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/

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Alabama Judge Faces Ethics Complaint for Gay Marriage Letter; NBC News, 1/28/15

›
Miranda Leitsinger, NBC News; Alabama Judge Faces Ethics Complaint for Gay Marriage Letter : "A civil rights group on Wednesday filed ...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

French Arrests Raise Question: Is Free Speech for All?; Associated Press via New York Times, 1/25/15

›
Associated Press via New York Times; French Arrests Raise Question: Is Free Speech for All? : "That has unleashed accusations of a do...

California Bars Judges From Boy Scouts Membership; Associated Press via New York Times, 1/24/15

›
Associated Press via New York Times; California Bars Judges From Boy Scouts Membership : "California's Supreme Court voted Friday ...
Friday, January 23, 2015

Former Atlanta Fire Chief, Fired Over Book Storm, Files Complaint; Reuters via New York Times, 1/23/15

›
Reuters via New York Times; Former Atlanta Fire Chief, Fired Over Book Storm, Files Complaint : "Reed said earlier this month Cochran ...
Thursday, January 22, 2015

Terrible new Pennsylvania law muzzles speech, threatens press freedom; Washington Post, 1/21/15

›
Radley Balko, Washington Post; Terrible new Pennsylvania law muzzles speech, threatens press freedom : "Pennsylvania just passed an aw...
Thursday, January 8, 2015

The Charlie Hebdo Massacre in Paris; New York Times, 1/7/15

›
Editorial Board, New York Times; The Charlie Hebdo Massacre in Paris : "Just days after the 9/11 attacks, an editorial in the newspape...

News organizations wrestle with whether to publish Charlie Hebdo cartoons after attack; Washington Post, 1/7/15

›
Paul Farhi, Washington Post; News organizations wrestle with whether to publish Charlie Hebdo cartoons after attack : "Ever since a Da...
Wednesday, January 7, 2015

American Apparel updates its ethics code after ousting Charney; Fortune, 1/6/15

›
John Kell, Fortune; American Apparel updates its ethics code after ousting Charney : "American Apparel has updated its code of ethics ...
Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Chris Christie’s trip to Dallas on Jerry Jones’s dime raises ethics concerns; Washington Post, 1/6/15

›
Cindy Boren, Washington Post; Chris Christie’s trip to Dallas on Jerry Jones’s dime raises ethics concerns : "The trip may comply with...
Monday, December 8, 2014

French Official Campaigns to Make ‘Right to be Forgotten’ Global; New York Times, 12/3/14

›
Mark Scott, New York Times; French Official Campaigns to Make ‘Right to be Forgotten’ Global : "Europe is pressing for its ‘‘right to ...
Saturday, October 25, 2014

Research Is Just the Beginning: A Free People Must Have Open Access to the Law; Electronic Frontier Foundation, 10/23/14

›
Corynne McSherry, Electronic Frontier Foundation; Research Is Just the Beginning: A Free People Must Have Open Access to the Law : "Th...
Thursday, October 23, 2014

How Sacred Are Our Patrons’ Privacy Rights? Answer Carefully; Library Journal, 10/23/14

›
Rick Anderson, Library Journal; How Sacred Are Our Patrons’ Privacy Rights? Answer Carefully : "This month I want to address the issue...

Widespread Nature of Chapel Hill's Academic Fraud Is Laid Bare; Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/23/14

›
Jack Stripling, Chronicle of Higher Education; Widespread Nature of Chapel Hill's Academic Fraud Is Laid Bare : "An academic-fraud...
Monday, October 6, 2014

Readers Debate Online Piracy and the Future of Digital Entertainment; New York Times, 9/29/14

›
Jenna Wortham, New York Times; Readers Debate Online Piracy and the Future of Digital Entertainment : "On Sunday, The New York Times p...

What Kind of Town Bans Books?; New Yorker, 10/1/14

›
Annie Julia Wyman, New Yorker; What Kind of Town Bans Books? : "The Highland Park Independent School District, and all the other Ameri...

