social media, but still don’t have voting rights or positions…
Join us for a conversation with Dietmar Offenhuber and Lev Manovich about Offenhuber’s forthcoming book Autographic…
Join the AI & Tech Policy Caucus at HKS for a conversation with EU AI Act Co-author Gabriele Mazzini, former Harvard…
Featured Programs
See all ProgramsFellowship Program
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society welcomes an interdisciplinary and diverse community of academics and…
Applied Social Media Lab
A new home for technologists and practitioners to reimagine, rebuild, and reboot social media to serve the public good…
Research Sprints
The BKC Research Sprints are a series of educational programs that bring together emerging scholars from around the…
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…
Featured Projects
See all Projects & ToolsDigital Identity
Exploring the ethical and human rights considerations of digital identity.
Network of Interdisciplinary Internet & Society Research Centers
A collaborative initiative focused on interdisciplinary research on the development, social impact, policy implications…
Youth and Media
Youth and Media (YaM) encompasses an array of research, advocacy, and development initiatives around youth (age 12-18)…
Global Access in Action
Global Access in Action, a project of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, conducts…
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…
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…