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at Harvard University - exploring cyberspace, sharing in its study, and helping to pioneer its development

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@BKCHarvard is delighted to announce our 2024-25 fellows! This year’s cohort brings expertise in AI policy, journalism, psychology, math, music, and more. Read more about their research and experiences here: . Congratulations to those selected! 👏👏

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Congratulations to BKC faculty associates Tressie McMillan Cottom ( @tressiemcphd ) and Mary Gray ( @marylgray ), recipients of 2020 MacArthur Fellowships!!🎉🎉

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In the midst of a difficult year, a moment to celebrate. Meet the 2020 MacArthur Fellows, 21 remarkably creative and inspiring individuals. #MacFellow 📈📱⚙️🧼🧬🧠🎭🚰🩺🖥️✍️🖼️🦠🧫⚖️🏠📜📖💭📚🗣️🎵🎶🔬🧲🧪⚗️🔍🎥📕

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"The secret sauce of Hong Kong’s response was its people, and crucially, the movement that engulfed the city in 2019." – @Zeynep Tufekci for @TheAtlantic on looking to the people of Hong Kong for lessons on the city's response to COVID-19.

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How Hong Kong Did It

With the government flailing, the city’s citizens decided to organize their own coronavirus response.

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We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Rumman Chowdhury ( @ruchowdh ) has joined the annual @BKCHarvard fellowship cohort, working to strengthen and expand on the Center’s work on responsible AI.

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Announcing Dr. Rumman Chowdhury as Berkman Klein Center Responsible AI Fellow

The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is thrilled to announce that Dr. Rumman Chowdhury has joined its annual fellowship cohort.

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Kind of a big deal: All of US Caselaw (360 years worth of it!) is now available online for free at

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Today we’re excited to launch the Caselaw Access Project (CAP) API and bulk data service, which puts the full corpus of published U.S. case law online for anyone to access for free at . @hlslib @BKCHarvard @HarvardLibrary

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The Berkman Klein Center is delighted to announce the 2020-2021 community! Meet the 19 new fellows, and the new and returning community members who will animate the Center in the coming year 🎉🎉🎉

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Reading: Facebook's surveillance powers are nothing compared to what your Internet service provider is capable of. BKC privacy fellow @salome_viljoen_ in the @guardian

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A first-of-a-kind toolkit launched today for educators looking to engage critically and creatively with AI: The AI Pedagogy Project includes assignments, intro to LLMs -- all codesigned with students Thanks to the work of @jaytiesse @sarahwnewman

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The Berkman Klein Center is delighted to announce the 2019-2020 community! Meet the 19 new fellows, and the new and returning community of Berkmaniacs who will animate the Center in the coming year 🎉

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Berkman Klein Center Announces 2019-2020 Community

Announcing our new class of fellows and community members for 2019-2020

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NOW OPEN: Applications for our 2024-2025 fellowship cohort. BKC is seeking students, scholars, lawyers & technologists for a one-year fellowship engaging the legal, sociological, and political challenges posed by today's internet. Apply by January 22:

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Apply for BKC's 2024-2025 Fellowship Program

Calling scholars and practitioners whose research advances Internet & society studies in the public interest!

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Welcome, 2017-2018 @bkcharvard community! A global group of leaders exploring technologies for the social good

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Join us for a conversation with BKC Faculty Associates and 2020 MacArthur "Genius" Fellows @tressiemcphd and @marylgray on Tuesday, 10/20, at noon ET!

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Two Geniuses Walk into a Zoom

Podcast & Video: Tressie McMillan Cottom & Mary L. Gray discuss their latest work in relation to their recent MacArthur Fellows award.

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The Berkman Klein Center’s *open call for fellows* is back 📢 now accepting fellowship applications for the 2022-2023 academic year. Deadline: January 31, 2022.

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Open Call for Fellowship Applications, Academic Year 2022-2023

This opportunity is for scholars who wish to spend 2022-2023 in residence in Cambridge, MA as part of the Center's vibrant community of research and practice...

