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An Initial Exploration of Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Realities
Initial explorations from research assistants at the Institute for Rebooting Social Media
Researchers and practitioners from around the world investigate the design and dilemmas of data trusts and cooperatives and how they can help communities
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Silos! Silos everywhere!
Katya Abazajian writes about the difficulties that arise when government agencies are reluctant to share information…
It’s time to stop trusting Facebook to engineer our social world
Nick Couldry writes that tighter regulations are needed to ensure that social media companies act in the public…
Is it time to swipe left on social media?
Jonathan Zittrain, evelyn douek, and John Palfrey share insights on the consequences of social media after a…
Facebook's success was built on algorithms. Can they also fix it?
James Mickens and Hilary Ross discuss the drawbacks and potential solutions of social media algorithms.
A Novel Framework for Reputation-Based Systems
Jad Esber and Scott Kominers offer a framework for designing reputation-based systems to encourage quality contribution…
What the multi-stakeholder approach can bring to content policy debates
Julie Owono and Niousha Roshani share their ideas for addressing content governance issues online.
Behind the scenes: How Twitter decided to open up its image-cropping algorithm to the public
Twitter’s recent opening of its image-cropping algorithm is a step forward in social media research, Sasha Costanza…
Cyberbullying Insurance Is for Real. Here’s What it Covers
Sameer Hinduja shares insight on the psychological damage that online harassment can inflict on victims — and the…
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Security by Spectacle: The Invention of Gray Hat Hacking & The Fight Against Microsoft in the 1990s
To reflect on contemporary battles and conundrums over socio-technical vulnerability and security, this talk will cover…
IfRFA Presents: First Amendment Careers
Join the Initiative for a Representative First Amendment (IfRFA) for a session on careers in First…
Every day we see social media going awry: disinformation campaigns, privacy breaches, hate speech, harassment, data…
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 & ToolsYouth and Media
Youth and Media (YaM) encompasses an array of research, advocacy, and development initiatives around youth (age 12-18)…
Lumen
Lumen collects and studies online content removal requests, providing transparency and supporting research and analysis…
metaLAB (at) Harvard
Explores the digital arts and humanities through research, teaching, publications, and exhibitions
Alternative Data Futures: Cooperative Principles, Data Trusts, and the Digital Economy
Fall 2021: The New School's Platform Cooperativism Consortium and BKC are…
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…