276.17S sec. 001 - Trust and Safety (Summer 2025)
Instructor: Emmie Tran
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Units: 1
Grading Designation: Credit Only
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meeting:
MTuWThF 4:45 PM - 6:25 PM
Location: Law 145
From June 12, 2025
To June 23, 2025
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Enrolled: 20
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 30
As of: 04/03 07:14 PM
More than ever, companies must ensure their platforms aren’t being used to host or share a variety of harmful user-generated content. Furthermore, the increasingly widespread adoption of generative artificial intelligence (AI) services has caused lawmakers and the public to be concerned about the potential rise in harmful content and conduct across the Internet.
This course will survey an array of legal and policy topics relating to online safety, including different harm types, intermediary liability and online safety regulations, and content policy development and enforcement. Students will learn about how companies are navigating these issues, including risk mitigation strategies being adopted to address these harms. Lastly, the course will cover how these foundational trust & safety concepts may be applied to the development and deployment of generative AI models.
Emmie Tran is currently the Head of Trust & Safety Legal at Adobe. In her role, she advises stakeholders and leadership on risk mitigation, regulatory compliance, and policy advocacy strategies relating to a variety of online safety and abuse issues. This includes content moderation and intermediary liability, generative AI safety and product development, children's online safety, child sexual abuse material (CSAM) reporting, law enforcement, and civil data disclosures. Prior to her time at Adobe, she was at LinkedIn, Google, and several law firms where she also advised on privacy and data protection matters. She received her B.A. in Political Science (with Honors) and Mass Communications with a minor in Public Policy, and as well as her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Exam Notes: (TH) Take-home Final Exam
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Course Category: AI Law and Regulation
This course is listed in the following sub-categories:
Intellectual Property and Technology Law
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