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, April 28, 2014

The real tragedy of Donald Sterling's racism: it took this long for us to notice: The LA Clippers owner made his millions off racist housing policies. Where was the NBA and presidential outrage then?; Guardian, 4/28/14

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Kevin B. Blackistone, Guardian; The real tragedy of Donald Sterling's racism: it took this long for us to notice: The LA Clippers owner ...

Open data: slow down Whitehall's approach has the subtlety of a smash-and-grab-raider and it must take its own advice on best practice; Guardian, 4/18/14

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Editorial, Guardian; Open data: slow down Whitehall's approach has the subtlety of a smash-and-grab-raider and it must take its own advi...
Sunday, April 27, 2014

A Disturbing Tape and a Potential Moral Quandary: Comments Linked to Sterling Put Clippers Players in Ethical Bind, 4/26/14

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William C. Rhoden, New York Times; A Disturbing Tape and a Potential Moral Quandary: Comments Linked to Sterling Put Clippers Players in Eth...
Saturday, April 5, 2014

DuckDuckGo: the plucky upstart taking on Google with secure searches; Guardian, 4/4/14

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Alex Hern, Guardian; D uckDuckGo: the plucky upstart taking on Google with secure searches : "DuckDuckGo bills itself as "the sea...

Sweeping Away a Search History; New York Times, 4/2/14

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Molly Wood, New York Times; Sweeping Away a Search History : "YOUR search history contains some of the most personal information you w...

Ex-Ethics Chief in Ga. Wins Retaliation Lawsuit; Associated Press via ABC News, 4/4/14

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Kate Brumback, Associated Press via ABC News; Ex-Ethics Chief in Ga. Wins Retaliation Lawsuit : "Jurors awarded the former director of...
Thursday, April 3, 2014

The Price of a Slur; New York Times, 4/2/14

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David Treuer, New York Times; The Price of a Slur : "On March 24, Mr. Snyder announced the creation of the Washington Redskins Origina...

G.M. Secrecy on Crashes Adds to Families’ Pain; New York Times, 4/2/14

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Rachel Abrams and Danielle Ivory, New York Times; G.M. Secrecy on Crashes Adds to Families’ Pain: "There is anger that General Motors ...

Ethics report could help NASA weigh risks of long-term space travel; Los Angeles Times, 4/2/14

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Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times; Ethics report could help NASA weigh risks of long-term space travel : "As NASA plans to send astronauts...
Monday, March 3, 2014

Optic Nerve: millions of Yahoo webcam images intercepted by GCHQ; Guardian, 2/27/14

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Spencer Ackerman and James Ball, Guardian; Optic Nerve: millions of Yahoo webcam images intercepted by GCHQ : "Britain's surveilla...

Big Data Means Big Questions on How That Information Is Used; New York Times, 3/3/14

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Natasha Singer, New York Times; Big Data Means Big Questions on How That Information Is Used : "With the success of its free open onli...

Pitt faces animal rights scrutiny; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 3/2/14

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Anya Sostek, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Pitt faces animal rights scrutiny : "An animal rights group has filed a letter of complaint agai...

F.D.A. Weighs Fertility Method That Raises Ethical Questions; New York Times, 2/25/14

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Sabrina Tavernese, New York Times; F.D.A. Weighs Fertility Method That Raises Ethical Questions : "The Food and Drug Administration is...
Friday, February 28, 2014

At Newark Airport, the Lights Are On, and They’re Watching You; New York Times, 2/17/14

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Diane Cardwell, New York Times; At Newark Airport, the Lights Are On, and They’re Watching You : "To customers like the Port Authority...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

A Chilling Phone Call Adds to Hurdles of Publishing Xi Jinping Book; New York Times, 2/19/14

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Chris Buckley, New York Times; A Chilling Phone Call Adds to Hurdles of Publishing Xi Jinping Book : "The exiled writer Yu Jie takes a...
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

An Education in Ethics; HuffingtonPost.com, 2/25/14

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John T. Delaney, HuffingtonPost.com; An Education in Ethics : "...The Wolf of Wall Street demonstrates why ethics is another tool whos...
Monday, February 24, 2014

Concern Grows Over Academic Freedom in Egypt; Chronicle of Higher Education via New York Times, 2/23/14

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Ursula Lindsey, Chronicle of Higher Education via New York Times; Concern Grows Over Academic Freedom in Egypt : "The indictment here ...
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Saturday, February 22, 2014

Edward Snowden leaks spur new privacy industry; Financial Times, 2/21/14

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Hannah Kuchler, Financial Times; Edward Snowden leaks spur new privacy industry : "The Edward Snowden leaks revealing a US mass survei...

