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Axios

TikTok ban could upend global app economy

2023-2024 RSM Visiting Scholar Anupam Chander comments on the prospect of a TikTok ban or forced sale.

Mar 19, 2024
The Klonickles

Murthy Oral Arguments: Sotomayor Scolds the Louisiana Solicitor General and Platforms Are Like the Press

BKC Faculty Associate Kate Klonick recaps the oral argument in Murthy v. Missouri.

Mar 18, 2024
Tech Policy Press

Breaking the Silence: Marginalized Voices in the Tech Industry

Read about Nadah Feteih and Anika Collier Novaroli's conversation at the Berkman Klein Center on marginalized voices in…

Mar 18, 2024
TIME

The Next Tech Backlash Will Be About Hygiene

Jonnie Penn argues that the increased incorporation of AI into our lives may harm our basic hygiene.

Mar 18, 2024
AI Snake Oil

AI safety is not a model property

BKC Faculty Associate Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor argue that current safety efforts are limited because AI…

Mar 12, 2024
SPY

The Bizarre Future of Batman Toys

BKC Director Rebecca Tushnet comments on familiar characters entering the public domain, losing copyright protection.

Mar 12, 2024
The Atlantic

What to Do About the Junkification of the Internet

Nathaniel Lubin writes about internet "junkification."

Mar 12, 2024
Tech Policy Press

The Race to Detect AI-Generated Content and Tackle Harms

Sameer Hinduja, Nighat Dad, and coauthors detail the troubling proliferation of deepfakes and the various legal,…

Mar 11, 2024

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ComstockCon
May 14, 2024

ComstockCon

ComstockCon is a convening inspired by the fallout from the Dobbs decision and attacks on bodily autonomy…

Harvard x Creators: Making Evidence-Based Public Health Information Viral

RSM welcomes Amanda Yarnell and Kate Speer for a conversation with Visiting Scholar Jeff Hall about the Center for…

Global South, Geopolitics, and U.S, Europe, and China’s Competition to Influence Global AI Regulation

The panel discussion seeks to discuss the evolving state of African AI governance and engagement.

Enshittification, Disenshittification and The Bezzle: Cory Doctorow in conversation with Randall Munroe

Activist, author and journalist Cory Doctorow coined "enshittification," the American Dialect Society's 2023 Word of…

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Summer 2024 Internship Program

Berkman Klein Center interns are deeply and substantively involved in the operation of the Berkman Klein Center’s…

Research Sprints

The BKC Research Sprints are a series of educational programs that bring together emerging scholars from around the…

Applied Social Media Lab

A new home for technologists and practitioners to reimagine, rebuild, and reboot social media to serve the public good…

Fellowship Program

The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society welcomes an interdisciplinary and diverse community of academics and…

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Co-Designing Generative Futures

As generative AI technologies have advanced, so too has their potential to transform how people worldwide create, think…

metaLAB (at) Harvard

Explores the digital arts and humanities through research, teaching, publications, and exhibitions

Network of Interdisciplinary Internet & Society Research Centers

A collaborative initiative focused on interdisciplinary research on the development, social impact, policy implications…

Lumen

Lumen collects and studies online content removal requests, providing transparency and supporting research and analysis…