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Contact Tracing and Technology: A Deep Dive
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Animal Crossing reclaims a sense of control in our daily lives More
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People Can’t Stop Watching Videos of Police and Protesters. That’s the Idea.
Supercuts of police behavior are receiving enormous numbers of views.
Surveillance Technology Will Only Get More Intense After Covid
Bruce Schneier on contact tracing apps:
“The smartphone is the most invasive surveillance device our…
Community and technology
Noa Gafni on how citizens are self-organizing during the COVID-19 crisis
Free Speech is Circular
Trump, Twitter, and the Public Interest
Trump's Tweets Force Twitter Into a High-Wire Act
evelyn douek cautions against expecting a platform like Twitter to completely solve the problems of political discourse.
As Twitter Takes on Trump, It Must Explain Itself
Susan Benesch argues that when it comes to Trump's tweets, Twitter must explain clearly how or why a tweet violated its…
Boiling Point
Apryl Williams examines the Karen meme and what it tells us about criticism of privilege in the pandemic and Jessie…
Mutale Nkonde on AI and bias
Mutale Nkonde discusses AI, algorithmic bias, and why we need humans on Notre Dame’s With a Side of Knowledge Podcast
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The Berkman Klein Center has worked to build a robust community and institutional activities leveraging… More
Youth and Media
Youth and Media (YaM) encompasses an array of research, advocacy, and development initiatives around youth (age 12-18)… More
Internet Monitor
Internet Monitor's aim is to evaluate, describe, and summarize the means, mechanisms, and extent of Internet content… More
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 raise pressing questions about the impact, governance, ethics, and accountability of these technologi… More
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… 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
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Contact Tracing and Technology: A Deep Dive
BKC co-hosts conversation on digital data and public health More
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[Virtual] Data and COVID-19
Health data, contact tracing, and misinformation More
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A discussion on the economic and healthcare fallouts for low-income countries More
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[Virtual] Assembly Fellowship Project Showcase
Learn about the 2020 Assembly fellowship projects More