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, 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
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