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New Report Provides Framework for Transparency in AI Systems
May 21, 2024
A new report published out of Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public...
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New tool could help combat the effects of restrictive voting legislation
February 28, 2022
2021 saw a massive increase in restrictive voting legislation, an alarming trend that, according to the...
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A Look Back at 2021 at the Shorenstein Center
December 17, 2021
To receive our monthly newsletter and other roundups like this, of work happening across the Shorenstein...
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Research Fellows Join the Shorenstein Center's COVID States Project and Public Interest Tech Lab
October 19, 2021
A group of research fellows and post-doctoral fellows have joined the Shorenstein Center to work on several...
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Shorenstein Fellow Kathy Pham talks tech with Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel
September 24, 2021
On Thursday, July 15th, 2021, Harvard Shorenstein Center and Rita Allen Foundation Fellow, Kathy Pham,...
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Welcoming New Faculty and Congratulating Director Nancy Gibbs
September 14, 2021
As we begin a new academic year at Harvard Kennedy School, the Shorenstein Center is thrilled that five...
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Harvard Kennedy School Launches the Democracy and Internet Governance Initiative
August 5, 2021
Read this announcement also on the Belfer Center’s website. CAMBRDIGE, MA — Harvard Kennedy...
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Shorenstein Center Research on Disinformation and the Public Interest Internet Receives Support from Craig Newmark Philanthropies
August 5, 2021
$5 million gift to the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy will advance the work...
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New Public Interest Tech Lab
June 23, 2021
A new research initiative, the Public Interest Technology Lab at Harvard, a collaboration among faculty...
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Harvard Magazine Features Shorenstein Center Disinformation Researchers
June 16, 2021
Dr. Joan Donovan, Shorenstein Center Research Director and Director of the Technology and Social Change...
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Big Tech: Regulation and Moderation
July 29, 2020
The heads of the “Big Four” tech companies – Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook – are testifying...
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You Purged Racists From Your Website? Great, Now Get to Work
July 28, 2020
The comment sections of social media platforms hold some of the most vitriolic outbursts of hate on the...