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Bluesky is open about almost everything, except setting and enforcing their community guidelines. They have an opportunity to lead the Internet forward with a democratic alternative.
Rumman Chowdhury cautions that, no matter how useful AI can be, users shouldn't have it do their thinking for them.
BKC Affiliate Kathy Pham introduces The United States Digital Service Origins, an oral history of the USDS featuring nearly 50 interviews telling the story of technology and government.
Affiliate Bruce Schneier testifies before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform concerning DOGE's access to and use of Americans' data, reminding congresspersons that "data is power." ...
Faculty Associate Ben Green exposes some of the challenges to Elon Musk's purported goal of using AI to reduce government spending.
Sahana Udupa explores the dark side of encrypted messaging apps, exploring how hateful messages (which she dubs "extreme speech") can flourish in such apps because smaller-scale communications make ...
The Digital Asia Hub and Berkman Klein Center are launching a Spring 2021 “Research Sprint” this week with a global cohort of 25 students participating from 21 different countries spread over 6 ...
Paul Resnick is the Michael D. Cohen Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information and Director of the Center for Social Media Responsibility. At the Institute, he will ...
The Berkman Klein Center hosted a Research Sprint that convened a global cohort of approximately 40 student participants from 21 different countries spread over five continents, under a project led by ...
Tweets by Rebooting Social Media Visiting Scholar Kate Klonick are referenced in a discussion of Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh. "As Kate Klonick...explained brilliantly here, the narrative ...
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 ...