Berkman Center for Internet & Society

Shaping the future of privacy

IAAP's Navigate 2008

John Palfrey and Jonathan Zittrain are in New Hampshire this week for a "think-tank retreat" arranged around key privacy issues and questions...

Berkman Buzz: Week of August 11, 2008

Free software licensing, the iPhone's kill switch, Chinese censorship and more...in this week's BUZZ!

Chinese blogger Twitters his detention; GV translates

Global Voices reports on citizen reporter Zhou “Zuola” Shuguang's detention and release, all detailed via his Twitter stream...

Digital Natives: life cycle of a digital dossier

The Digital Natives Reporters in the Field series changes tactics this week with a narrated slide show from intern Kanupriya Tewari. The piece explores the accumulation of data -- the expanding digital dossier -- through the life of a fictional digital native...

Apple keeps mum

Over on the StopBadware.org blog, Max Weinstein writes, "The other day, Rob Pegoraro at the Washington Post wrote a column about Apple’s tendency to keep its mouth shut rather than communicating with customers...Here at StopBadware.org, we’ve found Apple to be equally uncommunicative..."

Berkman Buzz: Week of August 4, 2008

Herdict, Scrabulous, the South African blogosphere and more...in this week's BUZZ!

Digital Natives: encounter with the RIAA (finale)

Two weeks ago, the Digital Natives Reporters in the Field series brought you the first two parts of "The Ballad of Zack McCune" -- an exploration of digital natives and illegal downloading, guided by Berkman summer intern Zack McCune's encounter with the RIAA. This week, the series brings you the conclusion of Zack's tale, created by Digital Natives summer interns Nikki Leon and John Randall...

The Citizen Media Law Project on Understanding Your Legal Risks When You Blog or Publish Online

From the Citizen Media Law Project blog...Over the next few weeks I'll be posting about various topics we cover in the CMLP's Citizen Media Legal Guide...Today, I'll start with the risks associated with publishing online...

ONEonONE interviews with Tuesday luncheon guests

This week, the Berkman Tuesday Luncheon Series is on summer vacation. We pick back up again next week, on August 12, with Ryan Goodman and Andrew Woods of the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law: "Understanding Social Action, Promoting Human Rights." This week, by way of preview/review and to keep you fed, a few individual interviews from our spring 2008 luncheon guests, on Berkman's YouTube channel...

Berkman Buzz: Week of July 28, 2008

Phorm, advocacy journalism, body slams and more...in this week's BUZZ!

China, Internet filtering, and the Olympics

The 2008 Olympics open in Beijing in about a week, and Internet filtering practices in China have again made international headlines as journalists and others experience the so-called Great Firewall firsthand; or, as our colleagues at the OpenNet Initiative blogged yesterday, "On the Olympic stage, the Great Firewall remains a player."

Digital Natives: Alumni Magazines for the Web Set

It's week three of the Digital Natives Reporters in the Field series. This week Digital Natives summer interns Nikki Leon and John Randall give us "Is Harvard Magazine Coping in a Digital Age?"

Citizen Media Law Project Legal Guide: final sections now live

From the Citizen Media Law Project blog... Today, we are launching the final sections of the Citizen Media Law Project's online guide to media law covering the risks associated with publishing online, including defamation and privacy law...