How do we reimagine democratic institutions in the era of AI and social media?

Join Lessig 🇺🇦, Claudia Chwalisz + RSM’s Manon Revel Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society this Wednesday (5/8) for a conversation on democracy and technology.

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RSM wraps up its Spring Speaker Series on May 8 with Carl T. Bergstrom (@UW) to discuss how social media has impacted human communication and mechanisms for creating collective understanding.

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NEW EVENT Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society! Join RSM on May 8 for a conversation on Democracy and Technology w/ Lessig 🇺🇦 and Claudia Chwalisz (CEO of DemocracyNext), moderated by RSM’s Manon Revel.

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TOMORROW: Join RSM Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and Schwartz Reisman Institute for the Platforms and the Right to Information workshop feat. RSM’s Lisa Austin + a panel of experts to explore data access and privacy.

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“It’s going to be a royal mess.”

RSM’s Anupam Chander is quoted by The New York Times on next steps and legal challenges after Congress – and now President Biden – passed the divest-or-ban order against TikTok.

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The US Senate is set to vote on a bill that could ban TikTok unless ByteDance divests. U of Minnesota’s Alan Rozenshtein says refusal to divest TikTok could reveal a lot about how China views the app’s role in the US.

Check out the full discussion here: rebootingsocialmedia.org/events/dangero…

TOMORROW Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society: RSM’s Spring Speaker Series welcomes Amanda Yarnell and Kate Speer from Harvard Chan Center for Health Communication for a discussion on embracing social media to improve health information online.

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Congress just added the TikTok divest-or-ban order to a sweeping foreign aid bill with funds for Ukraine and Israel. But would banning TikTok actually keep US data any safer?

Jenna Leventoff ACLU says not necessarily + there are better measures that don’t impact free speech.

NEXT WEEK Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society: RSM’s Spring Speaker Series continues on April 24 with a conversation on improving health information online feat. Visiting Scholar Jeff Hall with Amanda Yarnell and Kate Speer from Harvard Chan Center for Health Communication.

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RSM’s Nadah Feteih joins the Trust in Tech podcast from Integrity Institute to discuss the importance of 'moral clarity and courage' in T&S work, finding balance in knowing when/how to speak up, and issues around compelled identity labor in the tech industry.
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TODAY Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society: RSM's Anupam Chander joins Jennifer Huddleston, Ramya Krishnan, Jenna Leventoff (@ACLU), and Alan Rozenshtein to discuss the First Amendment challenges to a divest-or-ban TikTok order.

There's still time to join! RSVP here: rebootingsocialmedia.org/events/dangero…

Would a TikTok ban violate the First Amendment?

Join RSM Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society TOMORROW (4/12) to hear from a panel of legal experts, including RSM’s Anupam Chander, Jennifer Huddleston, Ramya Krishnan, Jenna Leventoff (@ACLU), and Alan Rozenshtein.

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What kinds of claims can we make to access platform data?

Join RSM Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and Schwartz Reisman Institute on May 2 for the Platforms and the Right to Information workshop w/ RSM’s Lisa Austin + a panel of experts to examine data access and privacy.

RSVP here: rebootingsocialmedia.org/events/platfor…

New Speaker Series event Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society!

RSM’s Jeff Hall joins Amanda Yarnell and Kate Speer from Harvard Chan Center for Health Communication to discuss the center’s efforts to improve the quality of health information online.

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“Human beings have solved problems like this throughout civilization. We can solve it again.”

RSM alum Sahar Massachi 🧱🟣 joined Literal Humans to discuss challenges in safeguarding democracy online, and shared his thoughts on what social media should be.

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What does a potential TikTok ban mean for free speech?

Join RSM's Anupam Chander for a conversation w/ Jennifer Huddleston, Ramya Krishnan, Jenna Leventoff (@ACLU), and Alan Rozenshtein on the First Amendment challenges to any divest-or-ban order.

RSVP here: rebootingsocialmedia.org/events/dangero…

A huge thanks to Anne Neuberger, Jonathan Zittrain, and everyone who joined RSM Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society for an important conversation on AI and National Security!

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TOMORROW: Join RSM Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society for a conversation with U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor Anne Neuberger and Jonathan Zittrain on AI and National Security.

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TOMORROW Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society!

RSM Visiting Scholar Jeff Hall hosts a series of panel discussions exploring what roles social, geographic, and developmental contexts may play in a person’s social media use and well-being.

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