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, July 31, 2015

U.S. Psychologists Urged to Curb Questioning Terror Suspects; New York Times, 7/30/15

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James Risen, New York Times; U.S. Psychologists Urged to Curb Questioning Terror Suspects : "The board of the American Psychological A...

Killer of Cecil the Lion Finds Out That He Is a Target Now, of Internet Vigilantism; New York Times, 7/29/15

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Christina Capecchi and Katie Rogers, New York Times; Killer of Cecil the Lion Finds Out That He Is a Target Now, of Internet Vigilantism : ...

Death of Zimbabwe’s Best-Loved Lion Ignites Debate on Sport Hunting; National Geographic, 7/21/15

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Adam Cruise, National Geographic; Death of Zimbabwe’s Best-Loved Lion Ignites Debate on Sport Hunting : "Legal or not, the death of Ce...
Thursday, July 30, 2015

New Hampshire university's language guide launches war of words; Reuters, 7/29/15

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Reuters; New Hampshire university's language guide launches war of words : "The university's president, Mark Huddleston, said ...

First student to plead in Chinese test-taking scandal deported; New York Times, 7/29/15

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Torsten Ove, New York Times; First student to plead in Chinese test-taking scandal deported : "The lead defendant in a scheme by Chine...
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Why Ethics Codes Fail; Inside Higher Ed, 7/21/15

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Laura Stark, Inside Higher Ed; Why Ethics Codes Fail : "Last week, an independent investigation of the American Psychological Associat...
Monday, July 20, 2015

The Twitter Archive at the Library of Congress: Challenges for information practice and information policy; First Monday, 7/6/15

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Michael Zimmer, First Monday; The Twitter Archive at the Library of Congress: Challenges for information practice and information policy : ...

U.S. Program Will Connect Public Housing Residents to Web; New York Times, 7/15/15

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Dionne Searcey and Peter Baker, New York Times; U.S. Program Will Connect Public Housing Residents to Web : "The program is an extensi...

American Universities Are Failing at Ethics; Time, 7/17/15

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James Keenan, Time; American Universities Are Failing at Ethics : "In other forms of professional life, we have long recognized a str...

CA College Student Challenges Graphic Novel Syllabus; Library Journal, 7/20/15

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Anna Murphy, Library Journal; CA College Student Challenges Graphic Novel Syllabus : "The administration at Crafton Hills College, a c...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Surveillance Society: Who has the rights to your face?; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 7/13/15

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Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Surveillance Society: Who has the rights to your face? : "Facebook’s handling of your headshot is...
Monday, July 13, 2015

Facebook's video plan? Grow like hell, deal with copyright later; Forbes, 7/10/15

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Jeff John Roberts, Forbes; Facebook's video plan? Grow like hell, deal with copyright later : "The challenge of chasing down copyr...
Monday, July 6, 2015

Internet access “not a necessity or human right,” says FCC Republican; ArsTechnica.com, 6/26/15

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Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica.com; Internet access “not a necessity or human right,” says FCC Republican : "Federal Communications Commissi...
Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Machine ethics: The robot’s dilemma; Nature, 7/1/15

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Boer Deng, Nature; Machine ethics: The robot’s dilemma : "How ethical robots are built could have major consequences for the future of...
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 ...
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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...
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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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