Press Room

The TikTok divest-or-ban order was signed one year ago. The Institute for Rebooting Media spoke with researchers and legal experts to learn about the order’s impact on expression, governance, and the business of social media over the last year. 

The Institute for Rebooting Social Media gathered insights from leading scholars, tech policy experts, and industry professionals on the immediate and long-term consequences of Meta’s recent policy changes.

The Institute for Rebooting Social Media is bringing back its Speaker Series this Fall with an exciting group of writers, social scientists, and academics.

The Berkman Klein Center and the Applied Social Media Lab invite you to join an afternoon of discussions and demonstrations around strategies and tools aimed at improving online discourse. Learn more and register to join in person or via Zoom.

The Institute for Rebooting Social Media is thrilled to announce its 2024-2025 cohort of Visiting Scholars. These seven visiting faculty members will use their time with the Institute to investigate urgent social media problems and propose mitigations for harmful online phenomena.

The Institute for Rebooting Social Media spoke with leading experts in law and digital media studies to weigh in on the U.S.’s divest-or-ban order against TikTok.

Visiting Scholar Anupam Chander joins Tech Policy Press to discuss the potential implications of the TikTok divest-or-ban order on tech policy in the U.S. and globally.

Employee Fellow Nadah Feteih joined the Trust in Tech podcast to share her expertise in activism within the tech industry.

Alum Kesa White joins the Wonks and War Rooms podcast to discuss her research into counter speech and its use in content moderation.

Visiting Scholar Anupam Chander writes “we should worry when politicians target a foreign-owned speech platform because of the content it carries,” as the U.S. considers a potential ban on TikTok.

Alum Kate Klonick joins The Sunday Show from Tech Policy Press to discuss the Murthy v. Missouri oral argument and how SCOTUS might respond.

The Institute for Rebooting Social Media (RSM) and the Applied Social Media Lab (ASML) have opportunities available throughout the year for active graduate and undergraduate students to work and collaborate with our team! Learn more about our open positions below and follow the links to apply.

Visiting Scholar Anupam Chander joins PRX's The World to discuss the US House bill that could potentially ban TikTok in the United States, and the potential consequences the bill could have on the entire social media landscape.

Alum Nathaniel Lubin writes in The Atlantic that the rise of synthetic content online means social media companies have an even greater responsibility for the information they host and share.

Alum Elissa Redmiles coauthors this study on how social platforms can improve intimate content sharing through proactive protective measures.