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/

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Privacy and Press Freedom Collide in University Case; New York Times, 10/20/11

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Tamar Lewin, New York Times; Privacy and Press Freedom Collide in University Case : "Those requests set off a shootout between the st...
Sunday, October 2, 2011

Dealing With an Identity Hijacked on the Online Highway; New York Times, 9/26/11

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Noam Cohen, New York Times; Dealing With an Identity Hijacked on the Online Highway : "DESPITE his prominent position as a Republican...

Century After It Was Banned, Place of Honor for Twain Tale; New York Times, 9/22/11

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Abby Goodnough, New York Times; Century After It Was Banned, Place of Honor for Twain Tale : "Richard Whitehead was researching his n...

For Idaho and the Internet, Life in the Slow Lane; New York Times, 9/13/11

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Katherine Q. Seelye, New York Times; For Idaho and the Internet, Life in the Slow Lane : "“This is about our overall competitiveness,...

[Graphic] Comparing Internet Speeds Across the Nation; New York Times, 9/13/11

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[Graphic] New York Times; Comparing Internet Speeds Across the Nation

Report calls 1940s syphilis research 'unconscionable'; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 9/13/11

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Torsten Ove, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Report calls 1940s syphilis research 'unconscionable' : "A report on the medical resear...

[Op Ed] Bullying as True Drama; New York Times, 9/11

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[Op Ed] Danah Boyd and Alice Marwick, New York Times; Bullying as True Drama : "Antibullying efforts cannot be successful if they mak...

Suicide Draws Attention to Gay Bullying; New York Times, 9/21/11

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Anahad O'Connor, New York Times; Suicide Draws Attention to Gay Bullying : "Five months ago, Jamey Rodemeyer, a Buffalo junior hi...
Thursday, September 8, 2011

Patient Data Posted Online in Major Breach of Privacy; New York Times, 9/8/11

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Kevin Sack, New York Times; Patient Data Posted Online in Major Breach of Privacy : "A medical privacy breach at Stanford University’...
Monday, September 5, 2011

With Cheating Only a Click Away, Professors Reduce the Incentive; Chronicle of Higher Education, 9/4/11

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Jie Jenny Zou, Chronicle of Higher Education; With Cheating Only a Click Away, Professors Reduce the Incentive : "By specifically out...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Commission: Researchers Knew Of Ethical Problems In Guatemala STD Study; NPR's Shots Blog, 8/30/11

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Eliza Barclay, NPR's Shots Blog; Commission: Researchers Knew Of Ethical Problems In Guatemala STD Study : "U.S. researchers know...

Ethical 'Reality': A Proposed Code For Producers To Live By; NPR's Monkey See Blog, 8/31/11

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Linda Holmes, NPR's Monkey See Blog; Ethical 'Reality': A Proposed Code For Producers To Live By : "But just as responsib...

Bullying Law Puts New Jersey Schools on Spot; New York Times, 8/30/11

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Winnie Hu, New York Times; Bullying Law Puts New Jersey Schools on Spot : "But while many parents and educators welcome the efforts t...

[Podcast] If Science Takes A Wrong Turn, Who Rights It? ; NPR's Talk of the Nation, 8/5/11

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[Podcast] Ira Flatow, NPR's Talk of the Nation: If Science Takes A Wrong Turn, Who Rights It? : "Science is often idealized as a ...
Thursday, August 11, 2011

On Its Own, Europe Backs Web Privacy Fights; New York Times, 8/9/11

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Suzanne Daley, New York Times; On Its Own, Europe Backs Web Privacy Fights : "Mr. Werro says Europe sees the need to balance freedom...
Saturday, July 2, 2011

[Editorial] Ethics, Politics and the Law; New York Times, 6/30/11

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[Editorial] New York Times; Ethics, Politics and the Law : "The ethical judgments of the Supreme Court justices became an important iss...
Saturday, May 14, 2011

Band of Academic-Plagiarism Sleuths Undoes German Politicians; Chronicle of Higher Education, 5/12/11

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Aisha Labi, Chronicle of Higher Education; Band of Academic-Plagiarism Sleuths Undoes German Politicians : "The revelations of how exte...

Secret Archive of Ulster Troubles Faces Subpoena; New York Times, 5/13/11

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Jim Dwyer, New York Times; Secret Archive of Ulster Troubles Faces Subpoena : "The interviewers, working for an oral history project at...

Facebook, Foe of Anonymity, Is Forced to Explain a Secret; New York Times, 5/13/11

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Miguel Helft, New York Times; Facebook, Foe of Anonymity, Is Forced to Explain a Secret : "Now, Facebook is being taken to task for try...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Faculty at For-Profits Allege Constant Pressure to Keep Students Enrolled; Chronicle of Higher Education, 5/8/11

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Kelly Field, Chronicle of Higher Education; Faculty at For-Profits Allege Constant Pressure to Keep Students Enrolled : "Faculty compla...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

A Journal’s Statement May Aid a Harvard Researcher Accused of Misconduct; New York Times,

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Nicholas Wade, New York Times; A Journal’s Statement May Aid a Harvard Researcher Accused of Misconduct : "In a positive development f...