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🚨OPEN CALL FOR FELLOWS 🚨 BKC is accepting fellowship applications for the 2020-2021 academic year! Deadline to apply is 1/31/20

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Open Call for 2020-2021 Fellowship Applications

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We are excited to announce our call for Fellows for 2018-19! If you're working to better understand and change the Internet for the public interest, apply by Jan 31, 2018:

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Open Call for Fellowship Applications, Academic Year 2018-2019

We are now accepting fellowship applications for the 2018-2019 academic year through our annual open call.This opportunity is for those who wish to spend 2018-2019 in residence in Cambridge, MA as...

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Meet our 2018-2019 Berkman Klein Community!

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Berkman Klein Center Announces 2018-2019 Community

Announcing our new class of fellows and community members

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Spend the 2019-2020 academic year as a fellow with us @bkcharvard ! Seeking changemakers to join our vibrant community of research + practice and tackle the biggest challenges presented by the Internet. Apply by Jan 18!

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Looking for Fellows to Join Us in 2019-2020

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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The BKC/ @medialab Assembly cohort is coming together to tackle ethics and AI. Check out the crew of 17 technologists, managers, policymakers, and other professionals who will be joining us for the next 4 months!

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Announcing the 2019 Assembly Cohort

We are thrilled to announce the 2019 cohort for the Assembly program at the Berkman Klein Center and MIT Media Lab.

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NEW: The Institute for Rebooting Social Media @BKCHarvard is accepting applications for its 2024-2025 cohort of Visiting Scholars. Faculty committed to improving the current state of social media are encouraged to apply! Deadline: 01/08/24 Learn more:

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JUST PUBLISHED: the Open Data Privacy Toolkit, a guide for cities to deploy open data projects and protect privacy

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🚨Cool job alert!🚨The Assembly: Disinformation program is hiring two full-time fellows to join their staff team & develop substantive work on disinformation

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🚨 NEW 🚨 A BKC research team mapped AI principles and guidelines to get a grasp of the landscape

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The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society is pleased to announce the appointment of James Mickens, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, to its Board of Directors:

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Berkman Klein Center’s Board of Directors Welcomes James Mickens

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🚨📰 Exciting News and Opportunities at BKC: We’re announcing a new Institute for Rebooting Social Media, along with job openings: Director of the Institute as well as Executive Director of the Berkman Klein Center!

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A note from Jonathan Zittrain

The Berkman Klein Center shares exciting news and opportunities from our co-founder Jonathan Zittrain

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Join us in congratulating Urs Gasser on a new role across the Atlantic and thanking him for 12 years of transformative service as BKC Executive Director!

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Urs Gasser to embark on new role across the Atlantic

Urs Gasser will step down as BKC Executive Director after 12 years of transformative service; will assume role as professor of public policy, governance, and innovative technology at the Technical...

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Applications now open for the 2022-23 RSM Assembly Fellowship 📣 📣 Calling engineers, policy experts, legal scholars, and designers to help reimagine digital social space ⤵ Apply by May 6 for the ✨ RSM Assembly Fellowship ✨

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We changed our name! We are now “The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University!”

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Michael R. Klein LL.M. '67 supports future of cyberspace exploration and study - Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University have announced that Michael R. Klein LL.M. '67 has made a gift of $15 million to the Berkman Center, which in...

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BKC’s Institute for Rebooting Social Media is delighted to announce the inaugural cohort of RSM Assembly Fellows! These 13 interdisciplinary professionals will bring their varied expertise to @BKCHarvard @Harvard_Law @Harvard during the 2022-23 academic year. Learn more 🧵

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NEW: @BKCHarvard is also accepting Visiting Scholar applications for its Institute for Rebooting Social Media 2023-2024 cohort. This call is specifically for faculty members committed to improving the current state of social media. Deadline: Dec. 9, 2022

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“When you spread information, you create demand for it.” John Perry Barlow, one of our very first fellows, in ‘Reflecting on an Internet Decade,’ 2004 Rest In Peace

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Reflecting on an Internet Decade with John Perry Barlow

In the March 1994 issue of Wired, Berkman fellow John Perry Barlow fired a revolutionary shot heard 'round the world. In his essay The Economy of Ideas he an...

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We are looking for smart, cool, innovative, energetic, friendly Internet People to join our community. Join us!

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We are excited to announce our call for Fellows for 2017-18!

