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/

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
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