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There is good reason to believe municipal broadband would result in cost savings to citizens

Headed to IFF this year? If so, be sure to check out some of these panels and discussions led by members of the Berkman Klein community.

The Laughing Room is an artificially intelligent room and interactive art installation that plays a laugh track whenever the participants say something that the room’s algorithm…

Close to 300 academic and training resources on the laws, institutions and actors that have founded a global system of freedom of expression, information and media

It’s clear that the roadmap for AI governance won’t rely solely on business or academic research. That's where Assembly comes in.

Technical solutions alone aren't enough to address vulnerabilities in machine learning systems

Seven projects that tackle artificial intelligence in the field of news and information

Berkman Kleins' Digital Literacy Resource Platform was recently rolled out in the UK to help teachers fight back against cyberbullying

Why privacy and data protection regulations should be designed to explicitly regulate cumulative risk in a manner that is consistent with the science of composition effects.

We are thrilled to announce the 2019 cohort for the Assembly program at the Berkman Klein Center and MIT Media Lab. The program, which will start its third iteration on March…

Libraries are Being Starved - Whose fault is it? John Bracken, MAR 4, 2019 | 3:30PM – 4:30PM HILTON AUSTIN DOWNTOWN ROOM 408 Libraries, the most trusted civic…

The Oracle - Google case. Setting legal norms and a global precedent for software copyrights and infringement. 

Should Facebook be considered an “information fiduciary” when it comes to the privacy of its clients?

"Don't Panic: Making Progress on the 'Going Dark' Debate" now in Portuguese after translation by ITS Rio

Dragana's work is committed to "de-colonizing the net" and helping to empower communities worldwide in overcoming language and cultural barriers on the Internet.

Guidance for developers and artists on how to handle rights for AI-generated art

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.

Jessica Dheere wants activists, policymakers, and researchers to be able to better observe, understand, and act on emerging legal trends in digital rights around the world.

Velislava Hillman researches young people’s perspectives on digital technologies as tools for creating things, connecting with others, and learning, and the long term impacts of…

Jonathan Jackson is looking for frameworks and unique ways to measure black cultural influence (and the economic impact of black creativity) in the US and around the world