Our Mission is to work with policy makers and technologists to increase the trustworthiness and effectiveness of interconnected digital systems.
The mission of the Internet Policy Research Initiative (IPRI) is to work with policy makers and technologists to increase the trustworthiness and effectiveness of interconnected digital systems. We accomplish this through engineering and public policy research, education and engagement. There is a pressing need to bridge the gap between the technical and policy communities, and we are doing this w
12/01/2021
Please join us for an intimate conversation with Stanford University's Rob Reich, Mehran Sahami, and Jeremy Weinstein as we discuss their newly published book, "System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot" with Danny Weitzner (MIT) and Josephine Wolff (Tufts) as discussants.
The fireside chat will begin at 12 PM (ET) and run for 1 hour.
https://mit.zoom.us/j/94521256257
05/19/2017
IPRI announces the awarding of $1.5 million in grants for MIT cybersecurity and Internet policy research.
New funding enables work on Internet policy and cybersecurity for key infrastructure Work made possible by grants from the Internet Policy Research Initiative.
04/27/2017
Interdisciplinary teams from MIT & Georgetown Law produce privacy legislation linked to emerging policy issues. Interesting discussions with policy experts today in Washington DC on what the tech/legal teams have developed. Read the proposals at: http://privacylawtech.net/
04/04/2017
Congratulations to Tim Berners-Lee for receiving the Turning Award for 2017. As the equivalent of a Nobel Prize in computer science, it couldn't have gone to a better person and wonderful colleague. https://internetpolicy.mit.edu/timbl-turing-lessons/
Learning from Tim Berners-Lee – On the occasion of receiving the Turing Award | Internet Policy Research Initiative @ MIT , I’ve reflected on some of the most important lessons I’ve learned from Tim over the years. Three stand out: simplicity, leadership, and faith in humanity.
03/29/2017
Former White House Official joins MIT's Internet Policy Research Initiative - R. David Edelman!
03/29/2017
How safe is America's Critical Infrastructure?
Research: Keeping America Safe: Toward More Secure Networks for Critical Sectors | Internet Policy Research Initiative @ MIT The critical networks keep America’s lights on, our communications humming, and the banks open for business are insecure, and we’ve known it for a long time. From the Stuxnet virus to Russia’s cyberattack on Ukraine’s electric grid last year, hackers have shown they can physically disable the system...
03/29/2017
Did you know the World Wide Web is only 28 years old? What does the future of "www." look like?
Three challenges for the web, according to its inventor Today is the world wide web’s 28th birthday. Here’s a message from our founder and web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee on how the web has evolved, and what we
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