The Censor in Each of Us; New Yorker, 5/6/14

›
Colm Toibin, New Yorker; The Censor in Each of Us : "...we understood two things. First, that the urge to riot in a theatre to stop ...
Monday, September 29, 2014

China Scrambles To Censor Social Media; Reuters via HuffingtonPost, 9/29/14

›
Paul Carsten, Reuters via HuffingtonPost; China Scrambles To Censor Social Media : "Chinese censors and opponents of the protests swee...
Sunday, September 28, 2014

The Unrepentant Bootlegger; New York Times, 9/27/14

›
Jenna Wortham, New York Times; The Unrepentant Bootlegger : "To the government, Ms. Beshara was a thief, plain and simple. The Motion ...

A Stolen Video of My Daughter Went Viral. Here’s What I Learned; New York Times, 9/26/14

›
Carrie Goldman, New York Times; A Stolen Video of My Daughter Went Viral. Here’s What I Learned : "In early September, someone downloa...

The Wilds of Education; New York Times, 9/27/14

›
Frank Bruni, New York Times; The Wilds of Education: "WHEN it comes to bullying, to sexual assault, to gun violence, we want and need ...
Saturday, September 20, 2014

Online Renegade, Wanted in U.S., Shakes Up New Zealand Election; New York Times, 9/18/14

›
Jonathan Hutchison, New York Times; Online Renegade, Wanted in U.S., Shakes Up New Zealand Election : "It was not an ordinary politica...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Data Scientists Want Big Data Ethics Standards; Information Week, 9/17/14

›
Jeff Bertolucci, Information Week; Data Scientists Want Big Data Ethics Standards : "The vast majority of statisticians and data scien...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

Privacy, Security and GPS-Based Apps: An Inside Look From SCRUFF; Huffington Post, 9/10/14

›
Eric Silverberg, Huffington Post; Privacy, Security and GPS-Based Apps: An Inside Look From SCRUFF : "SCRUFF wants to ensure our membe...
Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Reddit and 4chan Begin to Button Up; New York Times, 9/8/14

›
Mike Isaac, New York Times; Reddit and 4chan Begin to Button Up : "Reddit said its moderators were unable to keep up with a torrent of...
Saturday, September 6, 2014

Officials Pledge Tighter Ethics Rules in Virginia; Associated Press via ABC News, 9/5/14

›
Alan Suderman, Associated Press via ABC News; Officials Pledge Tighter Ethics Rules in Virginia : " "This is a dynamite charge bl...
Thursday, September 4, 2014

"Captain America," "Hulk" & More to Feature Anti-Bullying Variant Covers in October; ComicBookResources.com, 9/3/14

›
Steve Sunu, ComicBookResources.com; "Captain America," "Hulk" & More to Feature Anti-Bullying Variant Covers in Octo...

Open data's Achilles heel: re-identification; ZDNet, 9/3/14

›
Rob O'Neill, ZDNet; Open data's Achilles heel: re-identification: 'Governments around the globe are embracing the mantra of ope...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014

You Should Have a Say in Your Robot Car’s Code of Ethics; Wired, 9/2/14

›
Jason Millar, Ethics; You Should Have a Say in Your Robot Car’s Code of Ethics : " We Must Embrace Complexity If we embrace robust i...
Saturday, August 16, 2014

Web Trolls Winning as Incivility Increases; New York Times, 8/14/14

›
Farhad Manjoo, New York Times; Web Trolls Winning as Incivility Increases : "But Dr. Phillips, of Humboldt State, pointed out that man...
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Senator Quits Montana Race After Charge of Plagiarism; New York Times, 8/7/14

›
Jonathan Martin, New York Times; Senator Quits Montana Race After Charge of Plagiarism : "His withdrawal from the race comes about two...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014

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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
[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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

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

About Me

My photo
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
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.