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A new wave of social media apps provide hope in a doomscrolling world
Rudy Fraser's Blacksky is mentioned as a new wave social media app that focuses on depth, rather than breadth. "…
Agentic AI's OODA Loop Problem
Bruce Schneier and coauthor Barath Raghavan argue that the OODA (observe, orient, decide, act) loop poses problems for…
AI Is Changing How Politics Is Practiced in America
AI's influence on the 2026 electoral cycle will be greater than what many feared leading to 2024, warn Bruce Schneier…
Autonomous AI hacking and the future of cybersecurity
Bruce Schneier and coauthors caution that cyber attackers are now using AI agents to automate some parts of the hacking…
Artificial intelligence as heteromation
Faculty Associate David Nemer and coauthor André Sobal draw attention to the human labor powering purportedly…
How AI Could Drive the 2026 Midterm Elections
A year out from the 2026 midterm elections, Nathan Sanders and Bruce Schneier expect that AI use will differ along…
Lessons from Nigeria and Kenya on Digital Colonialism in AI Health Messaging
Jasmine McNealy and coauthor Yewande O. Addie summarize the results of their recent Oxford-published study in which…
Valiantly Looking For Truth And Certainty In AI And LLMs Gets Earnest Airtime At Harvard’s BKC
Forbes contributor Lance Eliot recaps the first event of the Fall 2025 Speaker Series: "Belief, Uncertainty, and Truth…
Featured Programs
See all ProgramsThe Institute for Rebooting Social Media
The Institute for Rebooting Social Media is a three-year "pop-up" initiative that will address the biggest questions in…
Fellowship Program
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society welcomes an interdisciplinary and diverse community of academics and…
Professional Learning and Engagement
Professional Learning and Engagement (PLE) at the Berkman Klein Center offers transformative experiences for…
Applied Social Media Lab
A new home for technologists and practitioners to reimagine, rebuild, and reboot social media to serve the public good…
Featured Projects
See all Projects & ToolsNetwork of Interdisciplinary Internet & Society Research Centers
A collaborative initiative focused on interdisciplinary research on the development, social impact, policy implications…
metaLAB (at) Harvard
Explores the digital arts and humanities through research, teaching, publications, and exhibitions
Lumen
Lumen collects and studies online content removal requests, providing transparency and supporting research and analysis…
Artificial Intelligence and the Law
This initiative focuses on new challenges and opportunities for the law created by the rise of AI.
Featured Topics
See all TopicsEthics 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 technologies around the…
Media, Democracy, & Public Discourse
The way we communicate online evolves and changes shape rapidly. Through research, the building of tools, and bringing together diverse viewpoints and underrepresented voices, we seek to examine, analyze,…
Technology & the Law
Software, hardware, platforms, and networks are regulated by sometimes conflicting and overlapping sets of laws, policies, and norms. New technologies are constantly creating new frontiers for policymaker…
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 build…