Experts
Jonathan Zittrain
Co-Director, Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Jonathan Zittrain discusses the prospect of an “anchor point” in cyberspace. Read More
While cell phones offer liberating possibilities for the world, they also threaten personal privacy. Harvard Law School Professor Jonathan Ziitrain worries about peer-to-peer privacy in particular. He argues that "anytime anything of any note happens, there are three arms holding cell phones with ... Read More
A Harvard Law Professor explains the potential underbelly of technological convenience—an unshakable, and often citizen-enforced, system of surveillance. Read More
Jonathan Zittrain discusses the role that a common breed of junk mail plays in determining the actual price of stocks. Read More
A discussion with the professor and co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. Read More
The Professor of Law reflects on the potential wonders and horrors of our techno-driven future. Read More
Google's threat to exit China, due in part to severe government censorship, indicates yet another failure of state officials to grapple with unprecedented complexities of regulating the internet. Read More
Jonathan Zittrain examines the privacy issues surrounding the world’s largest social media site, highlighting how we can protect personal data and even control the fate of worrisome photos. Read More
As companies learn the advantages of third-party, virtual labor, Jonathan Zittrain believes that the human mind is becoming commodified as a sort of “ubiquitous computer.” Here the Harvard Law professor provides examples of this trend and weighs in on its likely impacts. Read More
The problem with newspapers, Zittrain says, is Craigslist. Read More
What is free culture? What should we protect with copyright laws, and do they need to change? Read More
Jonathan Zittrain on cybersabotage. Read More
The top level security issue is how to function in an open and chaotic environment, Zittrain says. Read More
The developed world has had its romp, Zittrain says. Read More
Harvard Law Professor Jonathan Zittrain pulls back the digital curtain. Read More
Even the famously proprietary Bill Gates used generative technology, Zittrain says. Read More
Lincoln put it well: are we capable of governing ourselves? Read More
Zittrain on what he calls a collective effort, an effort with some urgency, and a sense of sacrifice, of actually being willing to take some time apart from our day to day to make a better system for everybody. Read More
The question of third party coders and walled gardens. Read More
About Jonathan Zittrain
Jonathan Zittrain is a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Previously, he was the Chair in Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University and a principal of the Oxford Internet Institute. He was also a visiting professor at the New York University School of Law and Stanford Law School.
Zittrain’s research interests include battles for control of digital property and content, cryptography, electronic privacy, the roles of intermediaries within Internet architecture, and the useful and unobtrusive deployment of technology in education.
He is also the author of The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It and the book Access Denied which he co-edited.