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/

Friday, April 29, 2016

If Not Trump, What?; New York Times, 4/29/16

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David Brooks, New York Times; If Not Trump, What? : "Donald Trump now looks set to be the Republican presidential nominee. So for tho...
Thursday, April 28, 2016

Online degrees could make universities redundant, historian warns; Guardian, 4/17/16

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Richard Adams, Guardian; Online degrees could make universities redundant, historian warns : "Oxford, along with all other universiti...

VW C.E.O. ‘Personally’ Apologized to President Obama in Plea for Mercy; New York Times, 4/28/16

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Jack Ewing, New York Times; VW C.E.O. ‘Personally’ Apologized to President Obama in Plea for Mercy : "“I used the opportunity to perso...

Social Media, Where Sports Fans Congregate and Misogyny Runs Amok; New York Times, 4/28/16

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Juliet Macur, New York Times; Social Media, Where Sports Fans Congregate and Misogyny Runs Amok : "DiCaro said she recorded the video ...

UC-Davis chancellor placed on administrative leave after revelations of ‘scrubbing’ Internet; Washington Post, 4/28/16

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Fred Barbash, Washington Post; UC-Davis chancellor placed on administrative leave after revelations of ‘scrubbing’ Internet : "The cha...
Wednesday, April 27, 2016

How America's rich betrayed their fellow citizens; Guardian, 4/25/16

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Anthony J. Gaughan, Guardian; How America's rich betrayed their fellow citizens : "History shows it does not have to be this way. ...

Boston College ordered by US court to hand over IRA tapes; Guardian, 4/25/16

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Henry McDonald, Guardian; Boston College ordered by US court to hand over IRA tapes : "An American university has been ordered by a co...

Book Debate Raises Questions of Self-Censorship by Foreign Groups in China; New York Times, 4/27/16

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Edward Wong, New York Times; Book Debate Raises Questions of Self-Censorship by Foreign Groups in China : "Robert T. Rupp, associate e...

Mitsubishi Motors Says False Mileage Tests Done Since 1991; Associated Press via New York Times, 4/26/16

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Associated Press via New York Times; Mitsubishi Motors Says False Mileage Tests Done Since 1991 : "Mitsubishi Motors Corp., the Japane...

VW Presentation in ’06 Showed How to Foil Emissions Tests; New York Times, 4/26/16

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Jack Ewing, New York Times; VW Presentation in ’06 Showed How to Foil Emissions Tests : "A PowerPoint presentation was prepared by a t...

It’s OK to End Friendships Over Trump; Slate, 4/26/16

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Isaac Chotiner, Slate; It’s OK to End Friendships Over Trump : "Of course friendships should survive some political differences: I hav...
Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Revenge porn: the industry profiting from online abuse; Guardian, 4/26/16

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Dan Tynan, Guardian; Revenge porn: the industry profiting from online abuse : "Perversely, while the internet has given a voice to vas...

Post-Gazette loses court fight to block state agencies from deleting emails; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4/26/16

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Post-Gazette loses court fight to block state agencies from deleting emails : "The Post-Gazette and other med...
Monday, April 25, 2016

Why You Probably Shouldn't Say 'Eskimo'; NPR, 4/24/16

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Rebecca Hersher, NPR; Why You Probably Shouldn't Say 'Eskimo' : "According to the Alaska Native Language Center at the Un...

Captain America: Civil War viral video debates the 'Avengers impact', Entertainment Weekly, 4/23/16

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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly; Captain America: Civil War viral video debates the 'Avengers impact' : "In a viral video p...

Cassandra Clare Created a Fantasy Realm and Aims to Maintain Her Rule; New York Times, 4/23/16

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Penelope Green, New York Times; Cassandra Clare Created a Fantasy Realm and Aims to Maintain Her Rule : "The place Ms. Clare occupies ...

