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Mistrust of government in context of repressive states as a driver of slow acceptance of digital IDs
Babatunde Okunoye shares insight on why digital identity projects have faced slow user acceptance and adoption in parts…
Sex work, automation and the post-work imaginary
Zahra Stardust and Helen Hester envision a post-work future that is more equitable for sex workers.
The Flaws of Policies Requiring Human Oversight of Government Algorithms
Ben Green argues that human oversight policies allow the government to use flawed or controversial algorithms without…
Apple’s proposed new child safety features and the problems with privacy tradeoffs
Shreya Tewari shares the problems with proposals that compromise user privacy in favor of other important goals.
How digital surveillance thrived in the 20 years since 9/11
David O'Brien explains how the two decades since the September 11 terrorist attacks have involved a broad expansion of…
From Harvard to Berkeley, Clinics Train Next-Gen Tech Lawyers
Kendra Albert and Christopher Bavitz share how the Cyberlaw Clinic prepares students to address the biggest issues in…
Social Media Companies Need to Take a Lesson from 16th-Century Bavaria
John Bowers, Will Marks, and Jonathan Zittrain propose a path forward for how to improve content moderation
A Harvard professor predicted COVID disinformation on the web. Here’s what may be coming next
Joan Donovan explains the dangers of spreading falsehoods on social media and the challenges with stopping misinformati…
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Accounting for AI — a Comparison of Methods
Join the discussion about the pros and cons of different methods of holding AI accountable...
This October 19 panel will explore dilemmas, debates, and paths forward for public interest research access to social…
Security, Privacy, AI, Law
Constitutional Values and the Rule of Law in the AI Era: Confronting a Changing Threat Landscape
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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…
BKC Policy Practice: Artificial Intelligence
The BKC Policy Practice on Artificial Intelligence (BKC PP: AI) is a public interest-oriented program that helps…
Cyberlaw Clinic
Harvard Law School's Cyberlaw Clinic provides high-quality, pro-bono legal services to clients on issues relating to…
Initiative for a Representative First Amendment
IfRFA is a shared program between the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and the Cyberlaw Clinic.
Featured Projects
See all Projects & ToolsAlternative Data Futures: Cooperative Principles, Data Trusts, and the Digital Economy
Fall 2021: The New School's Platform Cooperativism Consortium and BKC are…
metaLAB (at) Harvard
Explores the digital arts and humanities through research, teaching, publications, and exhibitions
Lumen
Lumen collects and studies online content removal requests, providing transparency and supporting research and analysis…
Youth and Media
Youth and Media (YaM) encompasses an array of research, advocacy, and development initiatives around youth (age 12-18)…
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…