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Mar 28, 2016

Berkman at RightsCon 2016

Headed to RightsCon 2016?  Lots of folks from the Berkman Center are. We're leading discussions on topics ranging from online hate speech, to protecting users rights, to mapping…

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Jan 25, 2016

Digital Literacy Resource Platform Goes Live

The Berkman Center and Youth and Media are pleased to announce the launch of the Digital Literacy Resource Platform (DLRP), a new online platform we have designed and incubated as…

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Jan 20, 2016

Privacy Tools Project submits comments on proposed revisions to the Common Rule

On January 6, 2016, members of the Privacy Tools for Sharing Research Data project submitted comments in response to the September 2015 notice of proposed rulemaking to revise the…

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Nov 30, 2015

New Research Hub Launches to Focus on Digital Asia

Digital Asia Hub will provide open, collaborative platform for research, knowledge sharing, and capacity building related to Internet and society issues in the region.

The Berkman Center is thrilled to share this announcement from our colleagues at the Digital Asia Hub. November 26, 2015 - Hong Kong - A diverse, international group of…

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Nov 8, 2015

Berkman at the Internet Governance Forum

The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is a multistakeholder forum for policy dialogue on issues of Internet governance. The Berkman Center and our colleagues from the Network of…

Nov 2, 2015

Harvard's Groundbreaking Project Documenting Online Content Removals Changes Name to Lumen, Reflecting Expanded Mission and International Scope

We're excited to announce exciting changes to our pioneering Chilling Effects project, including an expanded mission and a new set of international research partnerships. 

Oct 29, 2015

Harvard Law School Launches “Free the Law” Project with Ravel Law To Digitize US Case Law, Provide Free Access

Collaboration will make American law open and publicly available for the first time in history

Harvard Law School announced today that, with the support of Ravel Law, a legal research and analytics platform, it is digitizing its entire collection of U.S. case law, one of…

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Oct 21, 2015

Welcome New Fellows: Niousha Roshani and Effy Vayena

By Summer 2015 Interns Sun Woo Lee and Grant Nelson

This post is part of a series featuring interviews with some of members of the 2015-2016 class of Berkman Fellows. Conducted by our 2015 summer interns (affectionately known as …

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Oct 14, 2015

Welcome New Fellows: Chao Yin Kuo and Patrick Murck

By Summer 2015 Interns Tarun Krishnakumar and Zoe Wood

This post is part of a series featuring interviews with some of members of the 2015-2016 class of Berkman Fellows. Conducted by our 2015 summer interns (affectionately known as …

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Oct 6, 2015

Welcome New Fellows: Shannon Dosemagen and Maria Paz Canales

By Summer 2015 Interns Won Woo Kim and Rod Ghaemmaghami

This post is part of a series featuring interviews with some of members of the 2015-2016 class of Berkman Fellows. Conducted by our 2015 summer interns (affectionately known as …

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Oct 2, 2015

Welcome New Fellows: Griffin Boyce and Olivier Alais

By Summer 2015 Interns Michael Rosenbloom and Loren Newman

This post is part of a series featuring interviews with some of members of the 2015-2016 class of Berkman Fellows. Conducted by our 2015 summer interns (affectionately known as …

Sep 28, 2015

Welcome New Fellows: Dariusz Jemielniak and Rebecca Richman Cohen

By Summer 2015 Interns Sandra Rubinchik and Muira McCammon

This post is part of a series featuring interviews with some of members of the 2015-2016 class of Berkman Fellows. Conducted by our 2015 summer interns (affectionately known as …

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Sep 28, 2015

Berkman Center Launches New Internet Data Dashboard

Dashboard debuts at World Economic Forum meeting in Geneva

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is pleased to announce the launch of the Internet Monitor dashboard, a freely accessible tool that aims to improve…

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Sep 17, 2015

Welcome New Fellows: Eldar Haber and Nicola Greco

By Summer 2015 Interns Amy Aixi Zhang and Dario Chaifouroosh

This post is part of a series featuring interviews with some of members of the 2015-2016 class of Berkman Fellows. Conducted by our 2015 summer interns (affectionately known as …

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Sep 15, 2015

Welcome New Fellows: Lana Swartz and Leyla Keser

By Summer 2015 Interns David Eichert and Dennis Redeker

This post is part of a series featuring interviews with some of members of the 2015-2016 class of Berkman Fellows. Conducted by our 2015 summer interns (affectionately known as …

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Sep 11, 2015

Welcome New Fellows: Charlie Ruth Castro and Jason Griffey

By Summer 2015 Interns Uvania Naidoo and Nick Rubin

This post is part of a series featuring interviews with some of members of the 2015-2016 class of Berkman Fellows. Conducted by our 2015 summer interns (affectionately known as …

Sep 10, 2015

Spotlight on the Berkman Question Tool

A simple web tool spurs discussion and buy-in

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society has taken the best of online forums and crowdsourcing to offer a simple web tool for online or blended discussion. The Berkman Question…

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Sep 9, 2015

Welcome New Fellows: William Li and Mary Gray

By Summer 2015 Interns Achyuth Samudrala and Alyssa Smith

  Q&A with William Li, PhD student in computer science http://people.csail.mit.edu/wli/ @williampli by Achyuth Samudrala Can you tell us something about…

Sep 3, 2015

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: 2016 Annual Conference: Big Data, Health Law, and Bioethics

Abstracts due December 1, 2015

The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School is pleased to announce plans for its 2016 annual conference, entitled: “Big Data,…

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Jul 27, 2015

Project Spotlight: Internet Monitor

A new, customizable dashboard with real-time info about the Net coming soon

Internet Monitor’s mission is to collect and share data about how people all over the world access and use the Internet. This fall the project plans to release a new platform for…