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Discussion Papers, Disinformation, Public Interest Technology, Publications, Tech Policy,
Case Study on Online Youth Harms – Project Daisy
November 28, 2023
Disclaimer: This is a working paper, and hence it represents research in progress. This paper represents the opinions of the authors and is the product...
Past Event Recordings, Past Events, Public Interest Tech, Tech Policy,
Truth, Trust, and Democracy: Leadership in the Information Ecosystem
October 24, 2023
A conversation about the future of information and the ways that government, academia, private companies and civil society can each take a role in preserving...
Commentary,
Are global power players shrugging off the disinformation crisis?
January 27, 2023
Brian Stelter describes his week in The Twilight Zone (the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland)
Discussion Papers, Local News, News Business & Practice, Publications,
News Crisis: Can Local Public Radio Help Fill the News Gap Created by the Decline of Local Newspapers?
January 25, 2023
The views expressed in Shorenstein Center Discussion Papers are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of Harvard Kennedy School or...
Commentary, Public Interest Journalism,
How the news media – long in thrall to Trump – can cover his new run for president responsibly
November 15, 2022
"If they are to serve the public interest, journalists cannot apply the ordinary rules for covering candidates," writes media scholar Thomas Patterson....
Events, Misinformation Speaker Series, Past Event Recordings, Past Events,
Demagoguery, Technology, and Cognition: Addressing the Threats to Democracy
November 3, 2022
This event is part of the Speaker Series on Misinformation, co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy...
Commentary,
The Nobel Peace Prize and Putin's War on the Watchdogs
October 7, 2022
The Nobel Prize committee just sent Russian President Vladimir Putin a powerful message, awarding its Peace Prize to Russia’s best known human rights organization,...
Discussion Papers, Public Interest Technology, Publications,
Ethical Scaling for Content Moderation: Extreme Speech and the (In)Significance of Artificial Intelligence
June 9, 2022
The views expressed in Shorenstein Center Discussion Papers are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of Harvard Kennedy School or...
Audio & Video, Disinformation, Past Event Recordings,
Librarians and Misinformation: Curating the Information Needs of Communities
April 14, 2022
While trust in political institutions rapidly deteriorates and the technology and media companies that we rely on repeatedly fail to meet our information...
News, Public Interest Technology,
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 Brennan Center for Justice, is likely to continue...