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Industrial Policy 4.0
This paper makes a case for comprehensive digital industrial policies that are differentiated and rooted in the broader…
Discussing Human Rights, Ethics, and Artificial Intelligence with Harvard Techtopia Students
Hear from students participating in Harvard's inaugural Techtopia group on human rights, ethics, and artificial…
Upcoming Bill Would Lock Down Agencies' Internet-Connected Devices
A new bill "leverages federal purchasing power to create pro-security market pressure and … serves as a model for the…
To Reduce Privacy Risks, the Census Plans to Report Less Accurate Data
Guaranteeing people’s confidentiality has become more of a challenge, but some scholars worry that the new system will…
Facebook leader sits down with Harvard’s Jonathan Zittrain
Professor Jonathan Zittrain discusses the social media giant’s ‘long year’ with Facebook's head of global policy…
Exploring Social Innovation in Norway
What we learned about social innovation in Norway, how to map local innovation ecosystems and the challenges and…
What Our Tech Ethics Crisis Says About the State of Computer Science Education
The problem with “I’m just an engineer” isn’t the engineer’s inability to identify all relevant ethical implications —…
Fandom’s Fate Is Not Tied to Tumblr’s
After Tumblr’s recent announcement that it will no longer allow “adult content” many have been asking where fan…
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metaLAB (at) Harvard
Explores the digital arts and humanities through research, teaching, publications, and exhibitions More
AI: Global Governance and Inclusion
In a world challenged by growing domestic and international inequalities, policymakers face hard problems and difficult… More
AI: Algorithms and Justice
The use of algorithms in the judiciary has already raised significant questions about bias and fairness, and looking… More
Responsive Communities
Responsive Communities addresses issues of social justice, civil liberties, and economic development involving Internet… 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 is raising pressing questions about the impact, governance, ethics, and accountability of these techn… 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
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, analy… More
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“My Constellation is Space”: Towards a Theory of Black Cyberculture
VIDEO & PODCAST: Utilizing critical technocultural discourse analysis, Afro-optimism, and libidinal economic theory, Dr… More
The State of Online Speech and Governance
VIDEO & PODCAST: The State of Online Speech and Governance: Featuring Monika Bickert & Jonathan Zittrain in conversation More
Promoting Fairness, Equity, and Human Rights in Tech
VIDEO & PODCAST: A broad overview of the landscape for regulating cutting-edge digital technologies in Europe and the US More
Skewed or Rescued?: The Emerging Theory of Algorithmic Fairness
A Public Lecture by Cynthia Dwork, the Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at the John A. Paulson School of… More