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, December 29, 2012

Childhood, Uncensored; New York Times, 12/28/12

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Catherine Saint Louis, New York Times; Childhood, Uncensored : "Last year, Ms. Myracle’s so-called Internet girls series — consisting ...

Newspaper on Cape Cod Apologizes for a Veteran Reporter’s Fabrications; New York Times, 12/28/12

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Katherine Q. Seelye, New York Times; Newspaper on Cape Cod Apologizes for a Veteran Reporter’s Fabrications : "In their apology, the p...

Blogger Christopher Fountain Hits Back Against Gun Owners' Map, Publishes Addresses Of Journal News Staff; HuffingtonPost.com, 12/27/12

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HuffingtonPost.com; Blogger Christopher Fountain Hits Back Against Gun Owners' Map, Publishes Addresses Of Journal News Staff : "B...

Cranberry man files suit against LinkedIn; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12/27/12

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Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Cranberry man files suit against LinkedIn : "A Cranberry man who heads a local foundation has file...
Thursday, December 27, 2012

The Shocking Amazing Spider-Man Plot Twist That Inspired Death Threats; Wired.com, 12/27/12

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Laura Hudson, Wired.com; The Shocking Amazing Spider-Man Plot Twist That Inspired Death Threats : "Poor Spider-Man. Five years after t...
Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Netflix Social Sharing Bill Passes Without Email Privacy Protection; HuffingtonPost.com, 12/26/12

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HuffingtonPost.com; Netflix Social Sharing Bill Passes Without Email Privacy Protection : "The "Netflix amendment" to the Vi...

New York Journal News Publishes Gun Owners' Names In Westchester, Rockland Counties; HuffingtonPost.com, 12/25/12

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Rebecca Shapiro, HuffingtonPost.com; New York Journal News Publishes Gun Owners' Names In Westchester, Rockland Counties : "Some c...
Tuesday, December 25, 2012

When Media’s Decision in the Face of Events Is to Say Nothing About Them; New York Times, 12/23/12

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Will Storey, New York Times; When Media’s Decision in the Face of Events Is to Say Nothing About Them : "For the previous decade, The ...
Sunday, December 23, 2012

Giving Mom’s Book Five Stars? Amazon May Cull Your Review; New York Times, 12/22/12

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David Streitfeld, New York Times; Giving Mom’s Book Five Stars? Amazon May Cull Your Review : "Amazon has not said how many reviews it...
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

As Debt Rises and Job Prospects Dim, Some Say It's Time to Put a Warning Label on Graduate School; Chronicle of Higher Education, 12/9/12

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Stacey Patton, Chronicle of Higher Education; As Debt Rises and Job Prospects Dim, Some Say It's Time to Put a Warning Label on Graduate...
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eBooks For Libraries Web Site Relaunches, Focus is Now Public Awareness About Issues; Library Journal, 12/11/12

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Gary Price, Library Journal; eBooks For Libraries Web Site Relaunches, Focus is Now Public Awareness About Issues : ""The eBooks ...
Sunday, December 2, 2012

Basketball Players’ Night Off Makes a Stand for Sitting Out; New York Times, 11/30/12

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Sam Borden, New York Times; Basketball Players’ Night Off Makes a Stand for Sitting Out : "“I don’t think he did anything unethical,” ...
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Can a Professor Require Civility?; Inside Higher Ed, 11/19/12

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Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Ed; Can a Professor Require Civility? : "Robert Kreiser, senior program officer at the American Assoc...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Educator Aided Others at Cheating, U.S. Charges; New York Times, 11/26/12

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Motoko Rich, New York Times; Educator Aided Others at Cheating, U.S. Charges : "Federal prosecutors in Memphis are investigating an ed...
Sunday, November 18, 2012

YouTube Refuses to Yank Israeli Kill Video as Hamas Attacks Jerusalem; Wired.com, 11/16/12

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Noah Shachtman, Wired.com; YouTube Refuses to Yank Israeli Kill Video as Hamas Attacks Jerusalem : "Israel launched its “Operation Pil...

Many Rural AT&T Customers Still Lack High-Speed Internet Despite Merger Promise; HuffingtonPost.com, 11/18/12

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Gerry Smith, HuffingtonPost.com; Many Rural AT&T Customers Still Lack High-Speed Internet Despite Merger Promise : "The disconnect...

