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

My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" was published on Nov. 13, 2025. Purchases can be made via Amazon and this Bloomsbury webpage: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ethics-information-and-technology-9781440856662/

Sunday, September 29, 2013

The World According to Team Walt; New York Times, 9/28/13

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Ross Douthat, New York Times; The World According to Team Walt : "In the online realms where hit shows are dissected, critics who pass...
Thursday, September 19, 2013

Expanding Privacy Legislation to Include Ebooks; American Libraries, July/August 2013

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Mariam Pera, American Libraries; Expanding Privacy Legislation to Include Ebooks : "While privacy continues to be an issue on the nati...

Facebook “Like” button just as protected as written speech, court rules; ArsTechnica.com, 9/18/13

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Cyrus Farivar, Arstechnica.com; Facebook “Like” button just as protected as written speech, court rules : "In a unanimous decision on ...
Saturday, September 14, 2013

Girl’s Suicide Points to Rise in Apps Used by Cyberbullies; New York Times, 9/13/13

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Lizette Alvarez, New York Times; Girl’s Suicide Points to Rise in Apps Used by Cyberbullies : "For more than a year, Rebecca, pretty a...
Friday, September 13, 2013

Opinion in Google Street View Privacy Case; New York Times, 9/10/13

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New York Times; Opinion in Google Street View Privacy Case : "A federal appeals court rejected Google’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit accus...
Thursday, September 12, 2013

The NSA's next move: silencing university professors?; Guardian, 9/10/13

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Jay Rosen, Guardian; The NSA's next move: silencing university professors? : "In commenting critically on a subject he is expert i...
Sunday, May 5, 2013

Whither Moral Courage?; New York Times, 4/27/13

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Salman Rushdie, New York Times; Whither Moral Courage? : " Rohinton Mistry’s celebrated novel “Such a Long Journey” was pulled off the...
Saturday, April 13, 2013

BBC Won’t Ban ‘Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead,’ Adopted as Anti-Thatcher Anthem; New York Times, 4/12/13

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Robert Mackey, New York Times; BBC Won’t Ban ‘Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead,’ Adopted as Anti-Thatcher Anthem : "The BBC on Friday reje...

Study of Babies Did Not Disclose Risks, U.S. Finds; New York Times, 4/10/13

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Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times; Study of Babies Did Not Disclose Risks, U.S. Finds : "A federal agency has found that a number of p...
Sunday, April 7, 2013

India’s Novartis Decision; New York Times, 4/4/13

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Editorial Board, New York Times; India’s Novartis Decision : "The ruling will allow the sale of generic versions of Gleevec in India a...

Why Rutgers Blinked; New York Times, 4/5/13

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Joe Nocera, Why Rutgers Blinked; Why Rutgers Blinked : "Pernetti is said to be one of the bright lights of college sports. Around the ...
Saturday, March 30, 2013

Ex-Schools Chief in Atlanta Is Indicted in Testing Scandal; New York Times, 3/29/13

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Michael Winerip, New York Times; Ex-Schools Chief in Atlanta Is Indicted in Testing Scandal : "It is not just an Atlanta problem. Chea...

The Emily Posts of the Digital Age; New York Times, 3/29/13

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Alex Williams, New York Times; The Emily Posts of the Digital Age : "Are manners dead? Cellphones, Twitter and Facebook may be killing...
Monday, March 25, 2013

In Leak Case, State Secrecy in Plain Sight; New York Times, 3/24/13

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David Carr, New York Times; In Leak Case, State Secrecy in Plain Sight : "Reporters covering the government’s prosecution of Pfc. Brad...

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the Sequel; New York Times, 3/23/13

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Rebecca Skloot, New York Times; The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the Sequel : "Imagine if someone secretly sent samples of your D...

