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the new york times

Dozens of Polymarket Bets Show Signs of Insider Trading, The Times Finds

References conversation with Jonathan Zittrain and Polymarket's Shayne Coplan

The New York Times' Stuart A. Thompson and David Yaffe-Bellany catalogue likely indications of insider trading in Polymarket bets. The article references and links to an in-depth…

May 14, 2026
arXiv

Synthetic Sociality

How Generative models Privatize the Social Fabric

Ana Dodik and Faculty Associate Moira Weigel put forth a critical theoretical framework for analyzing generative statistical models.

May 13, 2026
The Future of Free Speech

The Real Threat Behind Closed AI Models

Ben Brooks considers the implications of open-source for freedom of speech.

May 13, 2026
Transforming Society

After lockdown streaming, disabled audiences were shut out again

Faculty Associate Magda Romanska reflects on the return to in-person arts programming after COVID-spurred digitization.

May 12, 2026
USA Today

UK kids bypass age checks with fake facial hair, new survey finds

"Plunkett believes parents can educate themselves about harmful online content and how easy it is for their children to access it ‒ whether intentionally or not."

May 10, 2026
Oxford Internet Institute

The efficiency paradox in EU data centre policy

Daria Onitiu, Faculty Associate Sandra Wachter, and Brent Mittelstadt consider the implications of the recast Energy Efficiency Directive.

May 8, 2026
The Guardian

How dangerous is Anthropic’s Mythos AI?

The vulnerability-finding capabilities of technologies like Mythos have important ramifications for cybersecurity, argues Bruce Schneier in The Guardian. Though Mythos doesn't…

May 8, 2026
Tech Policy Press

Surveillance Technology is Silencing Journalists in Kashmir

Faculty Associate Petra Molnar details the surveillance culture of Kashmir.

May 7, 2026
arXiv

"Security vs. Interoperability" Arguments

An Analytical Framework

Daji Landis, Faculty Associate Elettra Bietti, and alum Sunoo Park address security vs. interoperability arguments in antitrust and regulatory proceedings against Big Tech.

May 6, 2026
Android Authority

This app from Harvard could reshape how identity works beyond Google Wallet

ASML's Keyring empowers users to track how their data is collected, stored, and used online.

May 5, 2026
RAND

Open-Weight AI Models Require Proportional Evaluation Approaches

Fellow Stephen Casper and coauthors propose proportional evaluation approaches to open-weight AI models.

May 4, 2026
Internet Society

Measuring Internet Censorship

Challenges, Trends, and Impact

Affiliate Maria Xynou's latest blog post discusses the challenges of measuring Internet censorship, emerging censorship trends, and how Internet measurement powers advocacy for…

May 4, 2026
FAS Current

Interloper or interlocutor?

Debating AI’s impact on social interactions

“If you did have something cheering you on, that you really could tune to your preferences, and it was helping keep you on the path...would you turn that down?”

May 4, 2026
The Harvard Gazette

Applied Social Media Lab Debuts Keyring

The app debuted at a digital identity symposium in April

Worried about how online firms use data they get from you?Berkman Klein researchers based out of the Applied Social Media Lab unveil a new tool to verify identity, let users limit…

May 1, 2026
Knight First Amendment Institute

The Right to Access Foreign Communicative Infrastructure

Foreign social media platforms are unique associational and speech infrastructures that should be treated differently from other foreign infrastructure, challenging the Supreme…

May 1, 2026
The Indian Express

Message from Claude Mythos

Regulation and oversight are of little use if they are always playing a chasing game. AI companies have turned regulation into the last line of redress when it should have been the first line of defence.

Large language models have destabilized a three-tiered view of the digital commons.

May 1, 2026
Technology and Culture

A Long History

From Universal Language to Artificial Intelligence

Emerging language technologies are historically contingent interventions rather than radical ruptures.

Apr 30, 2026
Porn Studies

‘My body, my money’

SpankChain and the intersection between sex work and cryptocurrencies imaginaries

Faculty Associate Samer Hassan and coauthor Silvia Semenzin do a mixed-methods analysis of a digital sex work platform using crypto.

Apr 30, 2026
The Harvard Gazette

‘If you’re boring, it’s good to know that you’re being boring.’

The perils of seeking empathy from a chatbot

Co-Founder, Director, and Faculty Chair Jonathan Zittrain considers the ethical implications of how we communicate and connect with LLMs.

Apr 30, 2026
Alex Clark

Should You Be Posting Your Kids Online?

Are we sharing our kids online in ways that could come back to harm them later?

Apr 27, 2026