Ethics, Info, Tech: Contested Voices, Values, Spaces

The Ebook version of my Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" will be published on December 11, 2025 and the Hardback, Cloth, and Paperback versions will be available on January 8, 2026. Preorders are available via Amazon and this Bloomsbury webpage: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ethics-information-and-technology-9781440856662/

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Nixon Library Opens a Door Some Would Prefer Left Closed; New York Times, 3/31/11

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Adam Nagourney, New York Times; Nixon Library Opens a Door Some Would Prefer Left Closed : "The unveiling ended a nearly yearlong strug...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Google's FTC Settlement Over Privacy Breach Makes History; HuffingtonPost.com, 3/30/11

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Bianca Bosker, HuffingtonPost.com; Google's FTC Settlement Over Privacy Breach Makes History : "Google's settlement is unpreced...
Monday, March 28, 2011

Nickelodeon launches anti-bullying campaign; Associated Press, 3/28/11

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David Bauder, Associated Press; Nickelodeon launches anti-bullying ca mpaign: "Half of young people ages 14-24 said they had been the v...

Doctors Should Ask Kids: Are You On Facebook?; NPR, 3/28/11

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NPR; Doctors Should Ask Kids: Are You On Facebook? : "If the pediatrician wants to know if your kids are on Facebook, it's not bec...

Ethical Quandary for Social Sites; New York Times, 3/27/11

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Jennifer Preston, New York Times; Ethical Quandary for Social Sites : "Ebele Okobi-Harris, the director of the business and human right...
Sunday, March 27, 2011

It’s Tracking Your Every Move and You May Not Even Know; New York Times, 3/26/11

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Noam Cohen, New York Times; It’s Tracking Your Every Move and You May Not Even Know : "In the United States, telecommunication companie...

A Girl’s Nude Photo, and Altered Lives; New York Times, 3/26/11

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Jan Hoffman, New York Times; A Girl’s Nude Photo, and Altered Lives : "Around the country, law enforcement officials and educators are ...
Saturday, March 26, 2011

Paper Admits to Plagiarism by Reporter; New York Times, 3/16/11

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Tanzina Vega, New York Times; Paper Admits to Plagiarism by Reporter : "The Washington Post published an editor’s note on its Web site ...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011

"Huckleberry Finn" and the N-word debate; CBS 60 Minutes, 3/18/11

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CBS 60 Minutes; "Huckleberry Finn" and the N-word debate : ""Are you censoring Twain?" correspondent Byron Pitts as...

Gains, and Drawbacks, for Female Professors; New York Times, 3/21/11

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Kate Zernike, New York Times; Gains, and Drawbacks, for Female Professors : "Despite an effort to educate colleagues about bias in lett...
Saturday, March 19, 2011

[Editorial] A New Internet Privacy Law?; New York Times, 3/18/11

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[Editorial] New York Times; A New Internet Privacy Law ? : "This week, the Obama administration called for legislation to protect consu...
Friday, March 18, 2011

[Podcast] Tracing The 'Immortal' Cells Of Henrietta Lacks; NPR's Fresh Air, 3/18/11

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[Podcast] [Interview originally broadcast on February 2, 2010.] NPR's Fresh Air; Tracing The 'Immortal' Cells Of Henrietta Lacks...

Corbett ignores opinion polls on taxes and budget cuts; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 3/18/11

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Luara Olson and Tracie Mauriello, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Corbett ignores opinion polls on taxes and budget cuts : "Scranton architect...

[Editorial] The U.C.L.A. Video; New York Times, 3/17/11

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[Editorial] New York Times; The U.C.L.A. Video : "Universities have long wrestled with this issue, with many adopting hate-speech codes...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

U.C.L.A. Student’s Video Rant Against Asians Fuels Firestorm; New York Times, 3/15/11

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Ian Lovett, New York Times; U.C.L.A. Student’s Video Rant Against Asians Fuels Firestorm : "Robert Hernandez, a professor of Internet j...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Facebook Users Who Are Under Age Raise Concerns; New York Times, 3/11/11

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Matt Richtel and Miguel Helft, New York Times; Facebook Users Who Are Under Age Raise Concerns : "Victoria’s father, Brian Lai, an airl...
Monday, March 14, 2011

[Press Release] Restrictions on library e-book lending threaten access to information; American Library Association (ALA), 3/14/11

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[Press Release] American Library Association (ALA); Restrictions on library e-book lending threaten access to information : "As librari...