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Our new study: Partisanship, Propaganda, and Disinformation: Online Media and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

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Welcome to our 2019-2020 Berkman Klein community! 🎉🎉

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We are thrilled to announce the Institute for Rebooting Social Media’s Inaugural Cohort of Visiting Scholars! They’ll be in residence @Harvard_Law @Harvard doing pioneering research into social media. Learn more about this outstanding crew in the 🧵…

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Announcing the Institute for Rebooting Social Media's 2022-23 Visiting Scholars

Scholars will be in residence developing research into social media and the prospects for interventions to improve it.

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NEW RESEARCH | Analyzing the impacts of #AI through the lens of law and human rights. Important work from @filippoaraso @HannahHilligoss @vivekdotca @cbavitz + Levin Kim

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Artificial Intelligence & Human Rights

en Français Artificial intelligence (“AI”) is changing the world before our eyes. The promise of AI to improve our lives is enormous. AI-based systems are already outperforming medical specialists in...

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“The true costs of misinformation are not paid by platform companies. They are paid by everyone else who has to deal with the aftermath.” - @BostonJoan on election misinformation in the @nytimes

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How Three Election-Related Falsehoods Spread (Published 2020)

The lies took off so rapidly on Facebook and Twitter that local election officials could not contain them.

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@BKCHarvard is thrilled to announce @jacindaardern , former Prime Minister of New Zealand, will join the Center as its first @knightfdn Tech Governance Leadership Fellow. Ardern will work on the Christchurch Call mission & challenges with AI governance.

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Former New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern joins Berkman Klein Center as Knight Tech Governance...

Ardern will further the mission of the Christchurch Call in collaboration with BKC's vibrant research community...

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16 short essays about Harmful Speech Online from Internet researchers, activists, & technologists

Fresh Perspectives on Harmful Speech Online

If you’ve been on Twitter or Facebook lately, chances are good that you stumbled across something that might be classified as harmful…

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“We are in another crisis of research access to data” says @GabeNicholas of @CenDemTech , citing Twitter’s $4,200/month API, Reddit selling data to gen AI companies, & Meta’s ending Crowdtangle. “But this crisis is happening very slowly, and that’s what makes it really scary.”

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@jonnysun we've been like this for the last hour

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“Meta has consistently failed to hold anti-LGBTQ and particularly anti-trans content as violative of its community standards,” said @Esqueer_ of her @cyberlawclinic work on @OversightBoard case

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Oversight Board Calls Out Meta for ‘Failing’ to Protect LGBTQ People Online

The group has told the social media giant for the first time that it needs to step up the way it protects the real-world safety of LGBTQ people.

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"You cannot satisfy, mathematically, multiple conceptions of equality at the same time. It's impossible." –Professor Minow on the importance of explicit choices in one's conception of equality when creating an algorithm

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Want to explore the ethics and governance of AI? @medialab @BKCHarvard are accepting applications for the 2019 cohort of Assembly! We’re looking for technologists, policymakers, project managers, and other professionals. Learn more & apply here

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Apply Now to Join Our Assembly Cohort in 2019!

Seeking technologists with diverse skill sets to confront the concrete and constantly emerging problems related to artificial intelligence and governance. Applications are due Sunday, September 2,...

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Meet the 2022-2023 @BKCHarvard fellows! Their work will address issues at the intersection of technology and society, with a commitment to the public interest.

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Berkman Klein Center Announces Incoming 2022-2023 Fellows

Fellows will cover topics ranging from human rights to pandemic-era knowledge access.

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🎙️ “The problem with AI systems and machine learning is that they’re really, really good at standard, routine tasks, and the issue with humans is that we’re not standard, we’re not routine, we’re actually massively messy.” - @mutalenkonde on @NPR

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“In 2023, I am less interested in technologists who position themselves as “disrupting” fields through the power of new ideas, and more interested in communities who have been engaged with an issue over a long time.” - @EthanZ for @prospect_uk

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A Berkman Klein fellowship (apply by 1/31!) is a great opportunity to meet and work with scholars, policymakers, designers, coders, writers, and others who are excited about the Internet. But don't just take *our* word for it! 👇

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📺🎙️NEW video & podcast: "Two Geniuses Walk into a Zoom" – a conversation between @tressiemcphd and @marylgray , moderated by @BostonJoan

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Two Geniuses Walk into a Zoom

Podcast & Video: Tressie McMillan Cottom & Mary L. Gray discuss their latest work in relation to their recent MacArthur Fellows award.

