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/

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Menacing Video Posted by Chechen Leader Alarms Critics of Putin in Russia; New York Times, 2/1/16

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Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times; Menacing Video Posted by Chechen Leader Alarms Critics of Putin in Russia : "Members of Russia’s pol...

At Berkeley, a New Digital Privacy Protest; New York Times, 2/1/16

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Steve Lohr, New York Times; At Berkeley, a New Digital Privacy Protest : "While some of the professors criticize the monitoring progra...
Monday, February 1, 2016

Cheating Cyclist Caught with Secret Motor Hidden In Bike Frame; Popular Mechanics, 2/1/16

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Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics; Cheating Cyclist Caught with Secret Motor Hidden In Bike Frame : "A Belgian cyclist competing in the c...

Unpublished Black History; New York Times, 2/1/16

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Rachel L. Swarns, Darcy Eveleigh, and Damien Cave, New York Times; Unpublished Black History : "Hundreds of stunning images from black...

No More Exposés in North Carolina; New York Times, 2/1/16

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Editorial Board, New York Times; No More Exposés in North Carolina : "The industry should welcome such scrutiny as a way to expose the...
Sunday, January 31, 2016

iFest 2016: Feb. 1, 2016 10 AM - 11 AM Workshop: "Ethics, the Great Dilemma, and Managing through Conflict"

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iFest 2016: Feb. 1, 2016 Workshop: "Ethics, the Great Dilemma, and Managing through Conflict" : " Monday, February 1 Wor...

How Europe is fighting to change tech companies' 'wrecking ball' ethics; Guardian, 1/30/16

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Julia Powles and Carissa Veliz, Guardian; How Europe is fighting to change tech companies' 'wrecking ball' ethics : " Cult...
Saturday, January 30, 2016

White House denies clearance to tech researcher with links to Snowden; Guardian, 1/29/16

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Danny Yadron, Guardian; White House denies clearance to tech researcher with links to Snowden : "The White House has denied a security...

Aaron Swartz and copyright wars in the Internet age; Boston Globe, 1/28/16

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Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe; Aaron Swartz and copyright wars in the Internet age : "Swartz is a particularly tragic casualty of a conf...

30 Years After Explosion, Challenger Engineer Still Blames Himself; NPR, 1/28/16

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Howard Berkes, NPR; 30 Years After Explosion, Challenger Engineer Still Blames Himself : "The space shuttle program had an ambitious l...
Friday, January 29, 2016

Academics Want You to Read Their Work for Free; Atlantic, 1/26/16

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Jane C. Hu, Atlantic; Academics Want You to Read Their Work for Free : "Whitaker, who founded two other Elsevier journals and has a co...

Karolinska Institute may reopen ethics inquiry into work of pioneering surgeon; Science, 1/29/16

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Gretchen Vogel, Science; Karolinska Institute may reopen ethics inquiry into work of pioneering surgeon : "A documentary on Swedish Te...
Thursday, January 28, 2016

Facebook's Internet.org Isn't Going Over Well in India; Fortune, 1/22/16

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Claire Groden, Fortune; Facebook's Internet.org Isn't Going Over Well in India : "Mark Zuckerberg is learning the hard way tha...

With Corbis Sale, Tiananmen Protest Images Go to Chinese Media Company; New York Times, 1/27/16

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Mike McPhate, New York Times; With Corbis Sale, Tiananmen Protest Images Go to Chinese Media Company : "Corbis, the photography archiv...

Ethics charges filed against DOJ lawyer who exposed Bush-era surveillance; ArsTechnica.com, 1/26/16

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David Kravets, ArsTechnica.com; Ethics charges filed against DOJ lawyer who exposed Bush-era surveillance : "A former Justice Departme...
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In Kansas City, Superfast Internet And A Digital Divide; NPR, 3/9/15

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Frank Morris, NPR; In Kansas City, Superfast Internet And A Digital Divide : "Mike Scott, the president of AT&T Kansas, stands by ...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

THE BUSINESS OF HUMANITY® PROJECT; University of Pittsburgh Katz Business School, 2015

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University of Pittsburgh; THE BUSINESS OF HUMANITY® PROJECT : " Motivation and Rationale for the Study Primary Objectives of the Stud...

