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For four years, the Berkman Klein Center's RSM and ASML, led by Professors Mickens and Zittrain, have united engineers and academics to create solutions like policies and tools to improve social media, hosting 23 Visiting Scholars since 2022 to tackle issues like misinformation and online well-being.
RSM and ASML host events and workshops, like ASML's whistleblowing workshop, to foster collaboration between technologists and communities, driving interdisciplinary solutions for social media challenges without corporate constraints.
Professor Charles Nesson’s Nymspace is a pseudonymous platform that creates a safe, private space for open discussions, aiming to reshape educational and civic discourse with a focus on trust and respect.
Professor Lawrence Lessig’s Frankly is an open-source platform that enables communities to engage in structured, meaningful discussions, fostering civic skills and innovative solutions for democratic participation.
ASML engineers Brendan Miller, Chelsea Johnson, and Kathy Qian work on user-focused social media systems, prioritizing ethical technology development and collaboration in an academic setting that feels like an impact-driven startup.
ASML engineers Darius Kazemi and Alberto Leon value the academic lab’s freedom for fundamental research and collaboration, working on projects like the Fediverse Schema Observatory and decentralized identity solutions for social media.
In 2024, social media faced challenges like AI-generated conspiracies and youth mental health concerns, prompting RSM’s Visiting Scholars to study critical issues and predict key 2025 conversations about online hate speech, well-being, and regulation.