You Can’t Say That on the Internet; New York Times, 11/16/12

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Evgeny Morozov, New York Times; You Can’t Say That on the Internet : "Thanks to Silicon Valley, our public life is undergoing a transf...
Saturday, November 17, 2012

Online Privacy Issue Is Also in Play in Petraeus Scandal; HuffingtonPost.com, 11/13/12

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Scott Shane, HuffingtonPost.com; Online Privacy Issue Is Also in Play in Petraeus Scandal : "The F.B.I. investigation that toppled the...

Apple Bans 'Erotic' Book Cover From iTunes; HuffingtonPost.com, 11/16/12

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HuffingtonPost.com; Apple Bans 'Erotic' Book Cover From iTunes : "Apple has censored books before. Earlier this year, Naomi Wo...
Friday, October 26, 2012

China Blocks Web Access to Times After Article; New York Times, 10/25/12

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Keith Bradsher, New York Times; China Blocks Web Access to Times After Article : "The Chinese government swiftly blocked access Friday...
Thursday, October 25, 2012

UNC’s Erik Highsmith caught plagiarizing 11-year-olds; Yahoo Sports, 10/23/12

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Graham Watson, Yahoo Sports; UNC’s Erik Highsmith caught plagiarizing 11-year-olds : "Per a report in the News & Observer, North C...

Teachers make extra money selling materials on the Web; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/20/12

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Donna Gordon Blankinship, Associated Press via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Teachers make extra money selling materials on the W eb: "Whil...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Twitter Removes Anti-Semitic Postings, French Jewish Group Says; New York Times, 10/19/12

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Steven Erlanger and Alan Cowell, New York Times; Twitter Removes Anti-Semitic Postings, French Jewish Group Says : "Several Twitter us...
Sunday, September 23, 2012

Free Speech in the Age of YouTube; New York Times, 9/22/12

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Somini Sengupta, New York Times; Free Speech in the Age of YouTube : "COMPANIES are usually accountable to no one but their shareholde...
Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Twitter’s Free Speech Defender; New York Times, 9/2/12

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Somini Sengupta, New York Times; Twitter’s Free Speech Defender : "At a time when Internet companies control so much of what we can s...
Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Tweeting Up Controversy in 'Socialympics'; New York Times, 7/31/12

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Eric Pfanner, New York Times; Tweeting Up Controversy in 'Socialympics' : "In the run-up to the Summer Olympics in London, th...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Lehrer Apologizes for Recycling Work, While New Yorker Says It Won’t Happen Again; New York Times, 6/20/12

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Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times; Lehrer Apologizes for Recycling Work, While New Yorker Says It Won’t Happen Again : "The science...

Jonah Lehrer Resigns From The New Yorker After Making Up Dylan Quotes for His Book; New York Times, 7/30/12

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Julie Bosman, New York Times; Jonah Lehrer Resigns From The New Yorker After Making Up Dylan Quotes for His Book : "An article in Tab...

Journalism’s Misdeeds Get a Glance in the Mirror; New York Times, 7/29/12

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David Carr, New York Times; Journalism’s Misdeeds Get a Glance in the Mirror : "Now would seem to be journalism’s big moment to turn ...
Saturday, July 28, 2012

Why Do the Chinese Copy So Much?; International Herald Tribune, 7/25/12

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Didi Kirsten Tatlow, International Herald Tribune; Why Do the Chinese Copy So Much? : "As news spread in Austria and around the world...
Thursday, July 12, 2012

Japanese Anesthesiologist Completely Faked 172 Papers; PopSci, 7/3/12

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Bob Nosowitz, PopSci; Japanese Anesthesiologist Completely Faked 172 Papers : "Scientific papers are faked sometimes. That's obvi...

Grade Changes Spark Dispute at Tennessee State U.; Chronicle of Higher Education, 7/11/12

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Chronicle of Higher Education; Grade Changes Spark Dispute at Tennessee State U. : "More than 100 students who took mathematics cours...
Friday, June 15, 2012

Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have 'Nothing to Hide'; Chronicle of Higher Education, 5/15/11

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Daniel J. Solove, Chronicle of Higher Education; Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have 'Nothing to Hide' : "When the governmen...
Monday, May 21, 2012

Psychiatrist’s Apology Stands Out From Typical Scientific Regrets; Chronicle of Higher Education, 5/18/12

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Josh Fischman, Chronicle of Higher Education; Psychiatrist’s Apology Stands Out From Typical Scientific Regrets : "Dr. Spitzer, on th...

