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

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Thursday, October 1, 2015

The 10 most frequently banned books since 2001; Entertainment Weekly, 9/29/15

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Christian Holub, Entertainment Weekly; The 10 most frequently banned books since 2001 : " 'And Tango Makes Three,' Justin Rich...

#WatchWhatYouSay; Chronicle of Higher Education, 9/28/15

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Frank Donoghue, Chronicle of Higher Education; #WatchWhatYouSay : "Most academics are familiar with one or more well-­publicized incid...

The Coddling of the American Mind; Atlantic, September 2015

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Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt, Atlantic; The Coddling of the American Mind : "Two terms have risen quickly from obscurity into com...

Lawmaker proposes revamp of Pittsburgh Ethics Committee that last met in 2008; WPXI.com, 9/30/15

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WPXI.com; Lawmaker proposes revamp of Pittsburgh Ethics Committee that last met in 2008 : According to the city’s website, the Ethics Hea...

Complex Car Software Becomes the Weak Spot Under the Hood; New York Times, 9/26/15

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David Gelles, Hiroko Tabuchi, and Matthew Dolan, New York Times; Complex Car Software Becomes the Weak Spot Under the Hood : “We should b...
Monday, September 28, 2015

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

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Peter J. Henning, New York Times; The Potential Criminal Consequences for Volkswagen : "It appears automakers have become the latest s...

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

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Rupert Neate, Guardian; Meet John German: the man who helped expose Volkswagen's emissions scandal : "John German has barely had t...

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

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Sonari Glinton, NPR; How A Little Lab In West Virginia Caught Volkswagen's Big Cheat : "Volkswagen was recently brought to its kne...
Saturday, September 26, 2015

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

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Prachi Patel, IEEE Spectrum; Engineers, Ethics, and the VW Scandal : "Volkswagen’s installation of a software “defeat device” in 11 mi...
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

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

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Eugene Volokh, Washington Post; Big new copyright fair use decision involving part owner of Miami Heat : "I blogged about this case ba...

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

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Ron Dicker, HuffingtonPost.com; Tim Cook Tells Stephen Colbert The Real Reason He Came Out As Gay : "Apple CEO Tim Cook, who came out ...

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

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Antuan Goodwin, CNet.com; Volkswagen apologizes, stops diesel sales in wake of US emissions scandal : "Volkswagen Group is apologizing...
Thursday, September 17, 2015

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

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Editorial Board, New York Times; G.O.P. Anti-Gay Bigotry Threatens First Amendment : "This past June, in the heat of their outrage ove...

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

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Tyler Kingkade, HuffingtonPost.com; Obama Thinks Students Should Stop Stifling Debate On Campus : "President Barack Obama wants colleg...

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

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University of Pittsburgh School of Law; A Constitution Day Panel: Marriage Equality and Beyond : " Marriage Equality and Beyond: An Ar...

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

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Kim Lyons, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Pitt Constitution Day event explores gay rights movement : "With the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v....
Saturday, September 12, 2015

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

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Mark Roth, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Federal patent office rules against two Pitt doctors on vaccine application : "When Dr. Kolls fail...
Friday, September 11, 2015

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

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Jessica Valenti, Guardian; Not all comments are created equal: the case for ending online comments : "Comments sections also give the ...

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

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John N. Berry III, Library Journal; The Need To Be Anonymous: Empowering and liberating free expression : "I’m always surprised when l...
Wednesday, September 9, 2015

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

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Rick Gladstone, New York Times; Older People Are Invisible in Key Data, Study Warns : "Vast gaps in data on older people threaten to u...

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

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Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times; Premature Babies Study Raises Debate Over Risks and Ethical Consent : "Professor Annas said the rul...

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

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Alison Flood, Guardian; Henrietta Lacks biographer Rebecca Skloot responds to US parent over 'porn' allegation : "Skloot, writ...

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

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Alison Flood, Guardian; New Zealand protests planned in solidarity with banned book : "Silent readings of Ted Dawe’s Into the River ar...
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Tennessee Mom Calls Book On Cervical Cancer Cells 'Pornographic'; HuffingtonPost.com, 9/8/15

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Dhyana Taylor, HuffingtonPost.com; Tennessee Mom Calls Book On Cervical Cancer Cells 'Pornographic' : "A mother from Knoxvill...
Sunday, September 6, 2015

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

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Dave Philipps, New York Times; Gay Veterans Push for Honorable Discharges They Were Denied : "When the Army discharged Pvt. Donald Hal...

