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Analysis and Theory, Blog

One Year Later: Experts Reflect on TikTok Divest-or-Ban Order

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. 

Analysis and Theory, Blog

Threads of Wisdom: Experts React to Meta's Policy Changes

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.

Announcement, Building the Field, Event, Speaker Series

RSM Fall 2024 Speaker Series

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

Announcement, Building the Field, Event

Beyond Discourse Dumpster Fires: Strategies and Tools for Better Online Civil Space

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.

Analysis and Theory, Announcement, Building the Field, Engineering and Policy Development, Programs

Announcing the 2024-2025 RSM Visiting Scholars

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.

Analysis and Theory, Blog

TikTok Bill Q&A: Experts Forecast Legal & Creative Impact

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.

Analysis and Theory, External Work

Podcast: What's Next for TikTok, and US Tech Policy

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.

Analysis and Theory, External Work

Workplace ethics and activism with Nadah Feteih

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

Analysis and Theory, Building the Field

Counter-speech as Content Moderation with Kesa White

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

Analysis and Theory, External Work

Six Reactions to The Proposed TikTok Ban

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.

Analysis and Theory, External Work

Unpacking the Oral Argument in Murthy v. Missouri

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

Building the Field

Student Opportunities

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.

Analysis and Theory, External Work

US set to vote on bill to ban TikTok

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.

Analysis and Theory, External Work

What to Do About the Junkification of the Internet

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.

Building the Field, Engineering and Policy Development, External Work

“Did They Consent to That?”: Safer Digital Intimacy via Proactive Protection Against Image-Based Sexual Abuse

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

Announcement, Building the Field, Programs

Call for Applications: Summer 2024 ASML/RSM Internship

The Institute for Rebooting Social Media (RSM) and Applied Social Media Lab (ASML) seeks interns with fresh ideas, curiosity, and creative drive to join its growing community of faculty, staff, and scholars this summer.