Treasures Pose Ethics Issues for Smithsonian; New York Times, 4/24/11

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Kate Taylor, New York Times; Treasures Pose Ethics Issues for Smithsonian : "Kimberly L. Faulk, a marine archeologist and vice chairwom...
Sunday, April 24, 2011

The Pay Wall’s the Thing; New York Times, The Ethicist,4/22/11

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Ariel Kaminer, New York Times, The Ethicist; The Pay Wall’s the Thing : "I’m a 24-year-old freelance journalist who’s still somewhat de...

[Podcast] Greg Mortenson; CBS's 60 Minutes, 4/17/11

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[Podcast] CBS's 60 Minutes; Greg Mortenson : "He has written inspiring best sellers, including "Three Cups of Tea," but a...

[Podcast] The Problem of Sock Puppets; OnTheMedia.org, 4/22/11

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[Podcast] OnTheMedia.org; The Problem of Sock Puppets : "This month, a user on the website Metafilter started a thread critiquing Dilbe...

Stumbling Into Bad Behavior; New York Times, 4/20/11

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Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel, New York Times; Stumbling Into Bad Behavior : "Regulators, prosecutors and journalists tend to f...

The Crash and Burn of an Autism Guru; New York Times, 4/20/11

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Susan Dominus, New York Times; The Crash and Burn of an Autism Guru : "In Britain, the General Medical Council revoked Wakefield’s medi...

Roommate Faces Hate-Crime Charges in Rutgers Case; New York Times, 4/20/11

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Lisa W. Foderaro, New York Times; Roommate Faces Hate-Crime Charges in Rutgers Case : "A New Jersey grand jury on Wednesday indicted th...

Busy Job of Judging Video-Game Content to Be Ceded to Machines; New York Times, 4/17/11

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Seth Schiesel, New York Times; Busy Job of Judging Video-Game Content to Be Ceded to Machines : "Starting on Monday the ratings board p...
Saturday, April 23, 2011

Nevada senator Ensign resigns under ethics cloud; Reuters, 4/21/11

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JoAnne Allen, Reuters; Nevada senator Ensign resigns under ethics cloud : "Nevada Republican John Ensign, who admitted having an extram...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Sandra Day O'Connor Faulted By Critics On Ethics; Associated Press via HuffingtonPost.com, 4/10/11

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Mark Sherman, Associated Press via HuffingtonPost.com; Sandra Day O'Connor Faulted By Critics On Ethics : "Hellman, the Pittsburgh ...
Sunday, April 10, 2011

Phone hacking: Rupert Murdoch 'urged Gordon Brown' to halt Labour attacks; Guardian, 4/9/11

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Toby Helm and James Robinson, Guardian; Phone hacking: Rupert Murdoch 'urged Gordon Brown' to halt Labour attacks : "Rupert Mur...

Feel Like a Wallflower? Maybe It’s Your Facebook Wall; New York Times, 4/9/11

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Jenna Wortham, New York Times; Feel Like a Wallflower? Maybe It’s Your Facebook Wa ll: "My problem is emblematic of the digital era. It...

Erasing the Digital Past; New York Times, 4/1/11

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Nick Bilton, New York Times; Erasing the Digital Past : "The company he used, Reputation.com, is among a growing corps of online reputa...
Saturday, April 9, 2011

British Tabloid Accepts Blame in Cell Hacking; New York Times, 4/8/11

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Sarah Lyall, New York Times; British Tabloid Accepts Blame in Cell Hacking : "Faced with a cascade of lawsuits and a widening police in...

Author’s Heirs Uncensor a Classic War Novel; New York Times, 4/4/11

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Julie Bosman, New York Times; Author’s Heirs Uncensor a Classic War Novel : "When the classic novel “From Here to Eternity” was publish...

Dark Past in Balkan War Intrudes on New Life; New York Times, 4/3/11

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Malcolm Gay, New York Times; Dark Past in Balkan War Intrudes on New Life : "“Anything she done, it was army connected,” said Ms. Loman...

Meet the New Ethicist; New York Times, 3/11/11

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Ariel Kaminer, New York Times; Meet the New Ethicist : "I wasn’t hired because I am a paragon of ethics or a role model, but because th...
Saturday, April 2, 2011

Paterson Teacher Suspended Over a Post on Facebook; New York Times, 4/1/11

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Winnie Hu, New York Times; Paterson Teacher Suspended Over a Post on Facebook : "Jonathan Zimmerman, a New York University history prof...
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...
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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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