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/

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
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