A Family’s Secrets Bared, on Camera; New York Times, 3/22/13

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Elizabeth Jensen, New York Times; A Family’s Secrets Bared, on Camera : "More problematic for the filmmakers was that early on in the ...
Saturday, March 23, 2013

Read this: Jane Goodall caught in plagiarism scandal; Washington Post, 3/20/13

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Amy Argetsinger, Washington Post; Read this: Jane Goodall caught in plagiarism scandal : "Jane Goodall, the groundbreaking primatologi...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Google Concedes That Drive-by Prying Violated Privacy; New York Times, 3/12/13

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David Streitfeld, New York Times; Google Concedes That Drive-by Prying Violated Privacy : "Google on Tuesday acknowledged to state off...
Monday, March 11, 2013

Harvard Search of E-Mail Stuns Its Faculty Members; New York Times, 3/10/13

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Richard Perez-Pena, New York Times; Harvard Search of E-Mail Stuns Its Faculty Members : "News of the e-mail searches prolonged the fa...

Harvard Searched E-Mails for Source of Media Leaks; New York Times, 3/9/13

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Richard Perez-Pena, New York Times; Harvard Searched E-Mails for Source of Media Leaks : "Harvard secretly searched the e-mail account...
Sunday, March 3, 2013

Keeping an Eye on Online Test-Takers; New York Times, 3/2/13

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Anne Eisenberg, New York Times; Keeping an Eye on Online Test-Takers : "The issue of online cheating concerns many educators, particul...
Saturday, March 2, 2013

Senator Seeks More Data Rights for Online Consumers; New York Times, 2/28/13

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Natasha Singer, New York Times; Senator Seeks More Data Rights for Online Consumers : "Before his planned retirement from Congress at ...

Alan F. Westin, Who Transformed Privacy Debate Before the Web Era, Dies at 83; New York Times, 2/22/13

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Margalit Fox, New York Times; Alan F. Westin, Who Transformed Privacy Debate Before the Web Era, Dies at 83 : "Alan F. Westin, a lega...

Rebecca Marino quits tennis following cyberbullying incidents; (Toronto) Star, 2/20/13

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Daniel Girard, (Toronto) Star; Rebecca Marino quits tennis following cyberbullying incidents : "Marino, who took a seven-month break f...

Canadian ‘pork chop’ bullying video goes viral; (Toronto) Star, 2/21/13

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Lesley Ciarula Taylor, (Toronto) Star; Canadian ‘pork chop’ bullying video goes viral : "Canadian poet Shane Koyczan has hit a nerve i...
Thursday, February 21, 2013

Supreme Court Appears to Defend Patent on Soybean; New York Times, 2/19/13

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Adam Liptak, New York Times; Supreme Court Appears to Defend Patent on Soybean : "A freewheeling and almost entirely one-sided argumen...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Scholar Finds Flaws in Work by Archenemy of Comics; New York Times, 2/19/13

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Dave Itzkoff, New York Times; Scholar Finds Flaws in Work by Archenemy of Comics : "Carol L. Tilley, an assistant professor at the Uni...

Good Samaritan returns $1,200 he found in hardware store - and gets rude reaction instead of a thank-you; Daily Mail, 2/15/13

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Daily Mail; Good Samaritan returns $1,200 he found in hardware store - and gets rude reaction instead of a thank-you : "A Missouri man...

Falling Far Short of the Whole Truth; New York Times, 2/13/13

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Russ Buettner, New York Times; Falling Far Short of the Whole Truth : "Questions were asked, which Ms. Sengupta, who was, in fact, in ...

Prof. bans Fox News: Classes not allowed to cite station; Examiner.com, 2/15/13

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Effie Orfanides, Examiner.com; Prof. bans Fox News: Classes not allowed to cite station : "A prof. bans Fox News at West Liberty Univ...

Q. and A. With Viviane Reding; New York Times, 2/2/13

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New York Times; Q. and A. With Viviane Reding . "Viviane Reding, the vice president of the European Commission and the justice commiss...

Data Protection Laws, an Ocean Apart; New York Times, 2/2/13

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Natasha Singer, New York Times; Data Protection Laws, an Ocean Apart: "OVER the years, the United States and Europe have taken differ...

Son’s Suicide Leads to Aid for Students; New York Times, 2/1/13

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Kate Zernike, New York Times; Son’s Suicide Leads to Aid for Students : "Jane and Joe Clementi once considered suing Rutgers Universit...