Booksellers bare all to protest censorship attempt of ‘Everybody Gets Naked’ children’s book; New York Daily News, 2/20/14

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Michael Walsh, New York Daily News; Booksellers bare all to protest censorship attempt of ‘Everybody Gets Naked’ children’s book : " B...

Some Bot to Watch Over Me; New York Times, 2/19/14

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Steven Kurutz, New York Times; Some Bot to Watch Over Me : "No parent wants a child smoking pot in the den with a gang of delinquents ...

Microsoft denies global censorship of China-related searches; Reuters, 2/12/14

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Paul Carsten, Reuters; Microsoft denies global censorship of China-related searches : "Microsoft Corp denied on Wednesday it was omitt...

Bing censoring Chinese language search results for users in the US; Guardian, 2/11/14

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Dominic Rushe, Guardian; Bing censoring Chinese language search results for users in the US : "Microsoft’s search engine Bing appears ...

Muzzling Speech in India; New York Times, 2/20/14

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Editorial Board, New York Times; Muzzling Speech in India : "The decision last week by Penguin India to withdraw from publication and ...

College could see funds cut for choice of gay-themed ‘Fun Home’; ComicBookResources.com, 2/20/14

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Kevin Melrose, ComicBookResources.com; College could see funds cut for choice of gay-themed ‘Fun Home’ : "A South Carolina university...
Friday, February 14, 2014

The New RoboCop Gets Robot Ethics Completely Wrong; Slate.com, 2/14/14

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Miles Brundage, Slate.com; The New RoboCop Gets Robot Ethics Completely Wrong : [Warning: Article contains spoilers about RoboCop.]
Monday, February 10, 2014

Pentagon vexed by inability to solve ethics lapses; Politico, 2/10/14

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Philip Ewing, Politico; Pentagon vexed by inability to solve ethics lapses : "“I don’t think there is one simple answer to the issue o...
Saturday, February 8, 2014

Pitt Professor Aims for Grads to Pack Core Values for Entrepreneurial Pursuits; Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 2/5/14

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Reginald Stuart, Diverse Issues in Higher Education; Pitt Professor Aims for Grads to Pack Core Values for Entrepreneurial Pursuits : ...
Thursday, February 6, 2014

Hagel adds urgency to push for ethics crackdown; Associated Press via Washington Post, 2/5/14

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Associated Press via Washington Post; Hagel adds urgency to push for ethics crackdow n: "Concerned that ethical problems inside the mi...

Russian laws choking free speech must be repealed now; Guardian, 2/5/14

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Guardian; Russian laws choking free speech must be repealed now : "The story of modern Russia is the story of dramatic, almost seismic...

Sochi 2014: world authors join protest against Putin; Guardian, 2/5/14

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Alison Flood and Shaun Walker, Guardian; Sochi 2014: world authors join protest against Putin : "More than 200 prominent international...
Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Big Data’s Dangerous New Era of Discrimination; Harvard Business Review, 1/29/14

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Michael Schrage, Harvard Business Review; Big Data’s Dangerous New Era of Discrimination : "But the law, ethics and economics leave un...
Monday, February 3, 2014

Ethics Questions Arise as Genetic Testing of Embryos Increases; New York Times, 2/3/14

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Gina Kolata, New York Times; Ethics Questions Arise as Genetic Testing of Embryos Increases : "Genetic testing of embryos has been aro...

Military Makes Ethics a Priority; Wall Street Journal, 2/2/14

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Julian E. Barnes, Wall Street Journal; Military Makes Ethics a Priority : "The U.S. military is intensifying its focus on ethics train...

