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/

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Unpublished Black History; New York Times, 2/1/16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Rachel L. Swarns, Darcy Eveleigh, and Damien Cave, New York Times; Unpublished Black History : "Hundreds of stunning images from black...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; Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T); Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
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