Research & Initiatives

Minderoo Initiative on Technology and Power

Minderoo Initiative on Technology and Power critically investigates the social impact of digital technologies on communities and the broader public good. It’s aim is to create new paradigms for the public to understand the harms of tech platforms, predictive technologies, advertising-driven algorithmic content, and the work of digital laborers.

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» Learn about the Frontier Technology Initiative

Augmenting Social
Media Content Moderation

Supported by the National Science Foundation

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Read the UCLA award announcement

Race and Emerging
Tech Working Group

Support from the Knight Foundation

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Landlord Threat Typology

/ with the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project and
the IDA B. WELLS Just Data Lab (Princeton)

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Select Writings

The Black Scholar

Teaching Trayvon: Race, Media and the Politics of Spectacle

by Safiya Umoja Noble

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Books

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Essential Books by Black Scholars on Technology and Race

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Collaborations

The UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry is honored to collaborate with: