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Leaders in technology and governance must come together to craft legislation more attuned to today's challenges than the 1974 Privacy Act.

Dr. AJ Escoffery organized the Social Media & Tech Solidarity Workshop for leaders in academia, organizing, and storytelling to interrogate whether social media can empower…

Affiliate Rudy Fraser explains how the Blacksky toolkit allows community builders to control algorithms, moderation, governances, and fund-pooling.

Faculty Associate Evelyn Douek and Jameel Jaffer argue that executive control over TikTok threatens both First Amendment rights and national security.

Bruce Schneier and Zach Rosson study deliberate internet shutdowns - more than 240 in 2025 - as means of silencing societies.

"Superintelligence is already here, and it has been for thousands of years."

Nathan Sanders and Bruce Schneier address the resurgent idea of state-level AI regulation.

Almeida has received the inaugural edition of the UNESCO–Uzbekistan Beruniy Prize for Scientific Research on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Alex Pascal weighs in on the unlikelihood of the Trump Administration being able to pass strict youth-safety legislation.

Codirector Mark Wu was recently named Harvard's Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law.

Faculty Associates Woody Hartzog and Jessica Silbey argue in a paper forthcoming in the UC Law Journal that AI diminishes institutional transparency, cooperation, and…

Faculty Associate Vasilis Kostakis and coauthor Aristotle Tympas make the case for community-controlled AI: systems not concentrated in the hands of a few tech giants.

Affiliate Dave Willner and Faculty Associated Evelyn Douek are quoted in a story about the State Department's actions towards denying visas to workers involved in content…

Faculty Associate Gord Pennycook and coauthors study the effects of having voters interact with AI models advocating for political candidates.

Dr. AJ Escoffery created a comic workbook and guide based on his forthcoming Reparative Media (MIT Press, 2025). 

Faculty Associate Aymar Jean Escoffery and coauthor Elijah McKinnon celebrate the publication of Beyond the Screen, a photo-forward book reflecting "on the bold, foundational…

Nathan Sanders and Bruce Schneier liken rapid AI development to the social media boom of the past two decades.

"Governments must grapple with artificial intelligence (AI) and not simply consign its development and application to corporate entities," argue Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders…

"Epistemicide—the killing, silencing, annihilation, or devaluing of a knowledge system—occurs when epistemic injustices become persistent and systematic, operating collectively as…

Affiliates Nathan Sanders and Bruce Schneier suggest that, though the technology undoubtedly has its risks, AI presents opportunities "to make democracy better, stronger, and more…