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/

Monday, November 25, 2013

Already Anticipating ‘Terminator’ Ethics; New York Times, 11/24/13

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John Markoff, New York Times; Already Anticipating ‘Terminator’ Ethics : "What could possibly go wrong? That was a question that some...

Weighing Free Speech in Refusal to Photograph Lesbian Couple’s Ceremony; New York Times, 11/18/13

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Adam Liptak, New York Times; Weighing Free Speech in Refusal to Photograph Lesbian Couple’s Ceremony : "A New Mexico law forbids busin...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Activists say they have found way round Chinese internet censorship; Guardian, 11/18/13

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Jonathan Kaiman, Guardian; Activists say they have found way round Chinese internet censorship : "Cyber-activists have retaliated agai...

Trending: The ethics of live-tweeting a break-up; BBC News, 11/18/13

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BBC News; Trending: The ethics of live-tweeting a break-up : "The apparent break-up of a young couple in New York has been documented ...

Pa. student newspaper editors ban ‘Redskins’ nickname _ and get sent to principal’s office; Associated Press via Washington Post, 11/16/13

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Associated Press via Washington Post; Pa. student newspaper editors ban ‘Redskins’ nickname _ and get sent to principal’s office : "Th...
Friday, November 15, 2013

Facebook Amends Privacy Policies; New York Times, 11/15/13

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Vindu Goel, New York Times; Facebook Amends Privacy Policies : "Facebook pressed ahead on Friday with changes to its privacy policies,...
Thursday, November 7, 2013

IFLA Signs on to Major International Document regarding Human Rights and Surveillance; IFLA, 10/30/13

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IFLA; IFLA Signs on to Major International Document regarding Human Rights and Surveillance : "IFLA has become a signatory to the Inte...
Tuesday, November 5, 2013

In Bullying Case, Questions on N.F.L. Culture; New York Times, 11/4/13

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John Branch and Ken Belson, New York Times; In Bullying Case, Questions on N.F.L. Culture : "Their unfolding saga is forcing the Natio...

Medical Ethics Have Been Violated at Detention Sites, a New Report Says; New York Times, 11/4/13

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Denise Grady and Benedict Carey, New York Times; Medical Ethics Have Been Violated at Detention Sites, a New Report Says : "A group of...

Rand Paul’s plagiarism allegations, and why they matter; Washington Post, 11/4/13

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Aaron Blake, Washington Post; Rand Paul’s plagiarism allegations, and why they matter : "Over the last week, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) ha...
Thursday, October 31, 2013

Ethics is Leadership Work; HuffingtonPost.com, 10/31/13

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Terry Newell, HuffingtonPost.com; Ethics is Leadership Work : "Pressed in recent days on his reaction to the revelations that the Nati...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Warily, Schools Watch Students on the Internet; New York Times, 10/28/13

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Somini Sengupta, New York Times; Warily, Schools Watch Students on the Internet : "Now, as students complain, taunt and sometimes cry ...
Thursday, October 24, 2013

Stop Watching Us: The Video; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 10/23/13

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Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF); Stop Watching Us: The Video : "StopWatching.us is a coalition of more than 100 public advocacy o...

New code of police ethics follows Plebgate; Guardian, 10/23/13

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Sandra Laville, Guardian; New code of police ethics follows Plebgate : "A tough new code of ethics for the police service will be hera...
Sunday, October 20, 2013

Not-So-Great Expectations; Inside Higher Ed, 10/18/13

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Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Ed; Not-So-Great Expectations : "Politics aside, Slocum’s case and others like it in recent months rai...
Thursday, October 17, 2013

Some News Organizations Decline to Publish Minors’ Names; New York Times, 10/15/13

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Christine Haughney, New York Times; Some News Organizations Decline to Publish Minors’ Names : "The liberal public records laws that h...

Felony Counts for 2 in Suicide of Bullied 12-Year-Old; New York Times, 10/15/13

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Lizette Alvarez, New York Times; Felony Counts for 2 in Suicide of Bullied 12-Year-Old : "For the Polk County sheriff’s office, which ...

Redskins’ Owner Stubbornly Clings to Wrong Side of History; New York Times, 10/12/13

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William C. Rhoden, New York Times; Redskins’ Owner Stubbornly Clings to Wrong Side of History : "[Washington Redskins owner Daniel Sny...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

A World Without Privacy; New York Times, 10/14/13

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Joe Nocera, New York Times; A World Without Privacy : "Dave Eggers’s new novel, “The Circle,” also has three short, Orwellian slogans,...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Advocacy group asks conventions to ‘protect our secret identities’; ComicBookResoruces.com, 10/15/13

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Kevin Melrose, ComicBookResources.com; Advocacy group asks conventions to ‘protect our secret identities’ : "In response to New York C...
Monday, October 14, 2013

False equivalence: how 'balance' makes the media dangerously dumb; Guardian, 10/11/13

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Bob Garfield, Guardian; False equivalence: how 'balance' makes the media dangerously dumb : "Let us state this unequivocally: ...

Privacy Fears Grow as Cities Increase Surveillance; New York Times, 10/13/13

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Somini Sengupta, New York Times; Privacy Fears Grow as Cities Increase Surveillance : "Federal grants of $7 million awarded to this ci...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Opting to Blow the Whistle or Choosing to Walk Away; New York Times, 9/20/13

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Alina Tugend, New York Times; Opting to Blow the Whistle or Choosing to Walk Away : "WHISTLE-BLOWERS have been big news lately — from ...

Cheating’s Surprising Thrill; New York Times, 10/7/13

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Jan Hoffman, New York Times; Cheating’s Surprising Thrill : "When was the last time you cheated? Not on the soul-scorching magnitude ...

For Faculty Free Speech, the Tide Is Turning; Chronicle of Higher Education, 9/30/13

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Thomas Sullivan and Lawrence White, Chronicle of Higher Education; For Faculty Free Speech, the Tide Is Turning : "Those and other cas...
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Doctorate furor continues for Fox Chapel Area School District superintendent; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/8/13

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Mary Niederberger, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Doctorate furor continues for Fox Chapel Area School District superintendent : "Legal arg...
Sunday, October 6, 2013

Mugged by a Mug Shot Online; New York Times, 10/5/13

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David Segal, New York Times; Mugged by a Mug Shot Online : "It was only a matter of time before the Internet started to monetize humi...
Thursday, October 3, 2013

As F.B.I. Pursued Snowden, an E-Mail Service Stood Firm; New York times, 10/2/13

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Nicole Perlroth and Scott Shane, New York Times; As F.B.I. Pursued Snowden, an E-Mail Service Stood Firm : "On Aug. 8, Mr. Levison clo...
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 ...
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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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