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Alex Pascal

Alex Pascal is the Executive Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society.

Harvard Law Today

The algorithm thinks you’re rich. Prepare to pay more for that flight.

Airlines and other companies are increasingly using data to determine pricing, says a visiting scholar at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society

In an interview with Harvard Law Today, Noah Giansiracusa explains how companies deploy what some call "dynamic" or “surveillance pricing,” using individual customers' data as a…

Aug 15, 2025
Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy

How to reconcile technology and justice in the circular economy

The innovation of open-source mid-tech solutions

Vasilis Kostakis and coauthor Dimitris Dalakoglou explore the ways that open-sourcing can help to reconcile the demands of technological advancement and social justice. "While…

Aug 13, 2025
News
Aug 13, 2025

Inside Navigate: The Retreat That’s Redefining Digital Leadership

Hosted by BKC and the IAPP, Navigate gathered global leaders across academic, government, technology, and civil society sectors

SSRN

Law is vulnerable to AI influence; interface design can help

Faculty Associate Aileen Nielsen and coauthors push against the legal community's "uncritical acceptance of the chat interface for LLM-assisted work," arguing that improved…

Aug 12, 2025
NPR

Boston Public Library aims to increase access to a vast historic archive using AI

BKC's Chief Technologist Greg Leppert details the collaboration between the Boston Public Library, HLS, and OpenAI.

Aug 11, 2025
Nieman

With Cuts to Federal Funding, How Will Public Media in the U.S. Survive?

The closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will hurt NPR and PBS, but the most immediate and devastating blow will be to the communities that rely on public broadcasting.

BKC Director Martha Minow reflects on how community news outlets have been impacted by the Trump administration's cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Aug 8, 2025
Time

How the Secret Algorithms Behind Social Media Actually Work

How do the algorithms that populate our social media feeds actually work?

Aug 7, 2025
Next Big Idea Club

How To Beat the Algorithms That Are Designed To Exploit Us

Noah Giansiracusa shares five key insights from his new book.

Aug 6, 2025
The National Interest

It’s Time for the Semiconductor Industry to Step Up

Alongside two coauthors, Bruce Schneier argues that the US government and semiconductor firms alike must enforce (and comply with the enforcement of) regulations.

Aug 1, 2025
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