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Centering Community Voices: How Tech Companies Can Better Engage with Civil Society Organizations
Nadah Feteih and Elodie Vialle argue that companies should involve at-risk communities in the design process of new…
How we’ve enshittified the tech economy
BKC Faculty Associate Ethan Zuckerman suggests that in certain markets turning to cooperatives may fight the …
Toward Safer Intimate Features: Recommendations for Tech Platforms to Reduce Image Based Sexual Abuse
With the European Sex Workers Rights Alliance, BKC Faculty Associate Elissa M. Redmiles provides recommendations for…
Key issues in writers' case against OpenAI explained
BKC Director Rebecca Tushnet explains key issues in the writers' case against OpenAI and discusses some of the broader…
Why false advertising suits are on the rise in the fast-food industry
BKC Director Rebecca Tushnet explains the harms of false advertising and the need for remedies.
Digital Border Governance: a Human Righst Based Approach
With the United Nations Human Rights Office, Lorna McGregor and Petra Molnar launched a study advocating for a human…
The US Government Should Be Bold in Regulating AI and Data Collection
Russell Newman, Nick Couldry, Velislava Hillman, Mitzi László and Gregory Narr discuss the comments to the US Federal…
Reflections from the Berkman Klein Center's 25th Anniversary
BKC Affiliate Jad Esber offers reflections on BKC’s 25th anniversary reunion event.
Featured events
See all EventsThe Afterlife of Anthony Comstock
“The Afterlife of Anthony Comstock” will connect the Comstock Act of 1873 with current attacks on bodily autonomy…
Join us on Wednesday, October 25th at the Berkman Klein Center for a deep dive with Kashmir Hill, tech reporter for the…
Artificial Intelligence and the Law
Join us for a series of lightning talks to kick off of the Initiative on Artificial Intelligence and the Law...
Rebooting Social Media Fall Speaker Series
Weekly talk on social media topics from an exciting group of authors, social scientists, industry practitioners, legal…
Featured Programs
See all ProgramsApplied Social Media Lab
A new home for technologists and practitioners to reimagine, rebuild, and reboot social media to serve the public good…
Research Sprints
The BKC Research Sprints are a series of educational programs that bring together emerging scholars from around the…
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…
Initiative for a Representative First Amendment
IfRFA is a shared project between the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and the Cyberlaw Clinic.
Featured Projects
See all Projects & ToolsYouth and Media
Youth and Media (YaM) encompasses an array of research, advocacy, and development initiatives around youth (age 12-18)…
Global Access in Action
Global Access in Action, a project of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, conducts…
Internet Robustness
The Internet Robustness project is developing, testing, and piloting software and protocols to safeguard the promise of…
Digital Identity
Exploring the ethical and human rights considerations of digital identity.
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 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…