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

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Saturday, June 6, 2015

Watering down of ethics code on county agenda Tuesday; Sun Sentinel, 6/5/15

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Brittany Wallman, Sun Sentinel; Watering down of ethics code on county agenda Tuesday : "Broward commissioners will order up Tuesday t...

Adjusting to a World That Won’t Laugh With You; New York Times, 6/5/15

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A.O. Scott, New York Times; Adjusting to a World That Won’t Laugh With You : "It’s hard to ponder these issues without thinking about ...
Tuesday, June 2, 2015

The Court and Online Threats; New York Times, 6/1/15

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Editorial Board, New York Times; The Court and Online Threats : "If you post violent thoughts about someone on Facebook, does it matte...

Supreme Court Overturns Conviction in Online Threats Case, Citing Intent; New York Times, 6/1/15

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Adam Liptak, New York Times; Supreme Court Overturns Conviction in Online Threats Case, Citing Intent : "The Supreme Court on Monday m...

Fifa Ethics Chief Says Will Continue Work Following Blatter Exit; Reuters via New York Times, 6/2/15

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Reuters via New York Times; Fifa Ethics Chief Says Will Continue Work Following Blatter Exit : "The chief ethics investigator of FIFA ...
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 ...
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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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