Ex-Rutgers student webcam spy sentenced to 30 days in jail; ArsTechnica.com, 5/21/12

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Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica.com; Ex-Rutgers student webcam spy sentenced to 30 days in jail : "Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers student...
Sunday, May 20, 2012

Wikipedia Kills Page Linking Obama Slogan to Socialist Movement; New York Times, 5/8/12

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Noam Cohen, New York Times; Wikipedia Kills Page Linking Obama Slogan to Socialist Movement : "After a debate among readers who also ...
Saturday, May 19, 2012

In the Undoing of a C.E.O., a Puzzle; New York Times, 5/18/12

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James B. Stewart, New York Times; In the Undoing of a C.E.O., a P uzzle: "Mr. Thompson now joins a lengthy and puzzling list of promi...

Yahoo’s Chief Said to Tell Executives He Did Not Submit a Résumé; New York Times, 5/10/12

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Michael J. De La Merced, New York Times; Yahoo’s Chief Said to Tell Executives He Did Not Submit a Résumé : "Yahoo‘s embattled chief ...

Third Point Demands Records From Yahoo’s C.E.O. Search; New York Times, 5/7/12

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Michael J. De La Merced, New York Times; Third Point Demands Records From Yahoo’s C.E.O. S earch: "Third Point sent Yahoo a request f...

Loeb Accuses Yahoo Officials of Résumé Padding; New York Times, 5/3/12

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Kevin Roose, New York Times; Loeb Accuses Yahoo Officials of Résumé Padding: "In a letter sent to Yahoo’s board on Thursday, Mr. Loeb...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Woman Donates Kidney for Boss; Boss Fires Her; Fair?; YahooNews.com, 4/23/12

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Isa-Lee Wolf, YahooNews.com; Woman Donates Kidney for Boss; Boss Fires Her; Fair? : "Should the law allow a boss to ask an employee f...
Friday, April 20, 2012

On Tribal Lands, Digital Divide Brings New Form Of Isolation; HuffingtonPost.com, 4/20/12

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HuffingtonPost.com; On Tribal Lands, Digital Divide Brings New Form Of Isolation : "Native Americans have long experienced disconnect...
Sunday, April 8, 2012

Rochester’s ridiculous banned book controversy; Salon.com, 3/20/12

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Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon.com; Rochester’s ridiculous banned book controversy : "One of the American Library Association’s most ...

The Delhi child servant scandal that has outraged India; Guardian, 4/7/12

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Gethin Chamberlain, Guardian; The Delhi child servant scandal that has outraged India : "The outcry over the Delhi maid was encouragi...
Saturday, March 31, 2012

Panel Says Flu Research Is Safe to Publish; New York Times, 3/30/12

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Denise Grady, New York Times; Panel Says Flu Research Is Safe to Publish : "After a public furor over experiments that made a dangero...

[Op-Ed] When Stealing Isn’t Stealing; New York Times, 3/28/12

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[Op-Ed] Stuart P. Green, New York Times; When Stealing Isn’t Stealing : "The problem is that most people simply don’t buy the claim t...

Tracking Twitter, Raising Red Flags; New York Times, 3/30/12

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Pete Thamel, New York Times; Tracking Twitter, Raising Red Flags: "“Every school, we work to customize their keyword list,” said Sam ...

David Vitter Undermined Public Trust, Senate Ethics Panel Rules; HuffingtonPost.com, 3/30/12

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Larry Margasak, HuffingtonPost.com; David Vitter Undermined Public Trust, Senate Ethics Panel Rules : "Sen. David Vitter undermined p...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Amazon Web Services’ Big Free Genetic Database; New York Times, 3/29/12

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Quentin Hardy, New York Times; Amazon Web Services’ Big Free Genetic Database : "Amazon’s cloud computing unit, Amazon Web Services, ...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Nelson Mandela archive launches digital treasure trove; Guardian, 3/27/12

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David Smith, Guardian; Nelson Mandela archive launches digital treasure trove : "Ndileka [mandela] rejected suggestions that the publ...
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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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