In Germany, Uproar Over a Doctoral Thesis; New York Times, 3/14/11

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Michael Kimmelman, New York Times; In Germany, Uproar Over a Doctoral Thesis : "...Mr. Guttenberg’s crime doesn’t seem so bad to many i...
Sunday, March 13, 2011

Defense Minister Guttenberg Resigns; Spiegel International, 3/1/11

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Spiegel International; Defense Minister Guttenberg Resigns : "By the end of last week, it had become clear that Guttenberg's disser...

Facebook is rewriting its privacy policy; San Jose Mercury News via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 3/13/11

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Mike Swift, San Jose Mercury News via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Facebook is rewriting its privacy policy : "Facebook's intent to sim...
Thursday, March 3, 2011

A $20 Loan, a Facebook Quarrel and a Fatal Stabbing; New York Times, 3/1/11

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Al Baker and Tim Stelloh, New York Times; A $20 Loan, a Facebook Quarrel and a Fatal Stabbing : "The war of words escalated over Facebo...

Internet Cheating Scandal Shakes Japan Universities; New York Times, 3/1/11

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Martin Fackler, New York Times; Internet Cheating Scandal Shakes Japan Universities : "While it is unclear whether more than one person...
Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Plagiarism in Dissertation Costs German Defense Minister His Job; New York Times, 3/1/11

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Judy Dempsey, New York Times; Plagiarism in Dissertation Costs German Defense Minister His J ob: "The University of Bayreuth, which con...
Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Where Freedom of Expression Runs Headlong Into the Impulse to Censor; New York Times, 2/28/11

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Clyde Haberman, New York Times; Where Freedom of Expression Runs Headlong Into the Impulse to Censor : "“The principle of free speech i...
Sunday, February 27, 2011

Mickey Mouse's dark side; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2/27/11

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Greg Victor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Mickey Mouse's dark side : "Charles Kenney in Foreign Policy says that "behind its facad...

Police expect arrests soon in 'Beaver Hoez' Facebook investigation; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2/25/11

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Torsten Ove, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Police expect arrests soon in 'Beaver Hoez' Facebook investigation : "With the search war...

Facebook page draws police scrutiny for cyberbullying; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2/24/11

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Moriah Balingit, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Facebook page draws police scrutiny for cyberbullying : "Sometime in the past few days, Penns...
Friday, February 25, 2011

[Editorial] Roberts' rules?: The chief justice should insist on an ethics code; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2/25/11

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[Editorial] Roberts' rules?: The chief justice should insist on an ethics code : "Now a group of more than 100 law professors have ...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet; Free Webinar via Educause

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Free Webinar via Educause: March 2, 2011 1:00 p.m. ET; The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet : "In this ...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

Hollywood Property Values; New York Times, 2/20/11

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Randy Cohen, The Ethicist, New York Times; Hollywood Property Values : "The added twist is that while Disney, like its industry cohort,...

Stars and Sewers; New York Times, 2/20/11

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Maureen Dowd, New York Times; Stars and Sewers : "Online anonymity has created what the computer scientist Jaron Lanier calls a “cultur...

[Podcast] The Personal Impact of the Web; NPR's On the Media, 2/18/11

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[Podcast] NPR's On the Media; The Personal Impact of the Web : "This week On the Media brings you a version of our first ever live ...
Friday, February 18, 2011

The human race needs elephant mothers, not tiger mothers; Guardian, 2/13/11

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Peter Singer, Guardian; The human race needs elephant mothers, not tiger mothers : "We should aim for our children to be good people, a...

