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

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Sunday, July 17, 2016

What Ethics Should Guide the Use of Robots in Policing?; New York Times, 7/14/16

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Room for Debate, New York Times; What Ethics Should Guide the Use of Robots in Policing? : "The decision by Dallas police to deploy a...

"Not a Racist"; Doonesbury, Go Comics, 7/17/16

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Garry Trudeau, Doonesbury, GoComics: "Not a Racist"

Justice department 'uses aged computer system to frustrate Foia requests'; Guardian, 7/16/16

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Sam Thielman, Guardian; Justice department 'uses aged computer system to frustrate Foia requests' : "A new lawsuit alleges th...

Presidents need to be able to do nothing. Donald Trump can’t do it.; Washington Post, 7/15/16

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J. Peter Scoblic, Washington Post; Presidents need to be able to do nothing. Donald Trump can’t do it. : "In crises, there is enormou...
Saturday, July 16, 2016

"Jail for Self-Publishing Novels"; Bizarro, 7/16/16

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Dan Piraro, Bizzaro: " Jail for Self-Publishing Novels "
Friday, July 15, 2016

Drones and M&M’s Help Vaccinate Endangered Ferrets; Future Tense via Slate, 7/14/16

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Matt Miller, Future Tense via Slate; Drones and M&M’s Help Vaccinate Endangered Ferrets : [Kip Currier: Following on the heels of the ...

Facebook Reunites Family With Baby Boy Missing In Nice Terror Attack; Huffington Post, 7/15/16

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Lee Moran, Huffington Post; Facebook Reunites Family With Baby Boy Missing In Nice Terror Attack : [Kip Currier: It was timely seeing this...

The Fight for the "Right to Repair"; Smithsonian.com, 7/13/16

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Emily Matchar, Smithsonian.com; The Fight for the "Right to Repair" : "The problem, Gordon-Byrne says, began in earnest in ...

With Obama, the Personal Is Presidential; New York Times, 7/15/16

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Timothy Egan, New York Times; With Obama, the Personal Is Presidential : "It’s not fair to give him his due as a person, his high grad...

Pokemon Go spurs lawyers to stop and consider legal issues; ABA Journal, 7/13/16

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Debra Cassens Weiss, ABA Journal; Pokemon Go spurs lawyers to stop and consider legal issues : "Some lawyers say Pokemon Go, an “augme...
Thursday, July 14, 2016

Extreme Anger Management: Is It O.K. to Kill the Hulk’s Alter Ego?; New York Times, 7/14/16

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George Gen Gustines, New York Times; Extreme Anger Management: Is It O.K. to Kill the Hulk’s Alter Ego? : [Spoilers] "Marvel’s her...

Meet Your New Librarian of Congress; Smithsonian.com, 7/14/16

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Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian.com; Meet Your New Librarian of Congress: Carla Hayden will make history as the first African-American in the ro...

From A Murrow Moment To A Murrow Mindset: How Not To Normalize Donald Trump; Huffington Post, 7/11/16

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Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post; From A Murrow Moment To A Murrow Mindset: How Not To Normalize Donald Trump : "You can feel the p...

Marvel had one Avenger kill another. It’s a turning point in Civil War II.; Vox, 7/14/16

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Alex Abad-Santos, Vox; Marvel had one Avenger kill another. It’s a turning point in Civil War II. : [Spoilers] "The trial gives Be...

To Boldly Go Where No Fan Production Has Gone Before; Slate, 7/13/16

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Marissa Martinelli, Slate; To Boldly Go Where No Fan Production Has Gone Before : "The issues at the heart of the Axanar case are comp...

An Open Letter From Technology Sector Leaders On Donald Trump’s Candidacy For President; Huffington Post, 7/14/16

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Alec Ross, Huffington Post; An Open Letter From Technology Sector Leaders On Donald Trump’s Candidacy For President : "We are inventor...

Scholars Steeped in Dead Politicians Take On a Live One: Donald Trump; New York Times, 7/12/16

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Jim Dwyer, New York Times; Scholars Steeped in Dead Politicians Take On a Live One: Donald Trump : "Now Mr. McCullough and Ken Burns, ...