Turkey’s Crackdown on Critics of Erdogan Snares Dutch Journalist; New York Times, 4/24/16

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Tim Arango, New York Times; Turkey’s Crackdown on Critics of Erdogan Snares Dutch Journalist : "[Ebru Umar, a Dutch journalist] is the...

Timbuktu's 'Badass Librarians': Checking Out Books Under Al-Qaida's Nose; NPR, All Things Considered, 4/23/16

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NPR, All Things Considered; Timbuktu's 'Badass Librarians': Checking Out Books Under Al-Qaida's Nose : "Librarian Abde...

Europe’s Web Privacy Rules: Bad for Google, Bad for Everyone; New York Times, 4/25/16

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Daphne Keller and Bruce D. Brown, New York Times; Europe’s Web Privacy Rules: Bad for Google, Bad for Everyone : "Privacy is a real is...
Sunday, April 24, 2016

Is Open Access To Research Biden's Answer To Curing Cancer?; Forbes, 4/22/16

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Lindsey Tepe, Forbes; Is Open Access To Research Biden's Answer To Curing Cancer? : "Vice President Joe Biden sees hope beyond th...

Pennsylvania Announces Open Data Portal; Government Technology, 4/18/16

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Colin Wood, Government Technology; Pennsylvania Announces Open Data Portal : "Pennsylvania is renewing its commitment to transparency....

Gov. Wolf signs open data executive order; Technical.ly, 4/18/16

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Juliana Reyes, Technical.ly; Gov. Wolf signs open data executive order : "Four years after Mayor Michael Nutter signed an open data ex...

USPTO appeals to Supreme Court for ruling on racially tinged trademarks; Ars Technica, 4/22/16

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Joe Mullin, Ars Technica; USPTO appeals to Supreme Court for ruling on racially tinged trademarks : "In December, a court case brought...

A Tale of Two Chickens; Sustainable Food Trust, 4/22/16

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Sustainable Food Trust; A Tale of Two Chickens : "Debuting at The True Cost of American Food Conference last week in San Francisco, A ...

The ‘deep and disturbing decline’ in global press freedom; Washington Post, 4/20/16

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Niraj Chokshi, Washington Post; The ‘deep and disturbing decline’ in global press freedom : "For the first time in more than a decade,...
Saturday, April 23, 2016

Google Case Ends, but Copyright Fight Goes On; Publishers Weekly, 4/22/16

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Andrew Albanese, Publishers Weekly; Google Case Ends, but Copyright Fight Goes On : "In a statement, Authors Guild officials called th...

How Officials Distorted Flint’s Water Testing; New York Times, 4/21/16

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Josh Keller and Derek Watkins, New York Times; How Officials Distorted Flint’s Water Testing : "Local and state officials claimed for ...

ESPN Finally Grows Tired of Curt Schilling’s Barbed Language; New York Times, 4/21/16

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Richard Sandomir, New York Times; ESPN Finally Grows Tired of Curt Schilling’s Barbed Language : "Andrew Shaw and Curt Schilling insul...

PNC pulls plug on coin-counting machines; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4/22/16

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Patricia Sabatini, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; PNC pulls plug on coin-counting machines : "The move follows a report by NBC’s “Today” sho...

How to Explain Mansplaining; New York Times, 4/20/16

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Julia Baird, New York Times; How to Explain Mansplaining : "The manologue takes many forms, but is characterized by the proffering of ...

Bystander Revolution: Take The Power Out Of Bullying

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Bystander Revolution: Take The Power Out Of Bullying : " What is Bystander Revolution? Simple acts of kindness, courage, and inclusi...

How do we make the Guardian a better place for conversation?; Guardian, 4/22/16

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Katharine Viner, Guardian; How do we make the Guardian a better place for conversation? : "Last year, a few weeks before I started as...

Monica Lewinsky: ‘The shame sticks to you like tar’; Guardian, 4/22/16

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Jon Ronson, Guardian; Monica Lewinsky: ‘The shame sticks to you like tar’ : "The reason why she finally agreed to meet me, despite he...
Friday, April 22, 2016

Captain America: Civil War – conflicted heroes and a clash of philosophies; Guardian, 4/21/16

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Mark D. White, Guardian; Captain America: Civil War – conflicted heroes and a clash of philosophies : "These days the world feels prec...

