In The Atlantic, Faculty Director Jonathan Zittrain probes policy questions raised by the “assumptions” large language models make about users. “Gleaning a model’s assumptions is just the beginning.

I am grateful to have been part of the first cohort of fellows at the Applied Social Media Lab at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. Over the past six months, my fellowship has ...

Scott Brennen and BKC Affiliate Zeve Sanderson warn about Congressional attempts to undermine states' ability to close the AI regulatory gap. They focus in particular on attempts to instate a ...

Jon Penney and Nathan Matias offer commentary on a 2023 lawsuit filed against Meta which alleged that its social media platforms harm young users' mental health. They provide tools for concretely ...

April 29, 2025, CAMBRIDGE – The Applied Social Media Lab at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society is pleased to announce the open-sourcing of Frankly, a groundbreaking ...

Magda Romanska argues that we're nearing a frightening form of technological totalitarianism. Romanska bases her assertion, in part, on Anthrophic's Claude.ai's uncanny ability to analyze a childhood ...

"The question facing Americans isn’t whether government needs modernization – it’s whether they’re willing to sacrifice democracy in pursuit of Musk’s version of efficiency." Berkman Affiliate Allison ...

Greg Gondwe explores Zambian youth's sophisticated digital activism in the wake of the 2020 youth protests, "effectively challenging the so-called elite on their own digital turf." "Through ...

In a newly-published report from Common Sense Media, Alexa Hasse — alongside co-authors Mary Madden, Angela Calvin, and Amanda Lenhart — illustrates the complex roles that rapidly-evolving generative ...

George Chalhoub is an assistant professor at University College London and an associate member at the University of Oxford. He holds a PhD in cybersecurity from the University of Oxford, where he also ...

The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University proudly welcomes an extraordinary cohort of fellows for the 2024-2025 academic year. The cohort will embrace the three pillars of ...

Apryl Williams describes dating app algorithms as a reinforcer of longstanding racial biases that privilege whiteness and deprioritize matching women of color. "If dating apps continue to follow the ...