Top American Historians Find a Modern Way to Rip Donald Trump; Daily Beast, 7/13/16

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Eleanor Clift, Daily Beast; Top American Historians Find a Modern Way to Rip Donald Trump : "“I just finished a children’s book on Gro...
Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Sulu, “Star Trek” and queer sci-fi: LGBT diversity has been there all along—now it’s gone mainstream; Salon, 7/12/16

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Scott Eric Kaufman, Salon; Sulu, “Star Trek” and queer sci-fi: LGBT diversity has been there all along—now it’s gone mainstream : "Whi...

A Fight to Make Two Classic Songs Copyright Free to You and Me; New York Times, 7/12/16

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Ben Sisario, New York Times; A Fight to Make Two Classic Songs Copyright Free to You and Me : "Legal experts say that such cases show ...

Arlington National Cemetery wants people to stop catching Pikachu on its hallowed ground; Washington Post, 7/12/16

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Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Washington Post; Arlington National Cemetery wants people to stop catching Pikachu on its hallowed ground : "“We ...

Holocaust Museum to visitors: Please stop catching Pokémon here; Washington Post, 7/12/16

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Andrea Peterson, Washington Post; Holocaust Museum to visitors: Please stop catching Pokémon here : ""Playing the game is not app...

Pokémon Go: 9 questions about the game you were too embarrassed to ask; Vox, 7/13/16

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Alex Abad-Santos, Vox; Pokémon Go: 9 questions about the game you were too embarrassed to ask : " 8) What’s this I’ve heard about Poké...

Experts weigh privacy against better internet in FCC proposal; FedScoop, 7/12/16

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Jeremy Snow, FedScoop; Experts weigh privacy against better internet in FCC proposal : "Tech experts struggled to find a compromise fo...

Senator Al Franken demands Pokémon Go release privacy information; Guardian, 7/12/16

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Mazin Sidahmed, Guardian; Senator Al Franken demands Pokémon Go release privacy information : "The insanely popular Pokémon Go is coll...

Everything Librarians Need To Know About Pokemon Go!; Where We're Going, We Don't Need Shelves, July 2016

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Where We're Going, We Don't Need Shelves; Everything Librarians Need To Know About Pokemon Go! : [Kip Currier: Though the blogger...
Tuesday, July 12, 2016

The Trusted Grown-Ups Who Steal Millions From Youth Sports; New York Times, 7/7/16

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Bill Pennington, New York Times; The Trusted Grown-Ups Who Steal Millions From Youth Sports : "A county court judge had ordered Mr. Fa...

In the age of Donald Trump, is it time to revisit media ethics?; Washington Post, 7/11/16

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Robert Gebelhoff, Washington Post; In the age of Donald Trump, is it time to revisit media ethics? : "Still, the questions the media ...

Quit bugging me: China censors beetle named after President Xi; Agence France-Presse via Guardian, 7/12/16

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Agence France-Presse via Guardian; Quit bugging me: China censors beetle named after President Xi : "But Chinese censors have ordered ...

How technology disrupted the truth; Guardian, 7/12/16

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Katharine Viner, Guardian; How technology disrupted the truth : "When a fact begins to resemble whatever you feel is true, it becomes ...

RBG Just Risked Her Legacy to Insult Trump; Slate, 7/12/16

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Mark Joseph Stern, Slate; RBG Just Risked Her Legacy to Insult Trump : "To be clear, what Ginsburg is doing right now—pushing her case...
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Monday, July 11, 2016

The Legal and Ethical Ramifications of Letting Police Kill Suspects With Robots; Motherboard, 7/9/16

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Jason Koebler, Motherboard; The Legal and Ethical Ramifications of Letting Police Kill Suspects With Robots : " What are the guideline...

In Russia and China, Big Brother is watching you online; Washington Post, 7/8/16

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Editorial Board, Washington Post; In Russia and China, Big Brother is watching you online : "HARD TO believe, but a court in Perm, a R...

