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The Evil List: Which tech companies are doing the most harm?
BKC fellow Mutale Nkonde responded to Slate with her views on Alphabet
How To Spot Fake News
Joan Donovan participated in a panel of scholars who study media manipulation, digital resources, and the spread of…
YouTube and Radicalization
Joan Donovan talks with Mathew Ingram of Columbia Journalism Review
China Isn’t the Only Problem With 5G
The network has plenty of other security weaknesses, including ones the U.S. doesn’t want to fix since they help its…
Tech companies tried to help us spend less time on our phones. It didn’t work.
Ethan Zuckerman adds to the discussion about whether concerns about “time well spent” are overblown.
Over-sharing Your Kids In The Social Media Age
Faculty associate Leah Plunkett joins The Jefferson Exchange to discuss the problems with parents creating a…
Applications and Ethics of AI with Chinmayi Arun
Chinmayi Arun in conversation about the applications of AI and the ethical debates surrounding its use on the podcast…
Facebook just banned deepfakes, but the policy has loopholes
Danielle Citron advised Facebook on the new policy and sees it as fair, but would like to see more policies banning…
Featured Projects
AI: Educational Activities
The Berkman Klein Center has worked to build a robust community and institutional activities leveraging the University…
AI: Algorithms and Justice
The use of algorithms in the judiciary has already raised significant questions about bias and fairness, and looking…
AI: Autonomous Vehicles
As vehicles become more automated vehicles, we consider potential impacts on labor, questions about governance, bias,…
AI: Media and Information Quality
As autonomous systems play an increasing role in selecting the content we see online, questions arise about AI's…
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is dedicated to exploring, understanding, and shaping the way we use technology
Featured Topics
Ethics and Governance of AI
The rapidly growing capabilities and increasing presence of AI-based systems in our lives raise pressing questions about the impact, governance, ethics, and accountability of these technologi…
Internet Health
Censorship, filtering, throttling, dead links, blockages. The health of the Internet can be measured by the ease with which its users can access and share information. We develop tools and research to…
Governance of Technology & the Internet
Networked technologies are complex, multi-layered, interdependent, and subject to multiple competing interests. Through original research and by creating connections between stakeholders, we work to…
Privacy & Security
Privacy violations are a serious threat to the health of the Internet and the effective use of technology. We study how people understand their privacy as users of technology, examine and document the…
The Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Initiative seeks to support the evolution of AI in the public interest through research, community-building, and education.
A joint project of the Berkman Klein Center and the MIT Media Lab
Featured events
"Everything is better with better broadband" featuring Christopher Ali
The United States spends $6billion a year on rural broadband deployment, and yet the digital divide may be growing…
From JD to Data Science: A Case Study in AI and Law
Zac Kriegman describes his path from a Harvard JD to a data science career focused on deep learning.
To Unsafe Harbors: How the new EU Copyright Directive Will Change the Web
Former Member of the European Parliament reflects on the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market
Between Truth and Power: The Legal Constructions of Informational Capitalism
VIDEO & PODCAST: Julie Cohen explores the?relationships between legal institutions and political and?economic…