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The GDPR at Two — Global Floor or Global Ceiling?
Elizabeth Renieris on the impact of GDPR on the global data protection landscape
Facebook’s German Court Loss Opens New Front Against Privacy Violations
Elizabeth Renieris discusses court decision with Digital Privacy News
Human Rights Racial Equality & New Information Technologies
Human Rights Racial Equality & New Information Technologies
From Rationality to Relationality: Ubuntu as an Ethical and Human Rights Framework for Artificial Intelligence Governance
Sabelo Mhlambi uses ubuntu as a frame to examine artificial intelligence
'Another Marielle Franco Shouldn't Die': A Film Memorializing Slain Brazilian LGBT Activist
Documentary by Leonard Cortana screened at KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival
Tech experts fear new US broadcasting chief could jeopardize LGBTQ Internet freedom
Afsaneh Rigot says internet privacy and security measures are critical safety tools
Disinformation by Design: How Media Manipulation Campaigns Are Constructed
Joan Donovan discusses new article on platform design and disinformation
The Future Is TransFeminist: from imagination to action
Joana Varon describes a new tool designed to help collectively envision ideas for alternative imaginaries of futuristic…
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The Berkman Klein Center has worked to build a robust community and institutional activities leveraging… More
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Youth and Media (YaM) encompasses an array of research, advocacy, and development initiatives around youth (age 12-18)… More
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Internet Monitor's aim is to evaluate, describe, and summarize the means, mechanisms, and extent of Internet content… 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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Contact Tracing and Technology: A Deep Dive
BKC co-hosts conversation on digital data and public health More
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[Virtual] The Pandemic As a Portal
Video & Podcast: Three projects dedicated to capturing and documenting the new possible will talk about their… More
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[Virtual] Data and COVID-19
Health data, contact tracing, and misinformation More
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A discussion on the economic and healthcare fallouts for low-income countries More