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How the 'Karen Meme' Confronts the Violent History of White Womanhood
Apryl Williams discusses the historical context, significance of the ‘Karen Meme’
Borderless COVID-19, Restricted Vaccines: Assessing the global pricing of vaccines and treatments
GAiA event explores cost of COVID-19 treatments
Tech Companies Are Limiting Police Use of Facial Recognition. Here's Why
Mutale Nkonde talks to NPR about facial recognition
Danielle Allen Wins Re-envisioned Kluge Humanities Prize
Award administered by the Library of Congress recognizes work in disciplines not covered by the Nobel Prizes.
Australia warned to not ignore domestic misinformation in social media crackdown
evelyn douek spoke to Australia’s Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media about misinformation.
The Grave and Growing Dangers of Border Surveillance
Technological systems should be reimagined to include the needs and the rights of refugees, Dragana Kaurin argues.
Bot or not?
Jonas Kaiser talks with German radio station about social media bots, his recent paper
Zoom responds to privacy backlash by giving all its users end-to-end encryption
Bruce Schneier talks end-to-end encryption with CNN
Featured Projects
See all Projects & ToolsAI: Educational Activities
The Berkman Klein Center has worked to build a robust community and institutional activities leveraging… More
Youth and Media
Youth and Media (YaM) encompasses an array of research, advocacy, and development initiatives around youth (age 12-18)… More
Internet Robustness
The Internet Robustness project is developing, testing, and piloting software and protocols to safeguard the promise of… More
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is dedicated to exploring, understanding, and shaping the way we use technology
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… More
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… More
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… More
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… More
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Contact Tracing and Technology: A Deep Dive
BKC co-hosts conversation on digital data and public health More
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[Virtual] The Pandemic As a Portal
Video & Podcast: Three projects dedicated to capturing and documenting the new possible will talk about their… More
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[Virtual] Data and COVID-19
Health data, contact tracing, and misinformation More
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A discussion on the economic and healthcare fallouts for low-income countries More