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"Her goal was to paint a fuller picture, to chronicle the thefts and failures, debunk the marketing spiel, and underline the risks in the process." @molly0xFFF on her blog @web3isgreat , profiled in @WiredUK

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Molly White Tracks Crypto Scams. It's Going Just Great

In 2021, software engineer Molly White launched a cautionary Web3 blog to pour cold water on cryptocurrency's dumpster fires

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NEW: @Network_Centers launches a project on the practice of digital ethics, engaging interdisciplinary networks of scholars, students, & civil society groups to advance outputs with social relevance. cc: @hiig_berlin @digitalasiahub @BredowInstitut @MercatorDE

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International Dialogue on “The Ethics of Digitalisation” Kicks Off...

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@BKCHarvard is thrilled to announce an extraordinary cohort of incoming fellows for the 2023-2024 academic year. The group’s expertise and interests range from intellectual property law and algorithmic infrastructure, to privacy, AI, and journalism.

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Berkman Klein Center Announces Incoming 2023-2024 Fellows

Fellows have expertise and interests range from intellectual property law and algorithmic infrastructure, to privacy and AI fairness frameworks.

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Reading: @NYTmag profiles mememaker & BKC fellow @jonnysun (who speaks here on 6/28!: )

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It’s easy to talk about what we *don’t* want for the future of our technologies. But what *do* we want? 🧐🤖💥 JOIN US for a creative workshop / Thurs 11.18.21 👇👇🏽👇🏾 *RSVP* —> 💫 Feat. @sarahwnewman @kimay @hilaryanneross @joannekcheung & special guests!

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READING: Thread from @d1gi on his latest research into trolls, polarization, and manipulation of the public sphere

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Trolls on Twitter: How Mainstream and Local News Outlets Were Used to Drive a Polarized News Agenda

Fake Accounts, Real News?

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I just published “Trolls on Twitter: How Mainstream and Local News Outlets Were Used to Drive a Polarized News Agenda”

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Google's decision to drop labels like "man" and "woman" from their image tagging AI pressures other companies to do the same. But @schock argues that it isn't enough: "All classification tags on humans should be opt-in, consensual, and revokable."

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Amazon, Microsoft, and IBM are under pressure to follow Google and drop gender labels like 'man'...

Researchers have found AI tools often misclassify people's gender — especially if they're women of color.

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Happening virtually on April 14, 12 p.m. ET: Why Fairness Cannot Be Automated with @SandraWachter5 Learn more and register ⬇️⬇️

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🥳🥳 Congratulations @KendraSerra on being a recipient of the @Harvard_Law 2019-2020 Dean’s Award for Excellence!! 🥳🥳

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@BKCHarvard ’s Institute for Rebooting Social Media is thrilled to announce its Visiting Scholars cohort for the upcoming 2023-2024 academic year. Learn more about the Institute and this year's cohort🧵

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Learn more about @thistimeitsmimi , a New York-based artist and researcher who creates art that helps expand the conversations around #AI and algorithms.

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NEW: Algorithms can only be as good as the data that underly them. Learn about one project that is pulling back the curtain on the quality of datasets

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The “Dataset Nutrition Label Project” Tackles Dataset Health and Standards

The integrity of a machine learning model is fundamentally predicated on the data used to train it — as the saying goes, “garbage in, garbage out.”

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Congrats to @mutalenkonde for being named to TikTok's Content Advisory Council! 🎉 🎉

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"Meta continuing to refuse to recognize the account's behavior as “mass harassment” does not change the fact that, in fact, that is exactly what it is doing," writes @Esqueer_ in @techpolicypress

Policies vs. Enforcement: What’s Up with Meta’s Platforming of Violent Extremist Hate Account “Libs...

The current state of Meta’s interpretations of its policies continues to result in extraordinary harm to LGBTQ people, writes Alejandra Caraballo.

