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Policy-palooza: How Congress, state and local governments can stabilize local news
Hilary Ross comments on how government may be able to help the state of local news.
Design for Democratic Discourse
Jonathan Zittrain and Deb Roy will teach a seminar on the design of digital media at Harvard Law School in Fall 2021.
President Biden’s Executive Order on Big Tech
Woodrow Hartzog has a conversation about the impact of President Biden's new executive order.
Inside the bizarre, billionaires’ world of NFTs
Will Marks explains why NFTs are so appealing — and so confusing — to many internet users.
Expanding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to Fund Local News
Hilary Ross calls for the expansion of public media to combat disinformation.
The Lawfare Podcast: Can America Save the News?
Martha Minow and evelyn douek share how the decline of local news hurts democracy.
Are your dating preferences racist?
Apryl Williams shares the ways in which race underlies much of online life.
The Internet Is Rotting
Jonathan Zittrain shares the ways humanity’s knowledge can change or disappear without warning on the Internet
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Framing Decisions
Video & Podcast: A book talk about human advantage in an age of technology and turmoil
Video & Podcast: Ofunmilayo Arewa and Thomas Streinz join Jacquelene Mwangi and Padmashree Gehl Sampath as they discuss…
Video & Podcast: Author and digital communities scholar Ethan Zuckerman, in conversation with Martha Minow, discusses…
Restoring US Leadership for Global Health
Video & Podcast: A discussion with government officials on plans to restore US leadership for global health.
Featured Programs
See all ProgramsThe 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…
Initiative for a Representative First Amendment
IfRFA is a shared program between the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and the Cyberlaw Clinic.
CopyrightX
CopyrightX is a twelve-week networked course offered under the auspices of Harvard Law School, the HarvardX distance…
Assembly: Disinformation
The Assembly: Disinformation Program brings together participants from academia, industry, government, and civil…
Featured Projects
See all Projects & ToolsYouth and Media
Youth and Media (YaM) encompasses an array of research, advocacy, and development initiatives around youth (age 12-18)…
The Ethics of Digitalization
Led by the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), the Berkman Klein Center, and the Digital…
Web Integrity Project
The Web Integrity Project (WIP) monitors changes to government websites
Lumen
Lumen collects and studies online content removal requests, providing transparency and supporting research and analysis…
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…