UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy

01/29/2023

UCLA Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Awarded Okawa Foundation Grant UCLA Samueli Jan 18, 2023 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Assistant professor Yuan Tian of the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has received an Okawa Foundation Research Grant, which is awarded to researchers whose work helps....

09/07/2022

Join the UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy for a discussion on "News Sustainability in a New Era of Tech Regulation" on Wednesday, September 7 at 12PM PT/ 3PM ET

While online platforms have offered new opportunities to connect journalists with audiences, they have also forced journalists to contend with shifting algorithmic priorities and an increasingly complex array of technology policies that shape the environment in which they work. This panel will explore how contemporary legal regulatory developments might support sustainable journalism, and avenues forward for promoting a vibrant and healthy and public sphere. Panelists include, Danielle Coffey, News/Media Alliance; Mathew Ingram, Columbia Journalism Review; and Julia Angwin, The Markup. Register now: https://bit.ly/3CLydNZ

08/29/2022

Our Resident Fellow Nikita Aggarwal discusses buy-now-pay-later plans on this podcast.

Joined by two experts on the BNPL industry, we first review the types of BNPL products currently available, how they are accessed by consumers, how they generate revenue for industry participants, and potential consumer risks.

08/26/2022

Check out the latest on patents and AI inventions from our Faculty Co-Director, John Villasenor.

John Villasenor discusses how the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) can confront patent attribution as AI begins to increasingly invent.

07/06/2022

Join us on Friday, July 8th at 10 AM PT VIA ZOOM as we discuss Tech Policy in the Shadow of Dobbs in collaboration with the UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy .

The recent Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overruled a half century of precedent supporting a constitutional right to abortion access, has sent shockwaves across the legal community. In the tech space, the ruling raises difficult privacy and security questions related to how the digital surveillance economy may be weaponized to track women seeking healthcare services. Content moderation challenges are also being reconsidered, in light of reports that Facebook has been removing posts offering abortifacients by mail. Even the First Amendment is engaged, amid reports that some state legislatures are considering new laws criminalizing websites that "encourage" illegal abortion services.

This panel, which is co-sponsored by the UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy and the Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy, brings together leading experts on cybersecurity, freedom of speech, and reproductive rights to discuss the tech policy landscape in the aftermath of Dobbs.

To register, please visit: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArduitqjguG9flujolqmXxaFnUi3D8SXtv

05/23/2022

Can social media ban "Replacement Theory"? Our Postdoctoral fellow Courtney Radsch was interviewed on CNN

Several mass shooters have attributed their actions to the "Great Replacement Theory." Some want social media to ban the topic altogether. Is that desirable - or even possible?

05/17/2022

ITLP's Post-doctoral Fellow Courtney Radsch was featured on Los Angeles Times

After Buffalo, will social media companies finally ban great replacement theory?

The Buffalo shooting has highlighted the public safety risk posed by the racist "great replacement theory." But social media companies may fear stiff political resistance if they seek to expunge it from their platforms.

05/17/2022

Is Twitter changing hands? Either way, what's it say that one billionaire can transform the world's critical speech infrastructure on a whim?

Join us this Thursday 5/19 at 10:00 AM PT as we discuss The Impact of Billionaire Ownership of Social Media.

03/30/2022

Join us on Friday 4/1 at 7:00 AM PT to discuss sanctions on the internet.

To register for our event, To sanction or not to sanction the Internet access: A SancNet debate, visit: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqd-CgrTguHNbZiKa-Rq2ugJHXblvZlO45

03/24/2022

Congratulations to FAU College Business students Nicole Urschel and Maxwell Simonson on being selected to join the Forum on Viewpoint Diversity in Tech and Innovation.

The forum is co-hosted by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and the UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy taking place April 21st -22nd in Los Angeles, California.

The forum is part of the Mercatus Center’s Pluralist Lab, an effort to foster open-mindedness and mutual forbearance while actively demonstrating how we can exchange ideas and coexist with our fellow citizens across deep divides. This forum will bring together students and professionals representing diverse viewpoints to discuss their perspectives on policy and technical questions surrounding innovations in big tech, social media policy, and the future of AI.

We look forward to hearing more after their return.

03/21/2022

Join us on Thursday, March 23 at 9:30 AM PT for a conversation about Ukraine and Content Moderation.

Featuring ITLP Fellow Courtney Radsch, PhD, Rob Rakowitz from WFA, and John Montgomery from GroupM.

For more details, please visit:

John Montgomery, Rob Rakowitz and Courtney Radsch