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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Should Germans Read ‘Mein Kampf’?; New York Times, 7/7/14

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Peter Ross Range, New York Times; Should Germans Read ‘Mein Kampf’? : "Since then, although “Mein Kampf” has maintained a shadow prese...
Friday, July 4, 2014

Big Data Comes To College; NPR, 7/4/14

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Anya Kamenetz, NPR; Big Data Comes To College : "So academics are scrambling to come up with rules and procedures for gathering and us...

Privacy Group Complains to F.T.C. About Facebook Emotion Study; New York Times, 7/3/14

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Vindu Goel, New York Times; Privacy Group Complains to F.T.C. About Facebook Emotion Study : "The group, the Electronic Privacy Inform...
Thursday, July 3, 2014

Did Facebook's experiment violate ethics?; CNN, 7/2/14

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Robert Klitzman, CNN; Did Facebook's experiment violate ethics? : "Editor's note: Robert Klitzman is a professor of psychiatry...
Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Facebook’s Secret Manipulation of User Emotions Faces European Inquiries; New York Times, 7/2/14

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Facebook’s Secret Manipulation of User Emotions Faces European Inquiries: "In response to widespread public anger, several European da...

Why I Left 60 Minutes: The big networks say they care about uncovering the truth. That’s not what I saw; Politico, 6/29/14

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Charles Lewis, Politico; Why I Left 60 Minutes: The big networks say they care about uncovering the truth. That’s not what I saw : "Ma...

Online, the Lying Is Easy: In ‘Virtual Unreality,’ Charles Seife Unfriends Gullibility; New York Times, 7/1/14

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[Book Review of Charles Seife's VIRTUAL UNREALITY: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It’s True?] Dwight Garner, New Y...

On the Next Docket: How the First Amendment Applies to Social Media; New York Times, 6/30/14

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Adam Liptak, New York Times; On the Next Docket: How the First Amendment Applies to Social Media : "Mr. Elonis was convicted under a f...

Here Are All the Other Experiments Facebook Plans to Run on You: An exclusive preview; Slate, 6/30/14

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David Auerbach, Slate; Here Are All the Other Experiments Facebook Plans to Run on You: An exclusive preview : "Facebook and two outsi...

Facebook experiment may have broken UK law; Aljazeera, 7/2/14

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Aljazeera; Facebook experiment may have broken UK law : "A British data regulator has been investigating whether Facebook Inc broke da...

Facebook’s experiment is just the latest to manipulate you in the name of research; Pew Research Center, 7/2/14

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Rich Morin, Pew Research Center; Facebook’s experiment is just the latest to manipulate you in the name of research : "But is what Fac...

Should Facebook Manipulate Users?: Jaron Lanier on Lack of Transparency in Facebook Study; New York Times, 6/30/14

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Jaron Lanier, New York Times; Should Facebook Manipulate Users?: Jaron Lanier on Lack of Transparency in Facebook Study : "Research wi...

Facebook Study Sparks Soul-Searching and Ethical Questions: Incident Shines Light on How Companies, Researchers Tap Data Created Online; Wall Street Journal, 6/30/14

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Reed Albergotti and Elizabeth Dwoskin, Wall Street Journal; Facebook Study Sparks Soul-Searching and Ethical Questions: Incident Shines Ligh...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Facebook Added 'Research' To User Agreement 4 Months After Emotion Manipulation Study; Forbes, 6/30/14

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Kashmir Hill, Forbes; Facebook Added 'Research' To User Agreement 4 Months After Emotion Manipulation Study : "Unless you’ve s...
Monday, June 30, 2014

Major Ruling Shields Privacy of Cellphones: Supreme Court Says Phones Can’t Be Searched Without a Warrant; New York Times, 6/25/14

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Adam Liptak, New York Times; Major Ruling Shields Privacy of Cellphones: Supreme Court Says Phones Can’t Be Searched Without a Warrant : ...
Friday, June 27, 2014

Hillary Clinton’s ‘Hard Choices’ Blocked in China; New York Times, 6/27/14

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Jane Perlez, New York Times; Hillary Clinton’s ‘Hard Choices’ Blocked in China : "The new memoir of Hillary Rodham Clinton, “Hard Choi...
Sunday, June 22, 2014

Stem-cell advances may quell ethics debate; (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-Journal via USA Today, 6/22/14

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Laura Ungar, (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-Journal via USA Today; Stem-cell advances may quell ethics debate : "Recent strides in stem-cel...
Saturday, June 21, 2014

Unblinking Eyes Track Employees: Workplace Surveillance Sees Good and Bad; New York Times, 6/21/14

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Steve Lohr, New York Times; Unblinking Eyes Track Employees: Workplace Surveillance Sees Good and Bad : "A digital Big Brother is comi...

‘Klinghoffer’ Composer Responds to Met’s Decision; New York Times, 6/18/14

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Michael Cooper, New York Times; ‘Klinghoffer’ Composer Responds to Met’s Decision : "Mr. Gelb, a champion of Mr. Adams’s who was the f...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Colleges and Evangelicals Collide on Bias Policy; New York Times, 6/9/14

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Michael Paulson, New York Times; Colleges and Evangelicals Collide on Bias Policy : "Similar conflicts are playing out on a handful of...

Kennedy letters fiercely protected for decades; Boston Globe, 6/10/14

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Matt Viser, Boston Globe; Kennedy letters fiercely protected for decades : "In 1966, in a letter to a friend in Ireland, Jacqueline Ke...
Saturday, May 31, 2014

Why freelancers need a code of ethics; Forbes, 5/30/14

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Vickie Elmer, Forbes; Why freelancers need a code of ethics : "In a business world filled with ambiguity, creating clarity around your...
Sunday, May 18, 2014

In Season of Protest, Haverford Speaker Is Latest to Bow Out; New York Times, 5/13/14

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Richard Perez-Pena, New York Times; In Season of Protest, Haverford Speaker Is Latest to Bow Out : "Haverford College on Tuesday joine...

Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Lately, Coding; New York Times, 5/10/14

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Matt Richtel, New York Times; Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Lately, Coding : "The spread of coding instruction, while still nascen...

Warning: The Literary Canon Could Make Students Squirm; New York Times, 5/17/14

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Jennifer Medina, New York Times; Warning: The Literary Canon Could Make Students Squirm : "The most vociferous criticism has focused o...
Thursday, May 1, 2014

U.S. Attorney Subpoenas Records of Ethics Panel; New York Times, 4/30/14

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Susanne Craig and William K. Rashbaum, New York Times; U.S. Attorney Subpoenas Records of Ethics Panel : "The top federal prosecutor i...
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...
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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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