The Internet was supposed to foster democracy. China has different ideas.; Washington Post, 7/10/16

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Simon Denyer, Washington Post; The Internet was supposed to foster democracy. China has different ideas. : "President Xi says he want...
Sunday, July 10, 2016

Soledad O’Brien: Seek Out the Curious and the Fastidious; New York Times, 6/10/16

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Adam Bryant, Corner Office, New York Times; Soledad O’Brien: Seek Out the Curious and the Fastidious : [ Interview with Soledad O'Brie...

Roger Ailes opts for secrecy, cowardice in face of Gretchen Carlson suit; Washington Post, 7/9/16

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Erik Wemple, Washington Post; Roger Ailes opts for secrecy, cowardice in face of Gretchen Carlson suit : "“It is repulsive that Ailes ...

Don’t Klingon to the past, George Takei. A gay Sulu is right for Star Trek 2016; Guardian, 7/10/16

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Ryan Gilbey, Guardian; Don’t Klingon to the past, George Takei. A gay Sulu is right for Star Trek 2016 : "There is always a tension in...
Saturday, July 9, 2016

"Questionable Ethics"; Pearls Before Swine, 7/9/16

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Stephan Pastis, Pearls Before Swine " Questionable Ethics "

New Censorship and Copyright Restrictions in UK Digital Economy Bill; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 7/8/16

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Jeremy Malcolm, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF); New Censorship and Copyright Restrictions in UK Digital Economy Bill : "This wee...

Privacy Shield deal lets US tech firms transfer European customers' data again; Guardian, 7/8/16

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Jemima Kiss, Guardian; Privacy Shield deal lets US tech firms transfer European customers' data again : "Privacy Shield, the new c...
Friday, July 8, 2016

Do You Own Your Own Fingerprints?; Bloomberg, 7/7/16

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Dune Lawrence, Bloomberg; Do You Own Your Own Fingerprints? : "There’s one place where people seeking privacy protections can turn: t...

Man falsely connected to the shooting by Dallas police is now getting ‘thousands’ of death threats; Washington Post, 7/8/16

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Ben Guarino, Washington Post; Man falsely connected to the shooting by Dallas police is now getting ‘thousands’ of death threats : "Am...

Dallas, Alton Sterling, Philando Castile: should Facebook show violent videos?; Guardian, 7/8/16

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Moira Weigel, Guardian; Dallas, Alton Sterling, Philando Castile: should Facebook show violent videos? : "Facebook’s community standa...

In Dallas, another example of perils of reporting breaking news; Washington Post, 7/8/16

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Paul Farhi, Washington Post; In Dallas, another example of perils of reporting breaking news : "Thanks to the speed and ubi­quity of d...

Abraham Lincoln’s lesson for Trump: America’s at its best when we respect individual dignity; The Conversation via Salon, 7/8/16

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Donald Nieman, The Conversation via Salon; Abraham Lincoln’s lesson for Trump: America’s at its best when we respect individual dignity : ...
Thursday, July 7, 2016

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Marches In Toronto Pride Parade; Huffington Post Canada, 7/3/16

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Huffington Post Canada; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Marches In Toronto Pride Parade : "Canada's largest Pride parade marked anot...

Bookseller abductions: China demands Lam Wing-kee return from Hong Kong; Reuters via Guardian, 7/5/16

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Reuters via Guardian; Bookseller abductions: China demands Lam Wing-kee return from Hong Kong : "A statement issued by the Ningbo Publ...

In 'Ten Years,' A Dystopian Vision Of Hong Kong's Future Under China; NPR, 7/7/16

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Alan Yu, NPR; In 'Ten Years,' A Dystopian Vision Of Hong Kong's Future Under China : "When Ten Years debuted in December 2...

Legal, but Not Political, Clarity on the Clinton Emails; New York Times, 7/5/16

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Editorial Board, New York Times; Legal, but Not Political, Clarity on the Clinton Emails : "Mrs. Clinton’s desire to shield her privat...
Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Adding Classes and Content, Resurgent Libraries Turn a Whisper Into a Roar; New York Times, 7/4/16

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Winnie Hu, New York Times; Adding Classes and Content, Resurgent Libraries Turn a Whisper Into a Roar : "Far from becoming irrelevant ...
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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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