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Hany Farid: Congress Needs to Make Silicon Valley EARN IT

Jul 5, 2020

The EARN IT Act would help stop tech giants from prioritizing profits over safety.

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Young Alumni Give Back, Support First-Gen Data Science Student

Jul 2, 2020

Inaugural Sharon X. Lin (’11, MIDS ’15) and Andrew R. Bullen (’10) Fellowship goes to incoming 5th Year MIDS student and Berkeley graduate Christina Carr.

A Restorative Justice Approach to Social Media Moderation

Jul 1, 2020

Prof. Niloufar Salehi was awarded an NSF CRII grant to study restorative justice approaches to addressing harm in online communities.

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‘Data for Good’ Scholar Helps Students in Atlanta See College as a Reality

Jun 29, 2020

Collin Cunningham founded the SpringForward Foundation to provide high school students in underserved communities the support they need to successfully navigate the college application process.

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Hany Farid: How Disinformation is Dividing the Nation

Jun 26, 2020

On Wednesday, June 24, 2020, Professor Hany Farid Testified on a remote congressional hearing entitled: “A Country in Crisis: How Disinformation Online is Dividing the Nation.”

I School Faculty Anti-Racist Bookshelf

Jun 23, 2020

I School faculty recommends reading that helps us understand how information studies, data science, and cybersecurity intersect with race, racism, and anti-racism.