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Fellows will cover topics ranging from human rights to pandemic-era knowledge access.
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Sex trouble: Sex/gender slippage, sex confusion, and sex obsession in machine learning using electronic health records
Kendra Albert writes about how researchers should handle sex/gender variables in…
Snapchat safety features for parents announced
BKC Faculty Associate Sameer Hinduja speaks about the new Snapchat safety…
GOP reacts to Trump search with threats and comparisons to ‘Gestapo’
Susan Benesch, faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet &…
As Interest Rates Rise, a Silent Vampire Attack on Crypto
BKC affiliate Patrick Murck writes about <…
Bomb Body Politics: On the TSA's Algorithmic Policing of Gender
"Long before FAccT or ProPublica’s COMPAS reporting or Andrew Ferguson's book, the Department of Homeland Security…
Data Vu: Why Breaches Involve the Same Stories Again and Again
BKC Faculty Associate Woodrow Hartzog writes about the repetitive mistakes made…
Clinic Works w/ Amici Kenneth Crews and Kevin Smith to Support Internet Archive’s Controlled Digital Lending Efforts
"Last week, the Cyberlaw Clinic filed an <…
Surveillance does not equal safety: Police, data and consent on dating apps
“As dating apps continue to receive pressure from civil society, media and…
Featured events
See all EventsHosted by the Directorate of International Law of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration…
The Tech That Comes Next: How Changemakers, Philanthropists, and Technologists Can Build an Equitable World
Afua Bruce discusses her and Amy Sample Ward's "The Tech That Comes Next" with Sue Hendrickson and Amritha Jayanti.
Living by Protocol
May 17-July 3. Living by Protocol queries the reflections of artists on, with, and by social media. The nine grid…
Joanne Cheung will discuss “Real Estate Politik: Democracy and the Financialization of Social Networks"...
Featured Programs
See all ProgramsCyberlaw Clinic
Harvard Law School's Cyberlaw Clinic provides high-quality, pro-bono legal services to clients on issues relating to…
BKC Policy Practice: Artificial Intelligence
The BKC Policy Practice on Artificial Intelligence (BKC PP: AI) is a public interest-oriented program that helps…
The 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…
Fellowship Program
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society welcomes an interdisciplinary and diverse community of academics and…
Featured Projects
See all Projects & ToolsResearch Sprint on Takedowns and Transparency with Lumen
Sprint participants worked with members of the Lumen Database team and Berkman Klein Center staff, as well as outside…
Youth and Media
Youth and Media (YaM) encompasses an array of research, advocacy, and development initiatives around youth (age 12-18)…
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…
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…