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Panel Discussion | Diaspora Wars and Going 50/50: Sowing Disunity in Black Communities Through Digital Propaganda

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This panel brings together Black feminist scholars, writers, and public intellectuals to examine how and why debates about gender, sexuality, and nationality consistently emerge as top topics on social media platforms within Black discursive communities. How do algorithms and influencer culture contribute to sowing discontent and misinformation among Black social media users? We consider the […]

The Double Black Box: National Security, AI, and the Struggle for Democratic Accountability, with Ashley Deeks, November 12 The Double Black Box: National Security, Artificial Intelligence, and the Struggle for Democratic Accountability

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Rapid advances in artificial intelligence are increasingly vital to national security operations.  The United States, China, and other states seek to harness these tools to bolster their own military and intelligence superiority. Yet their advent exacerbates an existing paradox within our democracy: some of the most consequential decisions made in the name of national security […]

Beyond the Algorithm: From Research to Action for Democratic Renewal

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Beyond the Algorithm: From Research to Action for Democratic Renewal is a hybrid event jointly organised by the Horizon Europe KT4D, ORBIS, ITHACA and AI4GOV projects. The event puts under the spotlight the rapid deployment of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data technologies and how these these technologies hold the promise of fostering civic participation, transparency, […]

PAIRS: Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium 2026

The 2nd edition of the International Participatory AI Research and Practice Symposium (PAIRS) will take place concurrent with the India AI Impact Summit. Like the first edition, which was an independent side-event of the Paris AI Action Summit in February 2025, and PAIRSx Africa, held online concurrent to the Global AI Summit on Africa in […]

AI and the Concentration of Power

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Zoë Hitzig, known for her research and writing on the political economy of AI, including a widely discussed op-ed reflecting on her decision to leave OpenAI, will examine how AI systems may reshape where knowledge resides and how decisions are made. As these systems begin to capture and operationalize forms of tacit, experience-based knowledge long […]

Digital Identity Symposium: Towards User-Owned Identity

Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University 1557 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United States

Logging into social media platforms and other apps increasingly requires revealing sensitive information, like your birthday and full legal name. That data is collected, processed and shared in ways that can be opaque to the user. It’s no wonder six-in-ten U.S. adults say they do not think it is possible to go through daily life […]

Global Forum: FIMI & Hybrid Threats

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About the Forum Over the past two years, FIMI has shifted from isolated disinformation campaigns to coordinated, AI-enabled operations that combine narrative manipulation, cyber disruption, economic pressure, and reputational attacks — often running simultaneously. The threat is no longer niche. It targets governments, democratic institutions, corporations, and civil society at the same time. This forum […]

The Civic Toolkit: Digital Literacy in the Age of AI

The Civic Toolkit 2026 Wasserturm, EUREF-Campus 18, Berlin, Germany

Democracies around the world are grappling with declining trust in public institutions, increasing polarisation and the rapid spread of disinformation, often amplified by AI. How can we best build digital literacy and strengthen democratic culture to reconnect citizens with decision-making?‍ At this critical moment, civic engagement feels increasingly fragile. Yet it remains one of our most powerful tools […]

AI Can Make Conflict Worse or Better

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Join the Tech Impact and Policy Center on April 21st from 12PM–1PM Pacific for a seminarwith Jonathan Stray. About the Seminar: There has been much discussion of how AI can help humans cooperate, but much less about what happens when you add AI to humans who disagree — potentially violently. Social media systems, which are increasingly […]

Doing Digital Platform Research with Australian Internet Observatory

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A free Australian Internet Observatory Webinar exploring the tool and process for using data donations as a method for collecting digital platform data. Presented by Prof Dan Angus (QUT), Prof Nic Carah (University of Queensland) and Dr Amanda Lawrence (RMIT University). Digital platforms shape how Australians access information, communicate, entertain, engage with government services, participate […]