Digital divide deepens between rich and poor - internet a family's lifeline?; Age, 1/21/16

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Miki Perkins, Age; Digital divide deepens between rich and poor - internet a family's lifeline? : "Travel anywhere in Australia a...

Digital Divides 2015; Pew Research Center, 9/22/15

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Lee Rainie, Pew Research Center; Digital Divides 2015 : "Lee Rainie, Director of Internet, Science, and Technology research, details t...

Broadband City: How New York Is Bridging Its Digital Divide; Nation, 1/8/16

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Maya Wiley, Nation; Broadband City: How New York Is Bridging Its Digital Divide : " Few would debate that the information superhighw...

The New Digital Divide: Mobile-first design serves all virtual patrons; American Libraries, 1/4/16

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Meredith Farkas, American Libraries; The New Digital Divide: Mobile-first design serves all virtual patrons : "According to a recent P...
Monday, January 25, 2016

Lawmaker: Backlash on Reporter Registry Bill Made Point; Associated Press via New York Times, 1/25/16

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Associated Press via New York Times; Lawmaker: Backlash on Reporter Registry Bill Made Point : "The South Carolina legislator whose jo...
Friday, January 22, 2016

And the Oscar Goes to … White People; New York Times, 1/22/16

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Room for Debate, New York Times; And the Oscar Goes to … White People : "The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the...

Depraved Indifference Toward Flint; New York Times, 1/22/16

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Editorial Board, New York Times; Depraved Indifference Toward Flint : "The 274 pages of emails released under pressure on Wednesday by...

Mt. Lebanon weighing nonlethal methods for deer population control; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1/19/16

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John Hayes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Mt. Lebanon weighing nonlethal methods for deer population control : "How do you want your deer t...
Thursday, January 21, 2016

X Minus One - The Martian Death March; OldTimeRadioDownloads.com, originally broadcast 9/8/1955

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[Podcast 23 min. 19 sec.] X Minus One - The Martian Death March : "NBC net. "The Martian Death March". The story of man'...
Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Biden Is Sick Of LGBT People Getting Treated Like Second-Class Citizens; Huffington Post, 1/20/16

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Alana Horowitz Satlin, Huffington Post; Biden Is Sick Of LGBT People Getting Treated Like Second-Class Citizens : "Vice President Joe ...

In Albany, Those Who Might Address Ethics Meet Rarely and Offer Less; New York Times, 1/19/16

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Vivian Yee, New York Times; In Albany, Those Who Might Address Ethics Meet Rarely and Offer Less : "In the Senate, the Ethics Committe...

Case Could Widen Free-Speech Gap Between Unions and Corporations; New York Times, 1/18/16

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Adam Liptak, New York Times; Case Could Widen Free-Speech Gap Between Unions and Corporations : " The Citizens United decision, which ...
Tuesday, January 19, 2016

The 62 Richest People On Earth Now Hold As Much Wealth As The Poorest 3.5 Billion; Huffington Post, 1/17/16

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Emily Peck, Huffington Post; The 62 Richest People On Earth Now Hold As Much Wealth As The Poorest 3.5 Billion : "All the money in the...

Spread of internet has not conquered 'digital divide' between rich and poor – report; Guardian, 1/13/16

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Larry Elliott, Guardian; Spread of internet has not conquered 'digital divide' between rich and poor – report : "The rapid spr...

You are not what you read: librarians purge user data to protect privacy; Guardian, 1/13/16

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Sam Thielman, Guardian; You are not what you read: librarians purge user data to protect privacy : "Interlibrary loans, said Alison Ma...

Anne Frank's diary caught in fierce European copyright battle; Guardian, 1/18/16

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Alison Flood, Guardian; Anne Frank's diary caught in fierce European copyright battle : "In a letter to Ertzscheid sent in late De...
Friday, January 15, 2016

Americans don't trust companies with their data, but give it up anyway; FedScoop, 1/14/16

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Greg Otto, FedScoop; Americans don't trust companies with their data, but give it up anyway : "According to research unveiled Thur...

