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The Institute for Rebooting Social Media and the Applied Social Media Lab seek two Harvard University student Research Assistants to help develop new programs and projects across our teams.

Visiting Scholar Anupam Chander is quoted by Bloomberg on how social media companies would likely respond to a SCOTUS decision in favor of Florida and Texas laws challenging current content moderation practices.

Employee Fellow Nadah Feteih outlines some of the ways AI models perpetuate stereotypes, and how those mistakes can lead to real-life harm to marginalized communities.

Employee Fellow Nadah Feteih and alum Elodie Vialle co-author this article on Tech Policy Press urging platforms to collaborate more closely with marginalized communities in order to effectively address online harms.

What do beer and AI have in common? ’22-’23 Visiting Scholar Gregory Gondwe interviews a brewery owner in San Bernadino, CA who is using generative AI as a way to develop his business.

A recent New York Times article on the future of TikTok in the United States quotes Visiting Scholar Anupam Chander, who warns that a ban on the platform could spark a “digital trade war” between the U.S. and China.

Assembly Fellow Nate Lubin coauthors this article explaining the benefits of using a public health framework to better understand how information spreads online.

As Twitter undergoes massive change, Visiting Scholar Jabari Evans reflects on the legacy of Black Twitter and its impact on future digital spaces.

Visiting Scholar Yong Jin Park and coauthor Jeong Nam Kim argue that debunking the false logic of “the more data, the better AI personalization” is the first step toward understanding where how to approach data protection regulation.

Visiting scholar Yong Jin Park and colleagues argue that inequalities relating to digital assistants are both material and socio-cultural.