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Antonio Casilli, professor of sociology at the Institut Polytechnique de Paris and by-fellow at Cambridge's Churchill…
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Smart borders kill
Technologies impact every aspect of migration, Petra Molnar writes, and are often used without proper regulation or…
A.I. and Captured Capital
“Firms have set out to quantify or reduce all elements of workers’ experience to data.”
Internet Resilience Technology Institute Report
Jim Cowie and colleagues identify four primary threats to internet resiliency, and propose nine initiatives that…
DOGE Is Hacking America
Bruce Schneier and Davi Ottenheimer argue that “the U.S. government has experienced what may be the most consequential…
Efficiency − or Empire? How Elon Musk’s Hostile Takeover Could End Government as We Know It
RSM Visiting Scholar Allison Stanger believes that Elon Musk’s new involvement with government is unlikely to be…
It’s Time to Worry About DOGE’s AI Plans
Affiliates Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders warn of the risks posed by DOGE’s extreme approach to AI implementation.
The digital commons: how to harness blockchain for better governance
Mark Esposito and coauthor Eduardo Araral explore how blockchain technology can enhance the governance of digital…
If China shares AI, the US can’t afford to lock it out
Fellow Ben Brooks comments on responses to DeepSeek’s open-source R1 model.
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The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society welcomes an interdisciplinary and diverse community of academics and…
The Institute for Rebooting Social Media
The Institute for Rebooting Social Media is a three-year "pop-up" initiative that will address the biggest questions in…
Professional Learning and Engagement
Professional Learning and Engagement (PLE) at the Berkman Klein Center offers transformative experiences for…
Applied Social Media Lab
A new home for technologists and practitioners to reimagine, rebuild, and reboot social media to serve the public good…
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See all Projects & ToolsNetwork of Interdisciplinary Internet & Society Research Centers
A collaborative initiative focused on interdisciplinary research on the development, social impact, policy implications…
metaLAB (at) Harvard
Explores the digital arts and humanities through research, teaching, publications, and exhibitions
Lumen
Lumen collects and studies online content removal requests, providing transparency and supporting research and analysis…
Artificial Intelligence and the Law
This initiative focuses on new challenges and opportunities for the law created by the rise of AI.
Featured Topics
See all TopicsEthics 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 technologies around the…
Media, Democracy, & Public Discourse
The way we communicate online evolves and changes shape rapidly. Through research, the building of tools, and bringing together diverse viewpoints and underrepresented voices, we seek to examine, analyze,…
Technology & the Law
Software, hardware, platforms, and networks are regulated by sometimes conflicting and overlapping sets of laws, policies, and norms. New technologies are constantly creating new frontiers for policymaker…
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 build…