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/

Document Claims Drug Makers Deceived a Top Medical Journal; New York Times, 3/1/16

Beware: Exploding Politics; New York Times, 3/2/16

VW CEO was told about emissions crisis a year before admitting to cheat scandal; Guardian, 3/2/16

Three missing Hong Kong booksellers to be freed on bail, say police; Associated Press via Guardian, 3/3/16

From ‘Je Suis Charlie’ to Attacks on Free Speech; New York Times, 2/29/16

How the Apple/FBI Fight Risks the Whole U.S. Tech Industry; Harvard Business Review, 2/24/16

Libraries’ Love Your Data Week raises awareness among research universities; Penn State News, 2/5/16

Obama Says People Who Give Genetic Samples for Research Should Own the Data; Slate.com, 2/26/16

360 Reviews Often Lead to Cruel, Not Constructive, Criticism; New York Times, 2/26/16

Taking a bite at the Apple; The Economist, 2/27/16

Apple’s Privacy Fight Tests Relationship With White House; New York Times, 2/26/16

Time to fire Trump; The Economist, 2/27/16

The Governing Cancer of Our Time; New York Times, 2/26/16

The Sara Fine Institute presents, "Digital Privacy Workshop for Librarians"; iSchool at Pitt, 3/31/16

Understanding the links between privacy and public data sharing; Nature.com, 2/25/16

Patent scandal: Secret probe of top UN official completed; FoxNews.com, 2/18/16

US Congressional Hearing On WIPO Accountability This Week; Intellectual Property Watch, 2/22/16

The Apple Case Will Grope Its Way Into Your Future; New York Times, 2/24/16

Bridging a Digital Divide That Leaves Schoolchildren Behind; New York Times, 2/22/16

President Obama Announces His Intent to Nominate Carla D. Hayden as Librarian of Congress; WhiteHouse.gov, 2/24/16

Sara Fine Institute presents: Christine Borgman, "Big Data, Open Data, and Scholarship": Mon Feb 29th 3.00pm - 5.00pm, University of Pittsburgh

Univ. of Houston Faculty Devises Pointers on How to Avoid Getting Shot by Armed Students; Slate.com, 2/23/16

Fair Use Week at Carnegie Mellon University Libraries: February 22-26, 2016

Librarians Find Themselves Caught Between Journal Pirates and Publishers; Chronicle of Higher Education, 2/18/16

Apple's Standoff With FBI Raises Questions About How Americans View Privacy; NPR, 2/18/16

Why Apple Is Right to Challenge an Order to Help the F.B.I.; New York Times, 2/18/16

Selfie-Crazed Beachgoers Kill Rare Dolphin; Huffington Post, 2/18/16

A Message to Our Customers; Apple, 2/16/16

Blacks See Bias in Delay on a Scalia Successor; New York Times, 2/17/16

Parmesan cheese you sprinkle on your penne could be wood; Bloomberg News via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2/16/16

Apple Fights Order to Unlock San Bernardino Gunman’s iPhone; New York Times, 2/17/16

Balancing Benefits and Risks of Immortal Data Participants’ Views of Open Consent in the Personal Genome Project; Hastings Center Report, 12/17/15

Sharing Health Data Online; New York Times, 2/16/16

In Munich, a frightening preview of the rise of killer robots; Washington Post, 2/16/16

Chinese journalist banned from flying to US to accept a prize for his work; Guardian, 2/15/16

Leading Scientific Institutions Agree to Share Zika Research Data; Gizmodo, 2/10/16

Rally held against defacement of LGBT-friendly banner on North Side; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2/15/16

Defaced LGBT Sign Prompts Rally For Acceptance; KDKA, 2/14/16

Rally held after business sign defaced with LGBT hate speech; WPXI, 2/14/16

Ethical issues are tripping up tech firms and the backlash can be abysmal; Irish Times, 2/11/16

The challenge of saving lives with 'big data'; BBC News, 2/7/16

A Microsoft billionaire gives the public a rare view of his art; Washington Post, 2/11/16

ATTENTION: Library Toilet Paper Thieves, You've Been Warned; DNAInfo New York, 11/6/15

'Rogue scientists' could exploit gene editing technology, experts warn; Guardian, 2/12/16

Researcher illegally shares millions of science papers free online to spread knowledge; Science Alert, 2/12/16

Defaced sign won't deter medical practice from its mission; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2/13/16

Pitt to merge SIS, CS department; The Pitt News, 2/11/16

Darwin Day Revelation: Evolution, Not Religion, Is the Source of Morality; HuffingtonPost.com, 2/12/16

On Darwin Day, 5 facts about the evolution debate; Pew Research Center, 2/12/16

Facebook ‘colonialism' row stokes distrust in Zuckerberg; BBC News, 2/11/16