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/

Friday, May 29, 2015

Polling’s Secrecy Problem; New York Times, 5/28/15

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Nate Cohn, New York Times; Polling’s Secrecy Problem : "The debunking of a recent academic paper on changing views about same-sex marr...
Thursday, May 28, 2015

Sepp Blatter: FIFA's 'few' corrupt officials must be 'discovered, punished'; CNN, 5/28/15

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Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN; Sepp Blatter: FIFA's 'few' corrupt officials must be 'discovered, punished' : "Amid ca...

FCC Head Unveils Proposal to Narrow 'Digital Divide'; Associated Press via New York Times, 5/28/15

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Associated Press via New York Times; FCC Head Unveils Proposal to Narrow 'Digital Divide' : "The head of the Federal Communica...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

New Orleans Library Foundation Board Members Resign in Funding Scandal; Library Journal, 5/26/15

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Lisa Peet, Library Journal; New Orleans Library Foundation Board Members Resign in Funding Scandal : "While Hammer’s report emphasized...

Should Authors Shun or Cooperate With Chinese Censors?; New York Times, 5/27/15

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New York Times; Should Authors Shun or Cooperate With Chinese Censors? : "A report by the PEN American Center, which found some books...

The University of Minnesota’s Medical Research Mess; New York Times, 5/26/15

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Carl Elliott, New York Times; The University of Minnesota’s Medical Research Mess : "These days, of course, medical research is not ju...

Doubts About Study of Gay Canvassers Rattles the Field; New York Times, 5/25/15

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Benedict Carey and Pam Belluck, New York Times; Doubts About Study of Gay Canvassers Rattles the Field : "Critics said the intense com...
Sunday, May 24, 2015

What’s Behind Big Science Frauds?; New York Times, 5/22/15

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Adam Marcus and Ivan Oransky, New York Times; What’s Behind Big Science Frauds? : "Science fetishizes the published paper as the ulti...

Pakistani Journalists Resign to Cut Ties to Axact, a Fake Diploma Company; New York Times, 5/23/15

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Saba Imtiaz, New York Times; Pakistani Journalists Resign to Cut Ties to Axact, a Fake Diploma Company : "Several senior journalists r...
Friday, May 22, 2015

Survey Roundup: Wall Street Still Lacking Sense of Ethics; Wall Street Journal, 5/22/15

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Ben DiPietro, Wall Street Journal; Survey Roundup: Wall Street Still Lacking Sense of Ethics : "Ethics? What’s That?: A survey of arou...

Google Wins Copyright And Speech Case Over 'Innocence Of Muslims' Video; NPR, 5/18/15

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Bill Chappell, NPR; Google Wins Copyright And Speech Case Over 'Innocence Of Muslims' Video : "In a complicated legal battle t...
Sunday, May 10, 2015

Super-scholars: MPAA offers $20,000 for academic research in copyright battle; Guardian, 5/7/15

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Sam Thielman, Guardian; Super-scholars: MPAA offers $20,000 for academic research in copyright battle : "If you’re an academic who lov...
Monday, May 4, 2015

Justices’ Opinions Grow in Size, Accessibility and Testiness, Study Finds; New York Times, 5/4/15

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Adam Liptak, New York Times; Justices’ Opinions Grow in Size, Accessibility and Testiness, Study Finds : "The court used to be a more ...

Forget Bridgegate. New Jersey’s actually the most ethical state; Washington Post, 5/1/15

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Nicholas Kusnetz, Washington Post; Forget Bridgegate. New Jersey’s actually the most ethical state : "Until Bridgegate, the past decad...
Sunday, May 3, 2015

Libraries help close the digital divide; Washington Post, 5/1/15

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Stephan Barker, Washington Post; Libraries help close the digital divide : "As a librarian in Prince George’s County, I often see peop...

Library Associations Spearhead New Copyright Coalition; Library Journal, 4/30/15

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Lisa Peet, Library Journal; Library Associations Spearhead New Copyright Coalition : "A group of technology companies, trade associati...

Five miles and a world away from Oval Office, Obama makes a rare visit; Washington Post, 4/30/15

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Aaron C. Davis and ZSteven Mufson, Washington Post; Five miles and a world away from Oval Office, Obama makes a rare visit : "At the A...
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...
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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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