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, December 30, 2013

An Ethics for the Future of Genetic Testing; Atlantic, 12/30/13

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Sara Hendren, Atlantic; An Ethics for the Future of Genetic Testing : "The available prenatal testing technologies for expectant paren...
Sunday, December 29, 2013

Whose Responsibility Is It Anyway? A New Approach to Fighting Cyberbullying; HuffingtonPost.com, 12/23/13

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Joanna Finkelstein, HuffingtonPost.com; Whose Responsibility Is It Anyway? A New Approach to Fighting Cyberbullying : "A 2011 study by...

Ethics Panel Hands Down Holiday Gift Rules — In Rhyme; NPR, 12/9/13

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Peter Overby, NPR; Ethics Panel Hands Down Holiday Gift Rules — In Rhyme : "Time was when business-suited Santas would spend December ...

The Price Is Wrong And You Know It: Do You Buy That Ticket?; NPR, 12/27/13

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Mark Memmott, NPR; The Price Is Wrong And You Know It: Do You Buy That Ticket? : ""Delta To Honor Extremely Cheap Mistake Fares....

Is the Internet a Mob Without Consequence?; New York Times, 12/24/13

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Nick Bilton, New York Times; Is the Internet a Mob Without Consequence? : "Ms. Sacco was tried and judged guilty in a public square of...

Academics Who Defend Wall St. Reap Reward; New York Times, 12/27/13

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David Kocieniewski, New York Times; Academics Who Defend Wall St. Reap Reward : "What Mr. Pirrong has routinely left out of most of hi...
Saturday, December 28, 2013

Can you be too ethical?; Guardian, 12/27/13

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Andrew Brown, Guardian; Can you be too ethical? : "The essence of virtue, then, is moderation, or perhaps just proportion. Framing it...

"Duck Dynasty" Pits Free Speech Against Shifting Cultural Taboos; Reason.com, 12/26/13

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Cathy Young, Reason.com; "Duck Dynasty" Pits Free Speech Against Shifting Cultural Taboos : "There are at least two lessons ...
Monday, December 23, 2013

When ‘60 Minutes’ Checks Its Journalistic Skepticism at the Door; New York Times, 12/22/13

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David Carr, New York Times; When ‘60 Minutes’ Checks Its Journalistic Skepticism at the Door : "Coming as it does on the heels of the ...

China To Media: Don't Report 'Wrong Points Of View'; Reuters via Huffington Post, 12/23/13

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Reuters via Huffington Post; China To Media: Don't Report 'Wrong Points Of View' : "...[S]ince Xi Jinping became party ch...

You Can’t Save Them All; New York Times, 12/22/13

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Chris Suellentrop, New York Times; You Can’t Save Them All : "You don’t play video games, but you’re curious about them. How should yo...

Leave These Southwest Ruins Alone; New York Times, 12/22/13

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David Roberts, New York Times; Leave These Southwest Ruins Alone : "By now, all that saves the still-pristine sites such as the one on...
Sunday, December 22, 2013

After Beijing And Marrakesh, WIPO Copyright Committee Feels The Pressure; Intellectual Property Watch, 12/17/13

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Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch; After Beijing And Marrakesh, WIPO Copyright Committee Feels The Pressure : "Expectations ...

Government Requests to Remove Online Material Increase at Google; New York Times, 12/19/13

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Claire Cain Miller, New York Times; Government Requests to Remove Online Material Increase at Google : "Governments, led by the United...
Saturday, December 21, 2013

Roboticist Illah Nourbakhsh explores the dark side of our "robot futures"; Pittsburgh City Paper, 12/18/13

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Bill O'Driscoll, Pittsburgh City Paper; Roboticist Illah Nourbakhsh explores the dark side of our "robot futures" : "Ill...
Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Should a Student Conceal Her Lesbian Identity in College Application Essays?; New York Times, 12/3/13

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Steven Petrow, New York Times; Should a Student Conceal Her Lesbian Identity in College Application Essays? : "Q. Dear Civil Behavior...

Rights Group Is Seeking Status of ‘Legal Person’ for Captive Chimpanzee; New York Times, 12/2/13

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James Gorman, New York Times; Rights Group Is Seeking Status of ‘Legal Person’ for Captive Chimpanzee : "The Nonhuman Rights Project h...
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...
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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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