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Upcoming Events

Apr 25, 2024 @ 9:00 AM

Journalism and the Politics of Narrating African Suffering

Expert Roundtable

An expert roundtable focused on the key themes of Prof. j. Siguru Wahutu’s upcoming book In the Shadow of the Global North: Journalism in Postcolonial Africa (Cambridge University…

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May 2, 2024 @ 9:30 AM

Platforms and the Right to Information

Hybrid Workshop, May 2

One-day workshop examining what the right to information should look like in relation to platforms and how it can be implemented in a manner that protects user privacy...

May 8, 2024 @ 12:30 PM

Information Foraging in a Social Media World

RSM Speaker Series

Carl Bergstrom explores social media's impact on the scale of human communication...

Past Events

May 17, 2016 @ 12:00 PM

Under-connected in America: How Lower-Income Families Respond to Digital Equity Challenges

with Vikki S. Katz, Associate Professor, School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University

Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 12:00 pm Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University Harvard Law School campus Wasserstein Hall, Room 2009 While 94% of…

May 17, 2016 @ 12:00 PM

Disneyland, measles, and parents’ choice not to vaccinate

A conversation with CA State Senator Dr. Richard Pan and Dr. Brittany Seymour

In 2014, the US experienced the largest measles outbreak in nearly a generation, with many cases linked to unvaccinated Disneyland visitors. Misinformation online about vaccines…

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May 12, 2016 @ 9:00 AM

Conectados al Sur: Chile

2016. Digitally Connected

The Institute of Communication and Image at the University of Chile, UNICEF, and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society co-hosted the second regional symposium “Conectados…

May 11, 2016 @ 12:00 PM

The Internetish Things of Cuba: Open Source and ‘in the Clear’

with Berkman Fellow , Ellery Biddle

Learn about the complex landscape of Internet access, digital media use and open source software development in Cuba.

May 10, 2016 @ 12:00 PM

Applying network science for public health: Toward 'social' communication strategies

with Berkman Fellow, Brittany Seymour

How can we employ network science to develop social communication strategies for public health that build on the strengths and opportunities provided by today's Internet?

May 6, 2016 @ 8:00 AM

Big Data, Health Law, and Bioethics

The Berkman Center is pleased to be collaborating with the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School on their 2016 annual…

May 4, 2016 @ 12:00 PM

Finding common standards for the Right to be Forgotten: Challenges and Perspective

with Dr. Michel Reymond

How to prevent fragmentation of the Right to be Forgotten? Can common standards be found?

May 3, 2016 @ 12:00 PM

Black 2.0: the New Liberation Movement

with Carl Williams, staff attorney at the ACLU of MA

Join us to hear Carl Williams speak about the current Black Liberation movement.

Apr 28, 2016 @ 9:00 AM

Conectados al Sur - Breakfast of Ideas

ICTs and Education in Latin America

The Breakfast of Ideas event seeks to gather both people from Latin American and individuals who have a sincere interest in Latin American affairs revolving around issues of…

Apr 27, 2016 @ 12:00 PM

"Chilling Effects": Insights on how laws and surveillance impact people online

with Jon Penney

In this talk, Jon will draw on his doctoral research at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, to fill in some of the gaps in our understanding of chilling effects…

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Apr 27, 2016 @ 9:00 AM

Digital Racist Speech in Latin America: Narratives and Counter-Narratives

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society hosts a conference to explore the dynamics of hate speech targeted toward Afro-descendent populations in Latin America, and the existing…

Apr 26, 2016 @ 12:00 PM

Why the Right Digital Decisions Will Make America Strong

with Susan Crawford, the John A. Reilly Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and a co-director of the Berkman Center

A conversation on high speed internet, infrastructure, and the future of innovation and competitiveness, with Susan Crawford, the John A. Reilly Clinical Professor of Law at…

Apr 20, 2016 @ 12:00 PM

The North American Information Technology Marketplace: Three Decades of IT Channel Evolution and the Continued Importance of Small IT Companies

with Alan Weinberger ’73, Entrepreneur and Founder and CEO, The ASCII Group, Inc.

This talk will address the development of the information technology marketplace over the past three decades and the continued importance of small IT companies.

Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:30 PM

Giovanni Buttarelli, European Data Protection Supervisor

Ethics as the Root of Privacy and the Future of Data Protection

On Tuesday, 19 April 2016, MIT’s Internet Policy Research Initiative (IPRI), MIT Media Lab and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University are proud to host…

Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:00 PM

Copyright Law Year in Review

with Peter S. Menell, the Koret Professor of Law at UC Berkeley School of Law and a Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology

What ties together cheerleader outfits, monkey selfies, the Batmobile, a chicken sandwich, Yoga, and Yoda? Professor Peter Menell will provide an exhilarating copyright year in…

Apr 15, 2016 @ 9:00 AM

Conectados al Sur - Breakfast of Ideas

Hate speech, Race and Inequality in Colombia and Brazil

The Breakfast of Ideas event seeks to gather both people from Latin American and individuals who have a sincere interest in Latin American affairs revolving around issues of…

Apr 12, 2016 @ 12:00 PM

A Burglar’s Guide to the City: On Architecture and Crime

with author Geoff Manaugh

Join Geoff Manaugh, author of the new book A Burglar’s Guide to the City, to discuss more than two thousand years’ worth of heists and break-ins, with a discussion ranging from…

Apr 11, 2016 @ 12:00 PM

Online Violence Against Women & Emerging Legal Protections

A Conversation with Congresswoman Katherine Clark

  Monday, April 11, 12pm-1pm Harvard Law School Campus Hauser 102   How do we protect women online post gamer-gate? How do we balance first amendment rights…

Apr 4, 2016 @ 9:00 AM

TRANSPARENCIA

A Symposium on Open Data and Anti-corruption in Latin America

  Monday, April 4, 2016, 9:00am - 4:00 pm David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 CGIS…

Mar 24, 2016 @ 8:00 AM

Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, Forum on Data Privacy

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is pleased to join with the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General, MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory,…