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

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Nicholas Fandos, New York Times; Justice Dept. to Require Warrants for Some Cellphone Tracking : "The Justice Department will regularl...

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

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Eric Lipton, New York Times; Food Industry Enlisted Academics in G.M.O. Lobbying War, Emails Show : "At Monsanto, sales of genetically...
Saturday, September 5, 2015

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

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David Post, Washington Post; In a dark corner of the Trans-Pacific Partnership lurks some pretty nasty copyright law : "The copyright ...

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

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BBC News; London clinic leaks HIV status of patients : "The 56 Dean Street clinic in Soho sent out the names and email addresses of 78...

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

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Manil Suri, New York Times; Why Is Science So Straight? : "Underrepresentation is just one factor that reduces visibility. Unlike wom...

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

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Dave Philipps, New York Times; At West Point, Annual Pillow Fight Becomes Weaponized : "The Air Force did not punish any cadets at the...

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

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Kwame Anthony Appiah, Amy Bloom, Kenji Yoshino, The Ethicists, New York Times; Can I Lie to My Father About Being Gay So He Will Pay for My ...
Friday, September 4, 2015

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

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Hisako Ueno and Makiki Inoue, New York Times; 2020 Olympics Logo Is Discarded After Plagiarism Accusations : "Organizers of the 2020 O...
Wednesday, September 2, 2015

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

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Farhad Manjoo, New York Times; Hacking Victims Deserve Empathy, Not Ridicule : "There has been a tendency in the tech commentariat to ...
Tuesday, September 1, 2015

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

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Kareem Fahim, New York Times; Al Jazeera Journalists Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison in Egypt : "An Egyptian judge on Saturday handed d...
Monday, August 31, 2015

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

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Marc Buxton, ComicBookResources.com; Flashback: How Marvel's "House of M" Changed an Industry and a Universe : ""Ho...
Saturday, August 29, 2015

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

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Torsten Ove, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; CMU student admits developing controls for Android phones : "Carnegie Mellon University student ...

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

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Katherine Q. Seelye, New York Times; As Hikers Celebrate on Appalachian Trail, Some Ask: Where Will It End? : "His concerns received ...

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

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Benedict Carey, New York Times; Many Psychology Findings Not as Strong as Claimed, Study Says : "The past several years have been brui...

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

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Quentin Dempster, Sydney Morning Herald; Data retention and the end of Australians' digital privacy : "The digital privacy of Aust...
Thursday, August 27, 2015

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

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Philip Bump, Washington Post; How Twitter screwed up in shutting down its political tweet archives : "On August 21, Twitter did someth...
Wednesday, August 26, 2015

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

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Barb Darrow, Fortune; Cheater, cheater, MOOC beater : "Researchers at MIT and Harvard this week published a paper finding that student...
Monday, August 24, 2015

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

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Jennifer Pagliaro, Toronto Star; Margaret Atwood’s column criticizing Stephen Harper vanishes, then returns to, National Post website : ...

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

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Oliver Herzfeld, Forbes; The Fat Jew, Plagiarism and Copyright Law : " What are the differences between plagiarism and copyright infri...
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

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

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Charles Isherwood, New York Times; Review: ‘Informed Consent’ Tests the Ethics of Genetic Research : "In “Informed Consent,” a thought...

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

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Stephen Marche, New York Times; The Closing of the Canadian Mind : "Mr. Harper’s war against science has been even more damaging to th...

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

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Richard Gunderman and David C. Stevens, Washington Post; How libraries became the front line of America’s homelessness crisis : "The t...

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

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Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times; Book Ban in Venice Ignites a Gay Rights Battle : "Tracing the origins of the reading list, Ms. Se...
Tuesday, August 18, 2015

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

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Alexander Howard, Huffington Post; Data On Canada Is Drying Up Since The Nation Scrapped Its Mandatory Long-Form Census : "Canada has ...
Monday, August 17, 2015

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

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Kwame Anthony Appiah, Amy Bloom, and Kenji Yoshino, New York Times; How Do I Handle the Towel Saga Next Door? : " Kenji Yoshino : ‘‘S...
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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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