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Dec 15, 2016

Radio Berkman 238: Fake News & How To Stop It

Today on the podcast we talk to Zeynep Tufekci and Jonathan Zittrain about how platforms can combat fake news.

Dec 15, 2016

Radio Berkman 238: Fake News & How To Stop It

Today on the podcast we talk to Zeynep Tufekci and Jonathan Zittrain about how platforms can combat fake news.

News
Dec 12, 2016

Announcing the Berkman Klein Assembly 2017 Cohort

We are thrilled to announce the 2017 cohort for the Berkman Klein Assembly pilot program launching January 2017! The cohort is made up of seventeen diverse participants with deep…

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Dec 12, 2016

Does Public Attention Reduce the Influence of Interest Groups?

Policy Positions on SOPA/PIPA Before and After the Internet Blackout

This paper investigates the role public attention plays in determining the effect that campaign contributions funded by interests groups have on legislators’ policy positions.

News
Dec 9, 2016

Recoding Privacy Law: Reflections on the Future Relationship Among Law, Technology, and Privacy

Urs Gasser’s introduction to the Harvard Law Review Forum’s Law, Privacy & Technology Commentary Series sketches the contours of a privacy landscape formed by the historic…

News
Dec 8, 2016

New Publications Examine Harmful Speech Online

This collection of publications includes an assessment of the efforts of civil society organizations to address racist speech in Brazil and Colombia; a study of the legal…

Publication
Dec 8, 2016

Understanding Harmful Speech Online

This paper offers reflections and observations on the state of research related to harmful speech online.

Publication
Dec 8, 2016

Preliminary Findings on Online Hate Speech and the Law in India

This briefing paper outlines preliminary issues that we noted while conducting a detailed study of hate speech laws in India. It teases out some of the major concerns that arise…

Publication
Dec 8, 2016

Grassroots Perspectives on Hate Speech, Race, and Inequality in Brazil and Colombia

Through interviews with leaders of civil society organizations (CSOs) and a review of existing literature, this study discusses efforts and interventions that CSOs have employed…

Publication
Dec 8, 2016

Defining Hate Speech

This essay seeks to review some of the various attempts to define hate speech, and pull from them a series of traits that can be used to frame hate speech with a higher degree of…

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