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/

Time to Bring Cuba Online; New York Times, 11/30/15

A Thanksgiving Miracle - SNL; NBC via YouTube, 11/22/15

Why Facebook Is Monitoring Your Private Videos; Huffington Post, 11/18/15

Clarion play cancellation generates national discussion on diversity, casting decisions; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11/18/15

Matter of rights: Was Otto Frank really Anne Frank’s co-author?; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11/18/15

20 People Found Refuge In A Famous Paris Bookstore During Attacks; Huffington Post, 11/14/15

Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over Possible Role in Paris Attacks; New York Times, 11/16/15

Anne Frank’s Diary Gains ‘Co-Author’ in Copyright Move; New York Times, 11/13/15

We Are All Parisians, Again; Huffington Post, 11/13/15

Mizzou, Yale and Free Speech; New York Times, 11/11/15

Ban Before Reading; New York Times, 11/6/15

Grades for all 50 states on corruption; USA Today, 11/9/15

Understanding the Free Speech Issues at Missouri and Yale; HuffingtonPost.com, 11/11/15

The Ethics Behind Driverless Cars; NPR, 11/7/15

The Digital Disparities Facing Lower-Income Teenagers; New York Times, 11/3/15

The Facebook Intifada; New York Times, 11/3/15

The Patent Troll Smokescreen; New York Times, 10/23/15

Free speech is flunking out on college campuses; Washington Post, 10/22/15

When The Hackers Become The Hacked: Why Reading John Brennan's Emails Feels Wrong; HuffingtonPost.com, 10/21/15

Film-maker sues Chinese censors over 'ban' on gay-themed movie; Guardian, 9/24/15

Why do drug companies charge so much? Because they can.; Washington Post, 9/25/15

Researchers wrestle with a privacy problem; Nature, 9/22/15

Tech giants warn cybersecurity bill could undermine users' privacy; Guardian, 10/15/15

Data Privacy Pact Must Be Forged Between Europe And U.S., Regulators Warn; HuffingtonPost.com, 10/16/15

Pennsylvania bills aim to protect students’ data; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/14/15

Author explains why libraries matter even in the Internet age; Deseret News, 9/21/15

Handheld DNA reader revolutionary and democratising, say scientists; Guardian, 10/15/15

Stop Googling. Let’s Talk; New York Times, 9/26/15

Wikileaks release of TPP deal text stokes 'freedom of expression' fears; Guardian, 10/9/15

India’s Attack on Free Speech; New York Times, 10/2/15

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

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

The Coddling of the American Mind; Atlantic, September 2015

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

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

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