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Skin in the Game: Modulate AI and Addressing the Legal and Ethical Challenges of Voice Skin Technology
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Facebook outsources its decision to ban Trump to oversight board
evelyn douek discusses Facebook’s decision to refer Trump’s case to its oversight board with The New York Times
Judge Refuses To Reinstate Parler After Amazon Shut It Down
evelyn douek discusses content moderation – and who makes the decisions – with NPR.
Americans Mistrust Government. Is That a Bad Thing?
Ethan Zuckerman on WNYC
How Participatory Media Promote Coverage of Social Movements
An excerpt of Ethan Zuckerman’s book, “Mistrust”
Facebook Has Referred Trump’s Suspension to Its Oversight Board. Now What?
evelyn douek puts the referral in context
An Introduction to Extitutional Theory
Jessy Kate Schingler and Primavera de Filippi write a primer on “Extitutional Theory” for the BKC Medium Collection.
Can We Restore A Collective Understanding of Reality, Please?
Joan Donovan and Rob Faris pen op-ed calling for media accountability
‘Disinformation can be a very lucrative business, especially if you’re good at it,’ media scholar says
Joan Donovan discusses the Capitol attack and disinformation
Featured Projects
See all Projects & ToolsThe Ethics of Digitalization
Led by the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), the Berkman Klein Center, and the Digital… More
Public Discourse in the U.S. 2020 Election
Studying digital media ecosystems and political discourse related to the U.S. presidential election More
metaLAB (at) Harvard
Explores the digital arts and humanities through research, teaching, publications, and exhibitions More
Web Integrity Project
The Web Integrity Project (WIP) monitors changes to government websites More
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is dedicated to exploring, understanding, and shaping the way we use technology
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… 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
Featured events
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Experts from multiple disciplines discuss how technology and online public spaces help (and hurt) violence victims amid… More
White Surveillance and Black Digital Publics
Dr. Apryl A. Williams and Dr. Allissa V. Richardson will address the long-standing history of White vigilante-style… More
Organizing, Budgeting, and Implementing Wraparound Services for People in Quarantine and Isolation
Join Dr. Margaret Bourdeaux, Dr. Linda Bilmes, and Dr. Syra Madad for a session exploring the economic costs of… More
Video & Podcast: Reflecting on 2020, the year ahead, and vaccine disinformation that has been proliferating online More