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When it comes to children’s privacy online, the law is spotty.

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Without enough human contact tracers to identify infected people, the US is barreling toward a digital solution, and possible disaster.

It is time for a coordinated effort between government, law enforcement, and developers to create an Internet we can trust.

In a recent decision, the Supreme Court sided with public.resource.org. Cyberlaw Clinic students worked with Kendra Albert, Christopher Bavitz, and the Harvard Library Innovation…

The pandemic has demonstrated the risks of relying on algorithms to remove harmful content.

Lessons the WHO can take from the BBC messaging app

As scientists scramble to develop effective diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines for COVID-19, we must make sure that everyone around the world has access to lifesaving medicines…

Adversarial machine-learning attacks and defenses have political dimensions

Leah Plunkett on the importance of protecting child privacy while social distancing.

Beatriz Botero Arcila warns that while location data might help address the coronavirus outbreak, it also threatens the privacy of citizens.

Mary Gray proposes several ways that technology can aid in the fight against COVID-19 that help rather than replace healthcare workers.

BKC’s Jenna Sherman discusses the work of the group she co-founded at Harvard, Students against COVID-19. 

A Vermont company uses artificial intelligence to identify messages of distress, including those made by Natick students.

BKC faculty associate Ifeoma Ajunwa explains why oversurveillance of a workforce can turn counterproductive

Facebook and other platforms insisted that they didn’t want to be “arbiters of truth.” The coronavirus changed their mind overnight.

As tech firms team up with governments to fight the coronavirus pandemic, we’re being asked to accept a trade-off between our digital privacy and our health. It’s a false choice,…

Danielle Citron on why technology’s promise is only as good as those who control it

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an equally urgent digital rights crisis.

The pandemic lays bare the failure to quarantine online scams, hoaxes and lies amid political battles.