The professor has a very strong political stand. He encouraged students to argue for "the freedom of speech" point of view as in the Houston rocket Morey case. Spent lots of time discussing this topic even after Lebron called for a stop.

One of the best professors I have taken at UCLA. Extremely multifacted background, gives extremely engaging lectures, gets class to participate and discuss. Class had a very manageable workload (two writing assignments and a debate), and was overall extremely enjoyable. Prof Villasenor focuses on recent and controversial topics in the tech space, and I definitely learned a lot from taking his class.

We covered a lot of relevant modern topics such as blockchain, equity in AI, and Section 230 (content moderation). We had to write an essay, op-ed, group essay, and the midterm involved writing an op-ed. We got to choose our topics and I definitely learned a lot about the things I wrote about. I felt the class was alright, depending on who you got as your TA (pray yours lets you leave early).

Dr. V doesn't bullshit us with random sjw crap
He talks real stuff and gives law background

On a lot of different topics