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The Institute for Rebooting Social Media
Berkman Center For Internet, Everett Street, Cambridge, MA, USAThe Institute for Rebooting Social Media is a three-year, “pop-up” research initiative to accelerate progress towards addressing social media’s most urgent problems, including misinformation, privacy breaches, harassment, and content governance.
We explore societal perspectives surrounding the development and application of digital technology, focusing on ethics, policy, politics, and quality of life. 2017
Citizens' Initiative Review processes bring randomly selected and representative panels of voters together to fairly and thoroughly evaluate ballot measures and give voters information they can trust.
To support the development of tools to study state and regional communication systems
Center for an Urban Future is a catalyst for smart and sustainable policies that reduce inequality, increase economic mobility, and grow the economy in NYC.
The Citizens and Technology (CAT) Lab at Cornell University works with online communities to study the effects of technology on the public interest
We are an applied research lab dedicated to innovating the ways people participate in civic life and expanding the study of citizenship in a digital era.
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