Empathy, understanding, and less algorithmic amplification on social media platforms are the best ways to combat conspiracy theories, experts say at Berkman Klein Center event BKC-Nieman Fellow Ben ...

Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders observe that AI's role in 2024 elections wasn't as disastrous as some had feared.

Kate Klonick and coauthors test the hypothesis that misinformation exploits outrage to gain traction online. "Because outrage is associated with increased engagement online, outrage-evoking ...

Paola Ricaurte Quijano, expert committee member, and colleagues at the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence launch the report "Towards Substantive Equality in Artificial Intelligence: ...

Petra Molnar highlights how surveillance technology firms profit from harsh anti-immigration policies in the US, Canada, and the EU.

Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders offer a potentially optimistic outlook on AI and politics, arguing that the technology can make politics more accessible and equitable, particularly for lesser-known ...

This conversation will be hosted and moderated by Professor Aileen Nielsen.

Jonathan Bellack comments on momentum shifts as users flee Elon Musk's X. "Enough people now seem to have joined [Bluesky] to reach a critical mass, so users don't feel like they're missing out on ...

Phineas Rueckert, a lead Project Coordinator at Forbidden Stories, discusses his organization's collaborations with Lumen.

We are thrilled to announce the inaugural cohort of Applied Social Media Lab (ASML) Fellows at Harvard University's Berkman ...

ASML's Jonathan Bellack weighs in on the uptick in Twitter/X users migrating to Bluesky. "Bluesky’s emphasis on user choice is important and could be where the social media ecosystem is heading, ...

SEO wizards are quietly reshaping AI's digital playground, warns Sean Harvey. "When SEO professionals found out about AI chatbots, their first response was euphoria. Now they could do their job with ...