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“Meta has consistently failed to hold anti-LGBTQ and particularly anti-trans content as violative of its community standards,” ICYMI, @cyberlawclinic 's @Esqueer_ spoke to @Rollingstone on Meta failing to protect LGBTQ people online

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Oversight Board Calls Out Meta for ‘Failing’ to Protect LGBTQ People Online

The group has told the social media giant for the first time that it needs to step up the way it protects the real-world safety of LGBTQ people.

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Get to know the Berkman Klein 2016-2017 community! Welcome, new faces!

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On top of economic divisions “technology is also gender biased” says BKC Fellow @paolaricaurte , who works on empowering Latin American women in physical & digital spaces. Read more in her interview w/ @Marym19 & Christina Chen, and apply for a Fellowship!

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NEW: The @BKCHarvard annual fellowship is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 academic year! This call is for multi-disciplinary scholars & practitioners to join the Center’s vibrant, collaborative research community. Deadline: January 9, 2023

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Open Call for Fellowship Applications, Academic Year 2023-2024

This opportunity is for scholars who wish to spend 2023-2024 in residence in Cambridge, MA as part of the Center's vibrant community of research and practice...

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We are excited to welcome Martha Minow to our Board of Directors!

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

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 community.

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Wondering about the implications of Trump's Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship? Use this tool to explore the Communications Decency Act Section 230, created by BKC Assembly student fellows. Check it out:

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🗳️🗳️ NEW from Yochai Benkler & BKC research team: "Mail-In Voter Fraud: Anatomy of a Disinformation Campaign"

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Mail-In Voter Fraud: Anatomy of a Disinformation Campaign

Working paper explores disinformation campaign about mail-in voter fraud

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Welcome new 19-20 fellows, @johnbasl , @bea_botero , @hferdjani , @adversariel , @teejneff , @mutalenkonde , @JulieOwono , @Senficon , @hackylawyER , @NScheinerman , @TWallack , @AprylW , @bowlinearl , and @baobaofzhang ! All at @BKCHarvard can't wait to work with you!

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The Berkman Klein Center is delighted to announce the 2019-2020 community! Meet the 19 new fellows, and the new and returning community of Berkmaniacs who will animate the Center in the coming year 🎉

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Looking for a few good technologists to join the 2018 AI Assembly Cohort with us & @medialab . Apply here!

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Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society

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Now accepting applications for our 2016 summer internship program! Join us for serious fun!

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7 years

Students of the Internet, apply for a summer internship with us! Join our crew and do fulfilling and important work, sharpen your skills as critical + thoughtful researchers and advocates, make great friendships, and get paid. Apps due 2/28.

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READING: New survey from @citizenlab finds that journalism schools are lagging in their cybersecurity training for the next generations of journalists

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Excited to announce this new collaboration to work on Ethics & Governance in #ArtificialIntelligence !

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The Institute for Rebooting Social Media kicked off its RSM Assembly Fellowship last week with 13 interdisciplinary professionals from around the world @BKCHarvard

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In honor of announcing our 2020-2021 community, BKC’s Director of Community, Rebecca Tabasky, will be taking over the BKC twitter account today! Keep a lookout for tweets signed “-Becca”!

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📣 Call for student applications 📣 Interested in real-world problem-solving and research with impact? Join our Fall 2020 online research sprint open to Masters- and PhD-level students from all disciplines and geographies. Learn more:

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Call for student applications

“Digital Ethics in Times of Crisis: COVID-19 and Access to Education and Learning Spaces”

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“There's this rot at the very foundations of the building blocks of this technology—and I think that’s going to be very hard to cure,” says @BKCHarvard affiliate Elizabeth Renieris in @WIRED .

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ChatGPT Has a Big Privacy Problem

Italy’s recent ban of Open AI’s generative text tool may just be the beginning of ChatGPT's regulatory woes.

