Berkman Center for Internet & Society

Join Professor Benkler's Cooperation Research Group

Local research assistants are wanted to join Professor Yochai Benkler's group this fall, which is embarking on a new effort to provide a map of commons-based and cooperative peer production. Read on to learn how to get involved.

Shaping the future of privacy

IAAP's Navigate 2008

John Palfrey and Jonathan Zittrain are in New Hampshire this week for a "think-tank retreat" arranged around key privacy issues and questions...

Berkman Buzz: Week of August 11, 2008

Free software licensing, the iPhone's kill switch, Chinese censorship and more...in this week's BUZZ!

Chinese blogger Twitters his detention; GV translates

Global Voices reports on citizen reporter Zhou “Zuola” Shuguang's detention and release, all detailed via his Twitter stream...

Digital Natives: life cycle of a digital dossier

The Digital Natives Reporters in the Field series changes tactics this week with a narrated slide show from intern Kanupriya Tewari. The piece explores the accumulation of data -- the expanding digital dossier -- through the life of a fictional digital native...

Apple keeps mum

Over on the StopBadware.org blog, Max Weinstein writes, "The other day, Rob Pegoraro at the Washington Post wrote a column about Apple’s tendency to keep its mouth shut rather than communicating with customers...Here at StopBadware.org, we’ve found Apple to be equally uncommunicative..."

Berkman Buzz: Week of August 4, 2008

Herdict, Scrabulous, the South African blogosphere and more...in this week's BUZZ!

Digital Natives: encounter with the RIAA (finale)

Two weeks ago, the Digital Natives Reporters in the Field series brought you the first two parts of "The Ballad of Zack McCune" -- an exploration of digital natives and illegal downloading, guided by Berkman summer intern Zack McCune's encounter with the RIAA. This week, the series brings you the conclusion of Zack's tale, created by Digital Natives summer interns Nikki Leon and John Randall...

The Citizen Media Law Project on Understanding Your Legal Risks When You Blog or Publish Online

From the Citizen Media Law Project blog...Over the next few weeks I'll be posting about various topics we cover in the CMLP's Citizen Media Legal Guide...Today, I'll start with the risks associated with publishing online...

ONEonONE interviews with Tuesday luncheon guests

This week, the Berkman Tuesday Luncheon Series is on summer vacation. We pick back up again next week, on August 12, with Ryan Goodman and Andrew Woods of the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law: "Understanding Social Action, Promoting Human Rights." This week, by way of preview/review and to keep you fed, a few individual interviews from our spring 2008 luncheon guests, on Berkman's YouTube channel...

Berkman Buzz: Week of July 28, 2008

Phorm, advocacy journalism, body slams and more...in this week's BUZZ!