"It Is Obvious We Need To Educate The Visitors"; National Parks Traveler, 12/30/15

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Kurt Repanshek, National Parks Traveler; "It Is Obvious We Need To Educate The Visitors" : "How should we act in a national...

Yosemite to Rename Several Iconic Places; Outside, 1/14/16

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Christopher Solomon, Outside; Yosemite to Rename Several Iconic Places : "The outgoing company also trademarked “Yosemite National Par...
Thursday, January 14, 2016

The anti-eviction blues: audio reports from San Francisco's gentrifying streets; Guardian, 1/14/16

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Erin McElory, Guardian; The anti-eviction blues: audio reports from San Francisco's gentrifying streets : "Our data visualisation ...
Wednesday, January 13, 2016

How to protect your money, privacy and yourself if you win Powerball; Guardian, 1/13/16

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Suzanne McGee, Guardian; How to protect your money, privacy and yourself if you win Powerball : "Most of those who buy lottery tickets...
Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Should There Be a Right to Be Forgotten?; American Libraries, 1/11/16

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Amy Carlton, American Libraries; Should There Be a Right to Be Forgotten? : "ALA’s Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) ho...

FTC warns companies that ‘big data’ comes with the potential for big problems; Washington Post, 1/7/16

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Andrea Peterson, Washington Post; FTC warns companies that ‘big data’ comes with the potential for big problems : "Companies are track...

Thousands of Hong Kong protesters gather to demand release of booksellers; Guardian, 1/10/16

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Tom Phillips, Guardian; Thousands of Hong Kong protesters gather to demand release of booksellers : "The booksellers’still unexplained...

The new way police are surveilling you: Calculating your threat ‘score’; Washington Post, 1/10/16

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Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post; The new way police are surveilling you: Calculating your threat ‘score’ : "Police officials say suc...
Monday, January 11, 2016

Rather than a last stand, the Bengals stupidly went for a last punch; Guardian, 1/10/16

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Les Carpenter, Guardian; Rather than a last stand, the Bengals stupidly went for a last punch : "The best NFL teams aren’t necessarily...
Sunday, January 10, 2016

‘Mein Kampf,’ Hitler’s Manifesto, Returns to German Shelves; New York Times, 1/8/16

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Melissa Eddy, New York Times; ‘Mein Kampf,’ Hitler’s Manifesto, Returns to German Shelves : "At a time when nationalist and far-right ...
Saturday, January 9, 2016

Drone Regulations Should Focus on Safety and Privacy; New York Times, 1/9/16

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Editorial Board, New York Times; Drone Regulations Should Focus on Safety and Privacy : "Increasingly coveted by hobbyists and busines...

Monkey Has No Rights to Its Selfie, Federal Judge Says; New York Times, 1/8/16

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Mike McPhate, New York Times; Monkey Has No Rights to Its Selfie, Federal Judge Says : Last July, another legal effort to reinterpret the r...
Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Takata Emails Show Brash Exchanges About Data Tampering; New York Times, 1/4/16

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Danielle Ivory and Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times; Takata Emails Show Brash Exchanges About Data Tampering : "When Honda Motor Company...

All the people Donald Trump insulted in 2015; Washington Post, 12/30/15

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Gillian Brockell, Thomas LeGro, Julio Negron, Washington Post; All the people Donald Trump insulted in 2015 : "Republican presidential...
Monday, January 4, 2016

Americans Are Split Along Party Lines Over Whether Schools Should Punish Racist Speech; Huffington Post, 1/4/16

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Tyler Kingkade, Huffington Post; Americans Are Split Along Party Lines Over Whether Schools Should Punish Racist Speech : "Americans a...
Sunday, January 3, 2016

Why the Post Office Makes America Great; New York Times, 1/1/16

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Zeynep Tufekci, New York Times; Why the Post Office Makes America Great : "I bit my tongue and did not tell my already suspicious frie...
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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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