How to Be Good: Why you can’t teach human values to artificial intelligence; Slate, 4/20/16

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Adam Elkus, Slate; How to Be Good: Why you can’t teach human values to artificial intelligence : "As Collins pointed out, computers ac...
Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Mitsubishi Motors Admits Falsifying Fuel Economy Tests To Make Emissions Levels Look More Favorable; Reuters via Huffington Post, 4/20/16

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Reuters via Huffington Post; Mitsubishi Motors Admits Falsifying Fuel Economy Tests To Make Emissions Levels Look More Favorable : "Mi...
Tuesday, April 19, 2016

The Courage To Inform: Our mission requires brave librarians; Library Journal, 4/18/16

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John N. Berry III, Library Journal; The Courage To Inform: Our mission requires brave librarians : "In this election year, public libr...
Monday, April 18, 2016

Have Comment Sections on News Media Websites Failed?; New York Times, 4/18/16

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[1000th post since blog started in 2010] Room for Debate, New York Times; Have Comment Sections on News Media Websites Failed? : "M...

We will look back at cyber-harassment as a disgrace – if we act now; Guardian, 4/15/16

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Danielle Citron, Guardian; We will look back at cyber-harassment as a disgrace – if we act now : "Attitudes towards online abuse have ...

The terror of swatting: how the law is tracking down high-tech prank callers; Guardian, 4/15/16

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Dan Tynan, Guardian; The terror of swatting: how the law is tracking down high-tech prank callers : "The first 911 call came at 4.30pm...

UC Davis Tries to Scrub Pepper-Spray Incident From Web, Which Means It’s Now the First Result on Google; New York Magazine, 4/15/16

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Brian Feldman, New York Magazine; UC Davis Tries to Scrub Pepper-Spray Incident From Web, Which Means It’s Now the First Result on Google : ...

Hardly Anyone Trusts The Media Anymore; Huffington Post, 4/18/16

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Nick Visser, Huffington Post; Hardly Anyone Trusts The Media Anymore : "Only 6 percent of people say they have a great deal of confide...

Obama’s Secrecy Problem; Slate, 4/15/16

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Fred Kaplan, Slate; Obama’s Secrecy Problem : "Steven Aftergood, director of the Project on Government Secrecy at the Federation of Am...
Sunday, April 17, 2016

Doonesbury; GoComics.com, 4/17/16

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Garry Trudeau, GoComics.com; Doonesbury
Saturday, April 16, 2016

Oxford professor calls for European ethical codes on patient data; Guardian, 4/12/16

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Paul Hill, Guardian; Oxford professor calls for European ethical codes on patient data : "Prof Luciano Floridi, director of research a...

Panama Papers: inside the Guardian's investigation into offshore secrets; Guardian, 4/16/16

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Juliette Garside, Guardian; Panama Papers: inside the Guardian's investigation into offshore secrets : "The security guard handed ...

Captain America: Civil War reaction: 7 non-spoilery thoughts; Entertainment Weekly, 4/15/16

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Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly; Captain America: Civil War reaction: 7 non-spoilery thoughts : "Captain America: Civil War won’t...

Tweaking Genes to Save Species; New York Times, 4/16/16

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Hillary Rosner, New York Times; Tweaking Genes to Save Species : "This kind of genetic meddling makes many environmentalists deeply un...

The Right to Privacy for Children Online; New York Times, 4/15/16

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Teddy Wayne, New York Time; The Right to Privacy for Children Online : "Nevertheless, it is striking that both famous billionaires, aw...

Cirque Du Soleil Scraps Shows In Protest Over North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Law; Huffington Post, 4/15/16

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Ryan Grenoble, Huffington Post; Cirque Du Soleil Scraps Shows In Protest Over North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Law : "In a statement publish...
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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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