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/

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Access denied: Reporters say federal officials, data increasingly off limits; Washington Post, 3/30/15

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Paul Farhi, Washington Post; Access denied: Reporters say federal officials, data increasingly off limits : "Tensions between reporter...

Leaders Of Indiana Companies 'Deeply Concerned' Over LGBT Discrimination Law; Huffington Post, 3/30/15

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Sam Levine, Huffington Post; Leaders Of Indiana Companies 'Deeply Concerned' Over LGBT Discrimination Law : "In a letter to Go...
Sunday, March 29, 2015

ALA President responds to House proposal to eliminate IMLS; American Library Association (ALA) News, 3/25/15

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Jazzy Wright, American Library Association (ALA)News; ALA President responds to House proposal to eliminate IMLS : "The budget resolut...
Saturday, March 28, 2015

Major publisher retracts 43 scientific papers amid wider fake peer-review scandal; Washington Post, 3/28/15

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Fred Barbash, Washington Post; Major publisher retracts 43 scientific papers amid wider fake peer-review scandal : "A major publisher ...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Naspa’s Annual Conference Was Going Well. Then Yik Yak Showed Up; Chronicle of Higher Education, 3/24/15

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Andy Thomason, Chronicle of Higher Education; Naspa’s Annual Conference Was Going Well. Then Yik Yak Showed Up : "Student-affairs prof...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Poll Finds Little Support for Cuomo’s Policy on Purging State Emails; New York Times, 3/23/15

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Thomas Kaplan, New York Times; Poll Finds Little Support for Cuomo’s Policy on Purging State Emails : "New York State voters overwhelm...

Bill Would Limit Use of Student Data; New York Times, 3/22/15

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Natasha Singer, New York Times; Bill Would Limit Use of Student Data : "Is the digital revolution in the classroom giving the educatio...
Saturday, March 21, 2015

India: 600 Expelled for Test Cheating; Associated Press via New York Times, 3/20/15

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Associated Press via New York Times; India: 600 Expelled for Test Cheating : "About 600 high school students in eastern India were exp...

Online ‘Swatting’ Becomes a Hazard for Popular Video Gamers and Police Responders; New York Times, 3/20/15

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Nick Wingfield, New York Times; Online ‘Swatting’ Becomes a Hazard for Popular Video Gamers and Police Responders : "Swatting has beco...

The case for quitting e-mail; Washington Post, 3/20/15

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Anne Applebaum, Washington Post; The case for quitting e-mail : "What to do? Increasingly, the answer — not just for government offici...

Letter From the Editor: Illuminating Gay America; New York Times, 3/20/15

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David Leonhardt, New York Times; Letter From the Editor: Illuminating Gay America : "Last year, we began looking for a more detailed p...

The Metro Areas With the Largest, and Smallest, Gay Populations; New York Times, 3/20/15

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David Leonhardt and Claire Cain Miller, New York Times; The Metro Areas With the Largest, and Smallest, Gay Populations : "The Census ...
Friday, March 20, 2015

Democrats Renew Push For Colleges To Establish Cyberbullying Policies That Cover LGBT Students; Huffington Post, 3/18/15

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Tyler Kingkade, Huffington Post; Democrats Renew Push For Colleges To Establish Cyberbullying Policies That Cover LGBT Students : "Sen...

Monica Lewinsky Is Back, but This Time It’s on Her Terms; New York Times, 3/19/15

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Jessica Bennett, New York Times; Monica Lewinsky Is Back, but This Time It’s on Her Terms : "Recently, she took part in an anti-bullyi...
Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Bonuses unearned: Awards to dishonest VA workers must be retrieved; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 3/17/15

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Editorial Board, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Bonuses unearned: Awards to dishonest VA workers must be retrieved : "Some Department of Vet...

U.S. Sets New Record For Denying, Censoring Government Files; Associated Press via Huffington Post, 3/18/15

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Associated Press via Huffington Post; U.S. Sets New Record For Denying, Censoring Government Files : "The Obama administration set a n...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Pitt, CMU and UPMC hope to remake health care via new big data alliance; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 3/16/15

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Bill Toland, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Pitt, CMU and UPMC hope to remake health care via new big data alliance : "Pittsburgh is making ...
Thursday, March 12, 2015

What’s Wrong With the ‘Blurred Lines’ Copyright Ruling; New York Times, 3/11/15

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Jon Caramanica, New York Times; What’s Wrong With the ‘Blurred Lines’ Copyright Ruling : "Besides, in an age in which popular music is...

Expulsion of Two Oklahoma Students Over Video Leads to Free Speech Debate; New York Times, 3/11/15

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Manny Fernandez and Eric Eckholm, New York Times; Expulsion of Two Oklahoma Students Over Video Leads to Free Speech Debate : "The Uni...

Calls to End Quick Purge of New York State Workers’ Email; New York Times, 3/12/15

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Thomas Kaplan, New York Times; Calls to End Quick Purge of New York State Workers’ Email : "The legislators were annoyed. The state of...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

No Classified Emails by Clinton? Some Experts Are Skeptical; New York Times, 3/11/15

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Scott Shane, New York Times; No Classified Emails by Clinton? Some Experts Are Skeptical : "“As a longtime critic of the government’s ...

Hillary Clinton Tries to Quell Controversy Over Private Email; New York Times, 3/10/15

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Amy Chozick and Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times; Hillary Clinton Tries to Quell Controversy Over Private Email : "“I thought it wou...
Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Stricter Oversight Ordered for Animal Research at Nebraska Center; New York Times, 3/9/15

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Michael Moss, New York Times; Stricter Oversight Ordered for Animal Research at Nebraska Center : "A federal animal-research center in...

Stop Spying on Wikipedia Users; New York Times, 3/10/15

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Jimmy Wales and Lila Tretikov, New York Times; Stop Spying on Wikipedia Users : "TODAY, we’re filing a lawsuit against the National Se...
Sunday, March 8, 2015

Associated Press Threatens Legal Action Over Request for Hillary Clinton Information; New York Times, 3/4/15

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Ravi Somaiya, New York Times; Associated Press Threatens Legal Action Over Request for Hillary Clinton Information : "The Associated P...

Youth Symphony Cancels Program That Quotes ‘Horst Wessel’ Song; New York Times, 3/4/15

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Michael Cooper, New York Times; Youth Symphony Cancels Program That Quotes ‘Horst Wessel’ Song : "Jonas Tarm had won the kind of oppor...

Popular Yik Yak App Confers Anonymity and Delivers Abuse; New York Times, 3/8/15

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Jonathan Mahler, New York Times; Popular Yik Yak App Confers Anonymity and Delivers Abuse : "Eastern Michigan is one of a number of un...

What Happens When Mein Kampf's Copyright Expires?; New Republic, 3/6/15

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Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, New Republic; What Happens When Mein Kampf's Copyright Expires? : "Later this year, the official copyright ...

Best state: Delaware, where Internet is in the fast lane; Delaware Online, 3/7/15

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Reid Wilson, Delaware Online; Best state: Delaware, where Internet is in the fast lane : "Delaware, Washington and Connecticut have In...
Monday, March 2, 2015

Hillary Clinton Used Personal Email at State Dept., Possibly Breaking Rules; New York Times, 3/2/15

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Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times; Hillary Clinton Used Personal Email at State Dept., Possibly Breaking Rules : "Hillary Rodham Clin...
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...
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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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