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Skip to the main content Menu Harvard Berkman Klein Center Logo Harvard Berkman Klein Center Logo Main navigation Events Community Publications Projects & Tools Programs Topics People Secondary navigation About Us News Education Get Involved Search o-icon__search Featured links navigation Opportunity: Director of Communications Berkman Klein Center Announces 2019-2020 Community Ethics and Governance of AI at Berkman Klein: Report on Impact, 2017-2019 publication Jan 15, 2020 Principled Artificial Intelligence Mapping Consensus in Ethical and Rights-based Approaches to Principles for AI More Ethics and Governance of AI story Jan 7, 2020 Berkman Klein is Hiring Summer 2020 Interns! Applications are due Sunday, March 15th by 5 PM EST More news Dec 2, 2019 Apply for our 2020-2021 Fellowship Program Applications Due January 31, 2020 More The Latest News Your Guide to BKC @ ACM FAT* 2020 Engage with the Berkman Klein community at ACM FAT* 2020! Jan 21, 2020 Event Advancing Racial Literacy in Tech Part of the BKC Luncheon Series Feb 4, 2020 Event In Principle and in Practice A conversation about AI principles Mar 24, 2020 Event "Everything is better with better broadband" featuring Christopher Ali The United States spends $6billion a year on rural broadband deployment, and yet the digital divide may be growing… Feb 18, 2020 Community The latest news and commentary from our community. See all Community Posts Decrypt How Web 3 can use Google-like tactics to keep users Elizabeth Renieris warns that a new product offering companies working on Web 3 a way to send in-app notifications and… Elizabeth Renieris Jan 25, 2020 Slate Which Tech Companies Are Doing the Most Harm? Mutale Nkonde joined Slate's technology podcast What Next: TBD to discuss Alphabet and inherent bias. Mutale Nkonde Jan 24, 2020 Fast Company Google and Microsoft shouldn’t decide how technology is regulated Jessica Fjeld warns that giving too much credence to Big Tech is like “asking the fox for guidance on henhouse security… Jessica Fjeld Jan 23, 2020 Quartz How YouTube shields advertisers (not viewers) from harmful videos The difference between the protections YouTube offers its advertisers and those it provides consumers is stark. Jonas Kaiser Jan 22, 2020 Route Fifty One State May Become the First to Ban Law Enforcement Use of Genealogy Databases A state lawmaker in Utah wants police to stop using consumer genealogy databases to help them find criminals. Jasmine McNealy Jan 21, 2020 The New York Times We’re Banning Facial Recognition. We’re Missing the Point. The whole point of modern surveillance is to treat people differently, and facial recognition technologies are only a… Bruce Schneier Jan 20, 2020 New Books in Technology Podcast The Smart Enough City Ben Green joins Jasmine McNealy on the New Books in Technology podcast Jasmine McNealy Jan 20, 2020 The New York Times The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It Faculty associate Woodrow Hartzog spoke to the New York Times about the harrowing consequences of facial recognition Woodrow Hartzog Jan 18, 2020 Featured Projects See all Projects & Tools AI: Educational Activities The Berkman Klein Center has worked to build a robust community and institutional activities leveraging the University… More AI: Autonomous Vehicles As vehicles become more automated vehicles, we consider potential impacts on labor, questions about governance, bias,… More AI: Algorithms and Justice The use of algorithms in the judiciary has already raised significant questions about bias and fairness, and looking… More AI: Media and Information Quality As autonomous systems play an increasing role in selecting the content we see online, questions arise about AI's… More The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is dedicated to exploring, understanding, and shaping the way we use technology About Us Featured Topics See all Topics Ethics 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 The Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Initiative seeks to support the evolution of AI in the public interest through research, community-building, and education. A joint project of the Berkman Klein Center and the MIT Media Lab Learn more Featured events See all Events Mar 24, 2020 In Principle and in Practice A conversation about AI principles More Feb 18, 2020 "Everything is better with better broadband" featuring Christopher Ali The United States spends $6billion a year on rural broadband deployment, and yet the digital divide may be growing… More Feb 12, 2020 From JD to Data Science: A Case Study in AI and Law Zac Kriegman describes his path from a Harvard JD to a data science career focused on deep learning. More Feb 4, 2020 Advancing Racial Literacy in Tech Part of the BKC Luncheon Series More Stay in touch Subscribe to our email list for the latest news, information, and commentary from the Berkman Klein Center and our community. 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