Ethical Concerns Hit Oscar Races; New York Times, 2/2/14

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Michael Cieply, New York Times; Ethical Concerns Hit Oscar Races : "Next week, about 6,000 Oscar voters will start casting ballots for...
Sunday, February 2, 2014

F.C.C. Says It Will Double Spending on High-Speed Internet in Schools and Libraries; New York Times, 2/1/14

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Edward Wyatt, New York Times; F.C.C. Says It Will Double Spending on High-Speed Internet in Schools and Libraries : "The Federal Commu...

High-school ethics bowl a first for Washington state; Seattle Times, 2/1/14

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Coral Garnick, Seattle Times; High-school ethics bowl a first for Washington state : "In the first Washington State High School Ethics...
Thursday, January 30, 2014

How Business Can Save Schools From The Digital Divide; Forbes, 1/29/14

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Debra Donston-Miller, Forbes; How Business Can Save Schools From The Digital Divide : "Too many U.S. public schools are dealing with a...

Obama faces digital divide growing wider on heels of FCC court ruling; FoxNews.com, 1/27/14

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Barnini Chakraborty, FoxNews.com; Obama faces digital divide growing wider on heels of FCC court ruling : "The great digital divide th...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Google's New A.I. Ethics Board Might Save Humanity From Extinctionn; HuffingtonPost.com, 1/29/14

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Bianca Bosker, HuffingtonPost.com; Google's New A.I. Ethics Board Might Save Humanity From Extinction : "In 2011, the co-founder o...

3D printing human tissue and organs to 'spark ethics debate'; Telegraph, 1/29/14

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Rhiannon Williams, Telegraph; 3D printing human tissue and organs to 'spark ethics debate' : "Known as bioprinting, the medica...
Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Librarians Protest Canada Cutbacks; Chronicle of Higher Education via New York Times, 1/26/14

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Karen Birchard and Jennifer Lewington, Chronicle of Higher Education via New York Times; Librarians Protest Canada Cutbacks : "A move ...
Monday, January 27, 2014

In Life and Business, Learning to Be Ethical; New York Times, 1/10/14

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Alina Tugend, New York Times; In Life and Business, Learning to Be Ethical : "LOTS of New Year’s resolutions are being made — and no d...

What are the ethics of human-robot relationships?; Guardian, 1/27/14

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Eleanor Robertson, Guardian; What are the ethics of human-robot relationships? : "A few years ago, the Danish Council of Ethics relea...
Sunday, January 26, 2014

A Point of View: The ethics of the driverless car; BBC News, 1/24/14

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Adam Gopnik, BBC News; A Point of View: The ethics of the driverless car : "There is a problem, though, I've discovered, reading e...
Saturday, January 25, 2014

Chapel Hill Researcher’s Findings on Athletes’ Literacy Bring a Backlash; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/24/14

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Robin Wilson, Chronicle of Higher Education; Chapel Hill Researcher’s Findings on Athletes’ Literacy Bring a Backlash : "Scholars at C...

Are adjunct professors the fast-food workers of the academic world?; Guardian, 1/24/14

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James Hoff, Guardian; Are adjunct professors the fast-food workers of the academic world? : "I am what's called an adjunct. I teac...

Truth and Consequences for a War Photographer; New York Times, 1/24/14

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James Estrin, New York Times; Truth and Consequences for a War Photographer : "The ethical commandments on the digital manipulation of...

A Code of Honor, Not a Referee, Keeps Curlers Honest; New York Times, 1/23/14

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Mary Pilon, New York Times; A Code of Honor, Not a Referee, Keeps Curlers Honest : "Curling is the rare Olympic sport that largely re...
Friday, January 24, 2014

Why Associated Press was right to sever ties with Narciso Contreras; Guardian, 1/23/14

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Roger Tooth, Guardian; Why Associated Press was right to sever ties with Narciso Contreras : "Except that the major wire agencies and ...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

Gay Marriages Confront Catholic School Rules; New York Times, 1/22/14

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Michael Paulson, New York Times; Gay Marriages Confront Catholic School Rules : "For Catholic school and church leaders across the cou...
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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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