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New cohort joins current BKC fellows, progressing the Center’s AI research agenda
The app debuted at a digital identity symposium in April.
BKC 2025 Action Report with features on the programs, people, and products driving the Center's momentum over the last…
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After lockdown streaming, disabled audiences were shut out again
Faculty Associate Magda Romanska reflects on the return to in-person arts programming after COVID-spurred digitization.
UK kids bypass age checks with fake facial hair, new survey finds
"Plunkett believes parents can educate themselves about harmful online content and how easy it is for their children to…
How dangerous is Anthropic’s Mythos AI?
The vulnerability-finding capabilities of technologies like Mythos have important ramifications for cybersecurity,…
"Security vs. Interoperability" Arguments
Daji Landis, Faculty Associate Elettra Bietti, and alum Sunoo Park address security vs. interoperability arguments in…
This app from Harvard could reshape how identity works beyond Google Wallet
ASML's Keyring empowers users to track how their data is collected, stored, and used online.
Open-Weight AI Models Require Proportional Evaluation Approaches
Fellow Stephen Casper and coauthors propose proportional evaluation approaches to open-weight AI models.
Measuring Internet Censorship
Affiliate Maria Xynou's latest blog post discusses the challenges of measuring Internet censorship, emerging censorship…
Applied Social Media Lab Debuts Keyring Wallet
Worried about how online firms use data they get from you?Berkman Klein researchers based out of the Applied Social…
Featured Programs
See all ProgramsApplied Social Media Lab
The Applied Social Media Lab (ASML) is an applied engineering lab that brings together a team of technologists and…
Professional Learning and Engagement
Professional Learning and Engagement (PLE) at the Berkman Klein Center offers transformative experiences for…
Fellowship Program
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…
Featured Projects
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…
Nymity
Nymity creates a “trustspace” where participants feel free to explore ideas without the pressures of personal…
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…