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Dec 9, 2018

Network Propaganda named one of the best books of 2018

The Guardian celebrates some of our research as the most important of the year.

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Facebook leader sits down with Harvard’s Jonathan Zittrain

Professor Jonathan Zittrain discusses the social media giant’s ‘long year’ with Facebook's head of global policy management Monika Bickert.

Dec 5, 2018
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Exploring Social Innovation in Norway

A Workshop on Mapping Innovation Ecosystems

What we learned about social innovation in Norway, how to map local innovation ecosystems and the challenges and opportunities that Norwegian social entrepreneurs confront.

Dec 5, 2018
Dec 5, 2018

Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society Welcomes Martha Minow to Board of Directors

Minow is a world-renowned champion of human rights, advocacy, and global justice

Minow’s work as a scholar and leader strengthens the Board’s interdisciplinary focus and brings invaluable insight and wisdom to the Center’s mission, work, and inclusive…

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Dec 4, 2018

Meet the 66 finalists in the AI and the News Open Challenge

We're excited to share the 66 finalists who are vying for a share of the $750,000 to address specific problems at the intersection of AI and the news

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Dec 1, 2018

Get to Know Berkman Klein Fellow Sabelo Mhlambi

a spotlight on one of our 2018-2019 BKC Fellows

Sabelo Mhlambi's research goal is to improve societies, particularly ones in which there is a history of human rights abuses, through accessible and secure methods of…

Nov 30, 2018

Get to Know Berkman Klein Fellow Jim Lucchese

a spotlight on one of our 2018-2019 BKC Fellows

Nov 29, 2018

Get to Know Berkman Klein Fellow Hyunjin Seo

a spotlight on one of our 2018-2019 BKC Fellows

Fellow Hyunjin Seo is working on a project titled “Collective Action in the Digital Age: A Multilevel Approach.”

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Nov 27, 2018

The Dataset Nutrition Label Project

The Dataset Nutrition Label Project empowers data scientists and policymakers with practical tools to improve AI outcomes

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Nov 15, 2018

Get to Know Berkman Klein Fellow Titi Akinsanmi

a spotlight on one of our 2018-2019 BKC Fellows

Nov 7, 2018

Digital Economy, AI, and Harmful Speech at IGF 2018

the Berkman Klein Community joins the Internet Governance Forum 2018

Our community of staff, fellows, and affiliates lead numerous sessions at the Internet Governance Forum

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Oct 30, 2018

Looking for Fellows to Join Us in 2019-2020

Learn more and apply!

The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is now accepting fellowship applications for the 2019-2020 academic year through our annual open call

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Harvard Law Just Released 6.5 Million Court Decisions Online

40 million pages of U.S. court decisions made available free and in-full online for the first time

Oct 29, 2018
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It’s not enough for AI to be “ethical”; it must also be “rights respecting”

On the importance of thinking about both the human rights implications and the ethics of AI.

Oct 9, 2018
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Evaluating the impact of artificial intelligence on human rights

Profiling six areas where current deployments of artificial intelligence are having an impact on human rights

Sep 27, 2018
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Sep 18, 2018

AI and the News: An Open Challenge

Have an idea for using AI to stop bad actors, empower journalism, govern platforms or to reimagine news? Apply for an AI and the News Open Challenge grant to work on the product.

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Aug 28, 2018

Major upgrade for TagTeam, the open-source tagging platform

Announcing a major upgrade to TagTeam, our open-source tagging platform

Aug 22, 2018

Berkman Klein is Set to Represent at SXSW 2019

Vote for panels from our community!

Check out some of these panels and discussions proposed by members of the Berkman Klein community.

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Aug 13, 2018

Helping Global Policymakers Navigate AI’s Challenges and Opportunities

Giving policymakers practical steps to help close the many gaps they see in understanding how to deal with Artificial Intelligence technologies

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Aug 1, 2018

Berkman Klein Center Joins the Partnership on AI

The Berkman Klein Center is excited to announce that we are joining…