Digital Age Is Slow to Arrive in Rural America; New York Times, 2/18/11

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Kim Severson, New York Times; Digital Age Is Slow to Arrive in Rural America : "As the world embraces its digital age — two billion peo...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

Egypt's revolt met with wide support, censorship; Associated Press, 2/12/11

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Associated Press; Egypt's revolt met with wide support, censorship : "From London to Gaza City to Seoul, the world was savoring the...

The Order of Things: What college rankings really tell us; New Yorker, 2/14/11

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Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker; The Order of Things: What college rankings really tell us : "There are schools that provide a good legal ...

Free love's antidote: On the Pitt campus, it should have been free speech; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2/12/11

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Free love's antidote: On the Pitt campus, it should have been free speech : "University of Pittsburgh stud...
Friday, February 11, 2011

Ethics Watchdog Targets Congressional Sleepovers; AP via NPR, 2/10/11

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AP via NPR; Ethics Watchdog Targets Congressional Sleepovers : "A Washington ethics watchdog says it's time for Congress to crack d...

[Podcast] Professors Differ On Ethics Of Using WikiLeaks Cables; NPR's Morning Edition, 2/7/11

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[Podcast] Jessica Deahl, NPR's Morning Edition; Professors Differ On Ethics Of Using WikiLeaks Cables : "The WikiLeaks cable dump i...

The Ethics of Free Cellphone Calls; New York Times, 2/10/11

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David Pogue, New York Times; The Ethics of Free Cellphone Calls : "Now, you know my feelings about cellphone companies. I think they’re...
Thursday, February 10, 2011

Counting by Race Can Throw Off Some Numbers; New York Times, 2/10/11

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Susan Saulny, New York Times; Counting by Race Can Throw Off Some Numbers : "The chameleon-like quality of Ms. López-Mullins’s racial a...
Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Teachers’ Colleges Upset By Plan to Grade Them; New York Times, 2/9/11

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Trip Gabriel, New York Times; Teachers’ Colleges Upset By Plan to Grade Them : "...U.S. News & World Report is planning to give A t...
Monday, February 7, 2011

[Editorial] The Disappearing Ethics Act; New York Times, 2/5/11

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[Editorial] New York Times; The Disappearing Ethics Act : "In a woeful signal to the new Congress, the House ethics committee has decid...
Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Wary of Egypt Unrest, China Censors Web; New York Times, 2/1/11

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Edward Wong and David Barboza, New York Times; Wary of Egypt Unrest, China Censors Web : "Sina.com and Netease.com — two of the nation’...
Monday, January 31, 2011

Connecticut Library To Show 'Sicko' After All; Library Journal, 1/26/11

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Library Journal; Connecticut Library To Show 'Sicko' After All : "Dutcher said he would attempt to "balance" the film...

New Partners in the Plagiarism-Detection Business; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/26/11

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Eric Hoover, Chronicle of Higher Education; New Partners in the Plagiarism-Detection Business : "The latter runs essays through a datab...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

Republican Congressman Proposes Tracking Freedom of Information Act Requests; New York Times, 1/29/11

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Eric Lipton, New York Times; Republican Congressman Proposes Tracking Freedom of Information Act Requests : "But his extraordinary requ...

House Ethics Committee Clears 3 of Conflict of Interest; New York Times, 1/27/11

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Eric Lipton, New York Times; House Ethics Committee Clears 3 of Conflict of Interest : "The House ethics committee, in one of its first...
Sunday, January 23, 2011

High Price for India’s Information Law; New York Times, 1/23/11

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Lydia Polgreen, New York Times; High Price for India’s Information Law : "Mr. Jethwa was one of millions of Indians who had embraced th...
Saturday, January 22, 2011

G.O.P. Grants Reprieve to House Ethics Office; New York Times,

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Ron Nixon,New York Times; G.O.P. Grants Reprieve to House Ethics Office : "Before the 2010 midterm elections, speculation was rampant t...
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Kip Currier, PhD, JD
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. Education: PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences (2007); Juris Doctor (JD), University of Pittsburgh School of Law; Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences. Member of American Bar Association (ABA), ABA IP Law Section, ABA Science & Technology Section
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