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

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

When the Cyberbully Is You; New York Times, 4/29/15

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Nick Bilton, New York Times; When the Cyberbully Is You : "Why are people so mean on the Internet? It’s a question we have been trying...

Legislators Introduce Student Digital Privacy Bill; New York Times, 4/29/15

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Natasha Singer, New York Times; Legislators Introduce Student Digital Privacy Bill : "Months after President Obama proposed to strengt...
Saturday, April 25, 2015

America Needs to Figure Out the Ethics of Gene Editing Now; Wired, 4/23/15

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Nick Stockton, Wired; America Needs to Figure Out the Ethics of Gene Editing Now : "In an international first, researchers in China ha...
Friday, April 24, 2015

Supreme Court ethics bill takes aim at justices’ ‘dubious’ behavior; Forbes, 4/24/15

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Claire Zillman, Forbes; Supreme Court ethics bill takes aim at justices’ ‘dubious’ behavior : "Every judge in America must abide by a ...

Once Comcast’s Deal Shifted to a Focus on Broadband, Its Ambitions Were Sunk; New York Times, 4/23/15

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Jonathan Mahler, New York Times; Once Comcast’s Deal Shifted to a Focus on Broadband, Its Ambitions Were Sunk : "If there was a single...
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Are city surveillance camera regulations being ignored?; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4/14/15

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Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Are city surveillance camera regulations being ignored? : "A largely ignored privacy law that Bil...
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Students Reportedly Organize 'Anti-Gay Day' at Pittsburgh-Area High School; People, 4/21/15

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Kathy Ehrich Dowd, People; Students Reportedly Organize 'Anti-Gay Day' at Pittsburgh-Area High School : "A group of students i...

Faculty Rallies to Support University of Oregon Archivist; Library Journal, 4/16/15

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Lisa Peet, Library Journal; Faculty Rallies to Support University of Oregon Archivist : "More than 100 faculty members at the Universi...

Ford’s ‘Right Way’ for Ethics and Compliance; Wall Street Journal, 4/21/15

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Ben DiPietro, Wall Street Journal; Ford’s ‘Right Way’ for Ethics and Compliance : "Raphael Richmond, Ford Motor Co.’s global director ...
Friday, April 17, 2015

Privacy matters: The RadioShack outcry offers a consumer lesson; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4/17/15

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Editorial Board, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Privacy matters: The RadioShack outcry offers a consumer lesson : In its recent bankruptcy filing...
Thursday, April 16, 2015

Starving for Wisdom; New York Times, 4/16/15

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Nicholas Kristof, New York Times; Starving for Wisdom : "“We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom.” That epigram f...

Don’t Keep the Trans-Pacific Partnership Talks Secret; New York Times, 4/14/15

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Margot E. Kaminski, New York Times; Don’t Keep the Trans-Pacific Partnership Talks Secret : "WHEN WikiLeaks recently released a chapte...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

New State of America’s Libraries Report finds shift in role of U.S. libraries; American Library Association (ALA), 4/12/15

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Macey Morales, American Library Association (ALA); New State of America’s Libraries Report finds shift in role of U.S. libraries : "A ...

The Lost Language of Privacy; New York Times, 4/14/15

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David Brooks, New York Times; The Lost Language of Privacy : "Privacy is important to the development of full individuals because ther...
Monday, April 13, 2015

Drive-by data: Motorists deserve limits on plate camera collection; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4/13/15

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Drive-by data: Motorists deserve limits on plate camera collection : "Seventy percent of law-enforcement agen...
Sunday, April 12, 2015

Inside the evangelical push to rally around animal ethics; Washington Post, 4/10/15

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Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Washington Post; Inside the evangelical push to rally around animal ethics : "Leaders cite the influence of hist...
Friday, April 10, 2015

Emails are records: The state policy on deleting them hurts the public; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4/10/15

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Editorial Board, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Emails are records: The state policy on deleting them hurts the public : "The open records l...
Thursday, April 9, 2015

In Rise of Yik Yak App, Profits and Ethics Collide; New York Times, 4/7/15

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William D. Cohan, New York Times; In Rise of Yik Yak App, Profits and Ethics Collide : "Do venture capitalists and other highly sophis...
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Giving Out Private Data for Discount in Insurance; New York Times, 4/8/15

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Tara Siegel Bernard, New York Times; Giving Out Private Data for Discount in Insurance : "John Hancock and Vitality, which is owned by...

Privacy woes at top of list of unmanned aerial vehicle concerns; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4/7/15

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Kim Lyons, Pittsburgh post-Gazette; Privacy woes at top of list of unmanned aerial vehicle concerns : "Using a drone for business purp...
Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Ced Kurtz’s Techman Texts: Computer surveillance is a trade-off; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4/7/15

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Ced Kurtz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Ced Kurtz’s Techman Texts: Computer surveillance is a trade-off : "Bruce Schneier is a world-renow...
Monday, April 6, 2015

Online Test-Takers Feel Anti-Cheating Software’s Uneasy Glare; New York Times, 4/5/15

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Natasha Singer, New York Times; Online Test-Takers Feel Anti-Cheating Software’s Uneasy Glare : "In hopes of alleviating students’ con...

The Big Snoop: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Terrorists; Brookings Essay

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Stuart Taylor, Jr., Brookings Essay; The Big Snoop: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Terrorists : The challenge is captured in the most ...
Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Atlanta Educators Convicted in School Cheating Scandal; New York Times, 4/1/15

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Alan Blinder, New York Times; Atlanta Educators Convicted in School Cheating Scandal : "In a dramatic conclusion to what has been desc...
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...
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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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