Students Disciplined in Harvard Scandal; New York Times, 2/1/13

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Richard Perez-Pena, New York Times; Students Disciplined in Harvard Scandal : "Harvard has forced dozens of students to leave in its l...

Staying Private on the New Facebook; New York Times, 2/6/13

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Somini Sengupta, New York Times; Staying Private on the New Facebook : "Facebook is a personal vault that can contain photos of your f...

Police Call Match-Fixing Widespread in Soccer; New York Times, 2/4/13

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Sam Borden, New York Times; Police Call Match-Fixing Widespread in Soccer : "Soccer is known throughout much of the world as the beaut...

As Extremists Invaded, Timbuktu Hid Artifacts of a Golden Age; New York Times, 2/3/13

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Lydia Polgreen, New York Times; As Extremists Invaded, Timbuktu Hid Artifacts of a Golden Age : "“This is the record of the golden age...
Saturday, February 2, 2013

Exclusive: Eric Schmidt Unloads on China in New Book; Wall Street Journal, 2/1/13

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Tom Gara, Wall Street Journal; Exclusive: Eric Schmidt Unloads on China in New Book : "With the Arab uprisings rolling onward, “The Ne...

Twitter Hacked: Data for 250,000 Users May Be Stolen; New York Times, 2/1/13

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Nicole Perlroth, New York Times; Twitter Hacked: Data for 250,000 Users May Be Stolen : "Twitter announced late Friday that it had bee...

Washington Post Joins List of News Media Hacked by the Chinese; New York Times, 2/1/13

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Nicole Perlroth, New York Times; Washington Post Joins List of News Media Hacked by the Chinese : "Security experts said that in 2008,...

Hacking the Old Gray Lady; Slate.com, 1/31/13

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Farhad Manjoo, Slate.com; Hacking the Old Gray Lady : "The most important outcome here might be the chilling effect: Now that a Chines...
Sunday, January 27, 2013

In a French Case, a Battle to Unmask Twitter Users; New York Times, 1/24/13

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Eric Pfanner and Somini Sengupta, New York Times; In a French Case, a Battle to Unmask Twitter Users : "A French court on Thursday tol...
Saturday, January 26, 2013

On the Media: How social should the media be?; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1/25/13

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Maria Sciullo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; On the Media: How social should the media be? : "Five years ago, it was unlikely any news org...
Thursday, January 24, 2013

Restaurants Turn Camera Shy; New York Times, 1/22/13

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Helene Stapinski, New York Times; Restaurants Turn Camera Shy : "Mr. Chang is one of several chefs who either prohibit food photograph...
Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Daily Report: Even if It Outrages the Boss, Social Net Speech Is Protected; New York Times, 1/22/13

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New York Times; Daily Report: Even if It Outrages the Boss, Social Net Speech Is Protected : "Employers often seek to discourage comme...

In New Ad, Conservative Group Questions Hagel’s Ethics; New York Times, 1/22/13

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Jim Rutenberg, New York Times; In New Ad, Conservative Group Questions Hagel’s Ethics : "The American Future Fund, a conservative grou...

Mixed Response to Comcast in Expanding Net Access; New York Times, 1/20/13

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Amy Chozick, New York Times; Mixed Response to Comcast in Expanding Net Access : "Internet Essentials is not a government program, alt...

Pauline Phillips, Flinty Adviser to Millions as Dear Abby, Dies at 94; New York Times, 1/17/13

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Margalit Fox, New York Times; Pauline Phillips, Flinty Adviser to Millions as Dear Abby, Dies at 94 : "Long before the Internet — and ...
Sunday, January 20, 2013

Swarming a Book Online; New York Times, 1/20/13

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David Streitfeld, New York Times; Swarming a Book Online : "“Books used to die by being ignored, but now they can be killed — and perh...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Company Takes A Fair Shot At Facebook, LinkedIn, With Social Networking Patents; Intellectual Property Watch, 1/15/13

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William New, Intellectual Property Watch; Company Takes A Fair Shot At Facebook, LinkedIn, With Social Networking Patents : "A Virgin...
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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; Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T); Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
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