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7 years

Globally, 40% of 2,046 most popular websites can only be reached by an encrypted connection

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Join the @UCBerkeley #TechPolicyFellows program! Collaborate on projects aimed at responsible tech development & use. Open to experts from all fields! Learn more and apply ➡️

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How do we design #AI systems that are accountable and explanable? Our new working paper offers some ideas @NCPtarmigan @cyberlawclinic @hseas @harvard_law @medialab

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We're looking for a Project Coordinator to help advance our work on the Ethics & Governance of #AI at @Harvard

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Members of BKC’s Digital Pandemic Response Working Group contributed to an essay series looking at digital contact tracing from many angles, including local and international efforts, tech and systemic racism, and more. Check it out:

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Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society

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@BKCHarvard , in collaboration with @metalabharvard , @EdgelandsInst , & @accessnow , is welcoming 34 early-career scholars and practitioners working in 16 countries who will participate in a ten-week research sprint exploring digital identity amid crises.

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Research sprint examines challenges of navigating digital identity amid crises

The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, in collaboration with metaLAB (at) Harvard, the Edgelands Institute, and AccessNow, is welcoming 34 early-career scholars and practitioners working in...

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Join the Berkman Klein team in 2019! We are looking to fill a variety of high impact positions at many experience levels, from senior management and strategic roles to our next fellowship class. Apply for one of these yourself, or share with a friend! 👇

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Employment Opportunities

There are a variety of employment opportunities with the Berkman Center, including staff positions, fellowships, and internships.

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🕛 TOMORROW at NOON! 🕛 BKC fellow Julia Reda ( @Senficon ) will discuss how the new EU copyright directive will change the web

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To Unsafe Harbors: How the new EU Copyright Directive Will Change the Web

Former Member of the European Parliament reflects on the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market

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🎉 This year, we are thrilled to welcome back 5 ongoing alumni project teams to the Assembly Fellowship to further develop public interest projects addressing disinformation, cybersecurity, and ethical AI. Learn more about the cohort and their projects:

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BKC Assembly announces 2021 Assembly Fellowship cohort

Five teams from inside and outside academia to further develop interventions in the areas of disinformation, cybersecurity, and ethical AI

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NEWS ⚡️ Please join the Berkman Klein Center in welcoming Susan Hendrickson as our new Executive Director!

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Tomorrow @ noon ET: Join us for a conversation with BKC Faculty Associates and 2020 MacArthur "Genius" Fellows @tressiemcphd and @marylgray , moderated by @BostonJoan !

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Two Geniuses Walk into a Zoom

Podcast & Video: Tressie McMillan Cottom & Mary L. Gray discuss their latest work in relation to their recent MacArthur Fellows award.

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Join the @UCBerkeley #TechPolicyFellows program! Collaborate on projects aimed at responsible tech development & use. Open to experts from all fields! Learn more and apply ➡️

Tech Policy Fellowship Application

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Bruce Schneier on the risk of cyberattacks in the US election

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“At the moment, major professional media doesn’t seem to be falling for it in the same way, and that’s the critical thing to my mind.” - BKC's Yochai Benkler joins @brianstelter on @ReliableSources

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What is “dirty data?” Here’s 60 seconds with Rashida Richardson of the @AINowinstitute on the provenance of bad data and its use in the criminal justice system. (Full talk here: )

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🧵THREAD: Over the past two weeks, as news about COVID-19 developed, the BKC community has looked at the pandemic from many angles, including issues of online pedagogy, privacy and data collection, and human rights. Check out their work so far:

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"I tend to think of AI a little bit like asbestos. It’s getting bolted wholesale and retail into all sorts of things, where it’s not even obvious that it’s inside it." @Zittrain sat down with @thecrimson to discuss AI regulation & @TheLabBKC .

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Fifteen Questions: Jonathan Zittrain on Social Media, AI Litigation, and CompuServe | Magazine |...

Fifteen Questions: Jonathan Zittrain on Social Media, AI Litigation, and CompuServe | Magazine | The Harvard Crimson

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4 years

A statement from the BKC Board of Directors to the community and beyond:

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“Artificial personas are the future of propaganda. And while they may not be effective in tilting debate to one side or another, they easily drown out debate entirely.” — BKC fellow Bruce Schneier for @TheAtlantic ⬇️ ⬇️

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“The promise of the Internet was to get perspectives of people who did not have a seat at the table, but here I am in 2023 and I think that dream is maybe a little bit of nightmare sometimes,” @nabihasyed , CEO of @themarkup , kicks off our last @TheLabBKC panel with @nancygibbs

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Applications are now open for the 2020 Assembly Fellowship! 🎉🎉 Apply before September 15:

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