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

My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" was published on Nov. 13, 2025. Purchases can be made via Amazon and this Bloomsbury webpage: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ethics-information-and-technology-9781440856662/

Largest UK sperm bank turns away dyslexic donors; Guardian, 12/29/15

Database leak exposes 191M voter registration records; FedScoop.com, 12/30/15

Twitter unveils revised rules regarding hate speech in posts; Reuters via Guardian, 12/29/15

90-Year-Old Gay Man Recalls Long Struggle With His Sexuality; NPR, 12/24/15

Government Can't Deny Trademarks Over Offensive Names, Appeals Court Rules; NPR, 12/23/15

Robert Spitzer,' Most Influential Psychiatrist,' Dies at 83; Associated Press via New York Times, 12/27/15

Vegas newspaper stands up to its newly unveiled owner, casino giant Sheldon Adelson; Los Angeles Times, 12/23/15

Re-Print of Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' Unleashes Row in Germany; Reuters via New York Times, 12/23/15

Ruling Could Help Washington Redskins in Trademark Case; New York Times, 12/22/15

Chinese Rights Lawyer, Pu Zhiqiang, Is Given Suspended Prison Sentence; New York Times, 12/21/15

Pitt Law Professor Michael Madison will give a talk on intersections among academic freedom, copyright and publishing, and new media and communication platforms on Tuesday, 1/12/16 4 PM, University of Pittsburgh

Hong Kong netizens worry copyright bill will limit freedom of expression; Los Angeles Times, 12/19/15

The book every new American citizen — and every old one, too — should read; Washington Post, 12/17/15

Pearls Before Swine; GoComics.com, 12/20/15

Everything You Know About Martin Shkreli Is Wrong—or Is It?; Vanity Fair, 1/31/16

Trump brings bigots out of hiding; Washington Post, 12/18/15

Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Owners Told Reporters to Monitor Judges; New York Times, 12/18/15

Having Owned Up to Buying Newspaper, Adelsons Go Silent; New York Times, 12/17/15

Is There Any Evidence Trigger Warnings Are Actually a Big Deal?; Science of Us, 12/15/15

Most Professors Fear, But Don’t Face, Trigger Warnings; fivethirtyeight.com, 12/10/15

Star Wars Trigger Warnings: These are the microaggressions you are looking for; Reason.com, 12/15/15

Ethics on the near-future battlefield; Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 12/17/15

Open Access and Academic Freedom; Inside Higher Ed, 12/15/15

Here's How China's Trying To Rewrite The Rules Of The Global Internet; Huffington Post, 12/16/15

Drone owners get Christmas surprise from FAA: you will have to register to fly; Guardian, 12/14/15

Perfectly Reasonable Question: Was That Photo Real?; New York Times, 12/14/15

Facebook adjusts controversial 'real name' policy in wake of criticism; Guardian, 12/15/15

Johnny Depp's dogs: Barnaby Joyce wins principled decision-making award; Guardian, 12/16/15

China's Xi Jinping says internet users must be free to speak their minds; Guardian, 12/16/15

The Hidden History of Gay Purges in Colleges; Huffington Post, 12/11/15

US politicians attack 'nightmare' of Xi Jinping's China; Guardian, 12/14/15

The Lie About College Diversity; New York Times, 12/12/15

Wisconsin Regents Back Free Speech; Associated Press via New York Times, 12/12/15

IUP president calls for campus-wide discussion following racist photo; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12/10/15

Anonymous Launches #OpTrump to Teach the Donald a Lesson; Wired.com, 12/11/15

Online Classes Appeal More to the Affluent; New York Times, 12/4/15

The Rise of Hate Search; New York Times, 12/12/15

Can Data Measure Faculty Productivity? Rutgers Professors Say No; Chronicle of Higher Education, 12/11/15

China prepares to gag free speech champion Pu Zhiqiang; Guardian, 12/11/15

Senate Panel Leaders Condemn Companies for Drug Price Hikes; Associated Press via New York Times, 12/9/15

Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian; Northwestern Digital Library Collections, Northwestern University

Greenpeace Subterfuge Tests Climate Research; New York Times, 12/9/15

Greenpeace exposes sceptics hired to cast doubt on climate science; Guardian, 12/8/15

Santa's Powerful Message For Boy With Autism: 'It's Okay To Be You'; Huffington Post, 12/10/15

Google's Eric Schmidt calls for 'spell-checkers for hate and harassment'; Guardian, 12/8/15

Librarians in uproar after borrowing record of Haruki Murakami is leaked; Guardian, 12/1/15

China vows to drive 'smart aleck' lecturers from its universities; Guardian, 12/4/15

Baldwin Township man leaves $500,000 to Carnegie Library system; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12/4/15

Scholars Unveil New Edition of Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’; New York Times, 12/1/15

Call and Response; Chronicle of Higher Education, 12/1/15