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/

The Potential Criminal Consequences for Volkswagen; New York Times, 9/24/15

Meet John German: the man who helped expose Volkswagen's emissions scandal; Guardian, 9/26/15

How A Little Lab In West Virginia Caught Volkswagen's Big Cheat; NPR, 9/24/15

Engineers, Ethics, and the VW Scandal; IEEE Spectrum, 9/25/15

Big new copyright fair use decision involving part owner of Miami Heat; Washington Post, 9/17/15

Tim Cook Tells Stephen Colbert The Real Reason He Came Out As Gay; HuffingtonPost.com, 9/16/15

Volkswagen apologizes, stops diesel sales in wake of US emissions scandal; CNet.com, 9/21/15

G.O.P. Anti-Gay Bigotry Threatens First Amendment; New York Times, 9/12/15

Obama Thinks Students Should Stop Stifling Debate On Campus; HuffingtonPost.com, 9/15/15

A Constitution Day Panel: Marriage Equality and Beyond; University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 9/17/15

Pitt Constitution Day event explores gay rights movement; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 9/17/15

Federal patent office rules against two Pitt doctors on vaccine application; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 9/11/15

Not all comments are created equal: the case for ending online comments; Guardian, 9/10/15

The Need To Be Anonymous: Empowering and liberating free expression; Library Journal, 9/8/15

Older People Are Invisible in Key Data, Study Warns; New York Times, 9/9/15

Premature Babies Study Raises Debate Over Risks and Ethical Consent; New York Times, 9/7/15

Henrietta Lacks biographer Rebecca Skloot responds to US parent over 'porn' allegation; Guardian, 9/9/15

New Zealand protests planned in solidarity with banned book; Guardian, 9/9/15

Tennessee Mom Calls Book On Cervical Cancer Cells 'Pornographic'; HuffingtonPost.com, 9/8/15

Gay Veterans Push for Honorable Discharges They Were Denied; New York Times, 9/6/15

Justice Dept. to Require Warrants for Some Cellphone Tracking; New York Times, 9/3/15

Food Industry Enlisted Academics in G.M.O. Lobbying War, Emails Show; New York Times, 9/5/15

In a dark corner of the Trans-Pacific Partnership lurks some pretty nasty copyright law; Washington Post, 9/3/15

London clinic leaks HIV status of patients; BBC News, 9/2/15

Why Is Science So Straight?; New York Times, 9/4/15

At West Point, Annual Pillow Fight Becomes Weaponized; New York Times, 9/4/15

Can I Lie to My Father About Being Gay So He Will Pay for My College Education?; New York Times, 9/2/15

2020 Olympics Logo Is Discarded After Plagiarism Accusations; New York Times, 9/1/15

Hacking Victims Deserve Empathy, Not Ridicule; New York Times, 9/2/15

Al Jazeera Journalists Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison in Egypt; New York Times, 8/29/15

Flashback: How Marvel's "House of M" Changed an Industry and a Universe; ComicBookResources.com, 8/29/15

CMU student admits developing controls for Android phones; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 8/25/15

As Hikers Celebrate on Appalachian Trail, Some Ask: Where Will It End?; New York Times, 8/29/15

Many Psychology Findings Not as Strong as Claimed, Study Says; New York Times, 8/27/15

Data retention and the end of Australians' digital privacy; Sydney Morning Herald, 8/29/15

How Twitter screwed up in shutting down its political tweet archives; Washington Post, 8/24/15

Cheater, cheater, MOOC beater; Fortune, 8/26/15

Margaret Atwood’s column criticizing Stephen Harper vanishes, then returns to, National Post website, Toronto Star, 8/21/15

The Fat Jew, Plagiarism and Copyright Law; Forbes, 8/24/15

Review: ‘Informed Consent’ Tests the Ethics of Genetic Research; New York Times, 8/18/15

The Closing of the Canadian Mind; New York Times, 8/14/15

How libraries became the front line of America’s homelessness crisis; Washington Post, 8/19/15

Book Ban in Venice Ignites a Gay Rights Battle; New York Times, 8/18/15

Data On Canada Is Drying Up Since The Nation Scrapped Its Mandatory Long-Form Census; Huffington Post, 8/18/15

How Do I Handle the Towel Saga Next Door?; New York Times, 8/12/15

Coca-Cola Funds Scientists Who Shift Blame for Obesity Away From Bad Diets; New York Times, 8/9/15

Exposing Abuse on the Factory Farm; New York Times, 8/8/15

Universities that rely on adjunct professors pursue profit over academic integrity; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 8/9/15

Frances Oldham Kelsey, F.D.A. Stickler Who Saved U.S. Babies From Thalidomide, Dies at 101; New York Times, 8/7/15

"Ethics Playbook" - Something To Add To Your Summer Reading; Forbes, 8/6/15