The Lab at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center is home to technologists building a better Internet for the public good. This account is for them, and also for memes.
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Applied Social Media Lab retweeted
ASML (@thelabBKC) Product Manager Sam Shireman spoke at Nava’s 2025 Open Source Summit in November, explaining why open source is critical for civic infrastructure.
Watch the lightning talk here: youtube.com/watch?v=NJIPD0jj…
Applied Social Media Lab retweeted
NEXT WEDNESDAY: The Fall Speaker Series continues with Zentropi Co-Founder Dave Willner to discuss moderation policy in the age of AI.
The event will be moderated by @TheLabBKC Senior Director Meg Marco.
RSVP here: cyber.harvard.edu/events/aut…
Applied Social Media Lab retweeted
BKC’s @TheLabBKC is hiring a Software Engineer Graduate Research Assistant for fall 2025!
This part-time opportunity is open to graduate-level students with advanced knowledge in web and app development.
Come help shape the future of social media with us! Learn more + apply: asml.cyber.harvard.edu/softw…
Applied Social Media Lab retweeted
We need powerful tools to bridge divides and spark real dialogue. That’s why @thelabBKC built Frankly—a platform for structured, video-based conversation—and released it as open source.
A big step for public interest tech at @BKCHarvard.
📣 Press release: brk.mn/hellofrankly
Applied Social Media Lab retweeted
TODAY: @joewalther and @4digitaldignity on the important role of social process in online hate -- understanding the origin and evolution of hate campaigns. Join in person or online at 12:30 pm ET
rebootingsocialmedia.org/eve…
Applied Social Media Lab retweeted
Can AI be used more constructively than to promote sensationalist content or police bad content it’s judged has gone too far?
This + more reimagining social media @Harvard_Law’s coverage of the Applied Social Media Lab’s “Beyond Discourse Dumpster Fires” brk.mn/hlsdiscourse
Applied Social Media Lab retweeted
The team at @TheLabBKC, including Sam Shireman and @lessig, announces their newly acquired deliberation platform, now named Frankly, live at frankly.org, in closed beta mode and available open source.
Applied Social Media Lab retweeted
Does evidence matter? Check out Gordon Pennycook’s new research featured in @ScienceMagazine. The team uses AI to attempt to change the viewpoints of conspiracy thinkers, and the results showed significant shifts in views - even months later. science.org/journal/science
