Ethics, Info, Tech: Contested Voices, Values, Spaces

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Friday, February 27, 2015

Pennsylvania legislation could shield some of the largest public university salaries from disclosure; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2/25/15

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Bill Schackner, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Pennsylvania legislation could shield some of the largest public university salaries from disclosur...

Lawsuits Keep Alive Scandals Surrounding Ex-Governor; Associated Press via New York Times, 2/27/15

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Associated Press via New York Times; Lawsuits Keep Alive Scandals Surrounding Ex-Governor : "Oregon's former first lady, Cylvia Ha...

Privacy Group Files F.T.C. Complaint Against Samsung’s Voice-Operated TVs; New York Times, 2/25/15

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Nick Wingfield, New York Times; Privacy Group Files F.T.C. Complaint Against Samsung’s Voice-Operated TVs : "The Electronic Privacy In...
Thursday, February 19, 2015

Computer fiasco: CMU must make amends on its false acceptances; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2/19/15

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Editorial Board, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Computer fiasco: CMU must make amends on its false acceptances : "How does CMU recover from ...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Prison Architecture and the Question of Ethics; New York Times, 2/16/15

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Michael Kimmelman, New York Times; Prison Architecture and the Question of Ethics : "Faced with lawsuits and a growing mountain of dam...

Debating the Rules and Ethics of Digital Photojournalism; New York Times, 2/17/15

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New York Times; Debating the Rules and Ethics of Digital Photojournalism : "Significant questions have arisen after a large number of ...

The Long Good Fight: Libraries at the heart of intellectual freedoms | Editorial; Library Journal, 2/17/15

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Rebecca T. Miller, Library Journal; The Long Good Fight: Libraries at the heart of intellectual freedoms | Editorial : "Librarians and...
Saturday, February 14, 2015

Gunman Kills 1 in Attack on Free Speech Event in Denmark; Associated Press via New York Times, 2/14/15

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Associated Press via New York Times; Gunman Kills 1 in Attack on Free Speech Event in Denmark : "A gunman opened fire Saturday on a Co...
Friday, February 13, 2015

Can We Strengthen our Fragile Public Domain?; Library Journal, 2/12/15

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Kevin L. Smith, Library Journal; Can We Strengthen our Fragile Public Domain? : "In fact, even in the United States there has been so...

'Code for America' fellows aim to make Pittsburgh more transparent; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2/13/15

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Robert Zullo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; 'Code for America' fellows aim to make Pittsburgh more transparent : "Contracts and cam...
Thursday, February 5, 2015

A Failed Trial in Africa Raises Questions About How to Test H.I.V. Drugs; New York Times, 2/4/15

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Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times; A Failed Trial in Africa Raises Questions About How to Test H.I.V. Drugs : "The surprising failu...

Frauds: 17 Medical Journals Publish This Scientist’s Fake Medical Research; Higher Perspective, 1/15

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Higher Perspective; Frauds: 17 Medical Journals Publish This Scientist’s Fake Medical Research : "Mark Shrime, a Harvard scientist pur...
Monday, February 2, 2015

A Discredited Vaccine Study’s Continuing Impact on Public Health; New York Times, 2/1/15

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Clyde Haberman, New York Times; A Discredited Vaccine Study’s Continuing Impact on Public Health : "To explore how matters reached thi...
Thursday, January 29, 2015

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...
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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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