How to Work with Tech Companies on Human Rights
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The Law and the Digital World
The AGTech Forum at Harvard Law gives state attorneys general a place to learn about technological changes and strategize about how the law can keep up More
Inside The R&D Of AI Ethics
Designing a roadmap for AI governance More
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What Do We Owe to the Internet’s “First Responders?”
Until AI catches up, tens of thousands of human content moderators all around the world will continue to ingest…
Facial recognition is the plutonium of AI
"It's dangerous, racializing, and has few legitimate uses; facial recognition needs regulation and control on par with…
The Far-Right and its Vicious Cycle of Extremism
How the internet can contribute to individual and group radicalization.
So There Are People Behind Alexa’s Curtain. Will Anyone Care?
Making smart speakers and technologies smarter, but what about privacy?
The Government’s Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Case Against Assange
Charges against Assange and implications for journalism
Media and Mass Atrocity
How African media cover atrocities on their own continent
The Quantified Worker and Worker Surveillance
Impacts of new tech in the workplace
The Smart Enough City
Taking an exclusively technical view of urban life will lead to cities that appear smart but under the surface are rife…
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The use of algorithms in the judiciary has already raised significant questions about bias and fairness, and looking… More
Privacy Initiatives
The Berkman Klein Center has long been home to a number of cross-disciplinary initiatives that investigate privacy and… More
Global Access in Action
Global Access in Action, a project of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, conducts… More
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The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is dedicated to exploring, understanding, and shaping the way we use technology.
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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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Everyday Chaos
In his new book, Everyday Chaos, David Weinberger points to accepted ways we work on the Internet that in fact undo our… More
IGNITE Talks at BKC
Berkman Klein community members will share their research, passions, and musings in 5 minute Ignite talks. These topics… More
[EVENT CANCELED] BKC Meet the Author Series: Urs Gasser in conversation with Andreas Reckwitz
Andreas Reckwitz argues that the new antagonism between a new middle class and a traditional middle class turns out as… More
How to Work with Tech Companies on Human Rights
In conversation with Chinmayi Arun, David Sullivan draws upon a decade of work with technology companies (and a heated… More