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, November 15, 2016

Elena Ferrante’s Right to a Pseudonym; Atlantic, 11/15/16

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Atlantic; Elena Ferrante’s Right to a Pseudonym : "Curiously, the United States remains possibly the only country in the world not to ...

Patent Pending; The Crimson, 10/20/16

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C. Ramsey Fahs, The Crimson; Patent Pending : "One way to ensure that offices truly act in the public good, says Rooksby, is to promot...
Monday, November 14, 2016

LGBTQ Trump Voters: You Betrayed Our Community’s Most Vulnerable; Huffington Post, 11/14/16

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JamesMichael Nichols, Huffington Post; LGBTQ Trump Voters: You Betrayed Our Community’s Most Vulnerable : "At times like this, it’s im...
Sunday, November 13, 2016

Academic Ethics: The Legal Tangle of ‘Trigger Warnings’; Chronicle of Higher Education, 11/13/16

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Brian Leiter, Chronicle of Higher Education; Academic Ethics: The Legal Tangle of ‘Trigger Warnings’ : "A report on trigger warnings ...

Our First Amendment test is here. We can’t afford to flunk it.; Washington Post, 11/13/16

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Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post; Our First Amendment test is here. We can’t afford to flunk it. : "For journalists, it’s writing a...

Studying ethics, 'Star Trek' style, at Drake; Des Moines Register, 11/10/16

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Daniel P. Finney, Des Moines Register; Studying ethics, 'Star Trek' style, at Drake : "What I found in this class of 18 young ...

About 100 million people couldn’t be bothered to vote this year; Washington Post, 11/12/16

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Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post; About 100 million people couldn’t be bothered to vote this year : "That means that 100 million ...

Son Of Immigrants Is First Openly Gay Man Elected To Georgia Legislature; Huffington Post, 11/10/16

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Kimberly Yam, Huffington Post; Son Of Immigrants Is First Openly Gay Man Elected To Georgia Legislature : "“The election of an openly ...

Trump Voters: A Message From the Mom Of A Gay Kid; Huffington Post, 11/11/16

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Amelia, Huffington Post; Trump Voters: A Message From the Mom Of A Gay Kid : "When I point out the views of the new government-elect, ...

I Am Gay. I Will Not Be Tortured Again.; Huffington Post, 11/11/16

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David Michael Conner, Huffington Post; I Am Gay. I Will Not Be Tortured Again. : "I survived six years of psychological terror and ph...

The Mike Pence (Donald Trump) Assault On LGBTQ Equality Is Already Underway; Huffington Post, 11/13/16

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Michangelo Signorile, Huffington Post; The Mike Pence (Donald Trump) Assault On LGBTQ Equality Is Already Underway : "I’m not going to...
Saturday, November 12, 2016

Clarence M. Ditlow III, Auto Safety Crusader, Dies at 72; New York Times, 11/11/16

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Robert D. McFadden, New York Times; Clarence M. Ditlow III, Auto Safety Crusader, Dies at 72 : "As head of the Center for Auto Safety,...

Erasing the Past From Google Search; New York Times, 11/11/16

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J.D. Biersdorfer, New York Times; Erasing the Past From Google Search : " Q. Is there a “right to be forgotten” in the United States?...

How Federal Ethics Laws Will Apply to a Trump Presidency; New York Times, 11/11/16

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Steve Eder, New York Times; How Federal Ethics Laws Will Apply to a Trump Presidency : "A theme of Mr. Trump’s presidency is likely to...

Not Everyone’s Hero; Inside Higher Ed, 11/11/16

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Carl Straumsheim, Inside Higher Ed; Not Everyone’s Hero : "Course Hero has in the past banned users for repeatedly violating its honor...

Stay angry. That’s the only way to uphold principles in Trump’s America.; Washington Post, 11/11/16

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Leon Wieseltier, Washington Post; Stay angry. That’s the only way to uphold principles in Trump’s America. : "The demons that have ha...

Lies in the Guise of News in the Trump Era; New York Times, 11/12/16

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Nicholas Kristof, New York Times; Lies in the Guise of News in the Trump Era : "...[O]one takeaway from this astonishing presidential ...

Media’s Next Challenge: Overcoming the Threat of Fake News; New York Times, 11/6/16

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Jim Rutenberg, New York Times; Media’s Next Challenge: Overcoming the Threat of Fake News : "It could be Pollyannaish to think so, but...

REBELLIONS ARE BUILT ON HOPE: WHY ROGUE ONE MATTERS NOW MORE THAN EVER; Comic Book Resources, 11/11/16

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Brett White, Comic Book Resources; REBELLIONS ARE BUILT ON HOPE: WHY ROGUE ONE MATTERS NOW MORE THAN EVER : "We have hope. If they hav...
Friday, November 11, 2016

Three or Four Months; F Minus, Go Comic, 11/11/16

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Tony Carrillo, F Minus, Go Comics; " Three or Four Months "
Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Now is not the time to abandon America. Stay here and fight for it; Quartz, 11/9/16

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Sarah Todd, Quartz; Now is not the time to abandon America. Stay here and fight for it : "After last night’s presidential election, ma...
Tuesday, November 8, 2016

New York Today: 104 Years Old, and Still Voting; New York Times, 11/8/16

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Alexandra S. Levine, New York Times; New York Today: 104 Years Old, and Still Voting : "On this Election Day, as the presidential camp...
Monday, November 7, 2016

Want Your Marijuana Startup to Succeed? Study Patent Law; Wired, 11/5/16

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Mason Marks, Wired; Want Your Marijuana Startup to Succeed? Study Patent Law : "...[M]any players in the legal marijuana industry are ...

New Era for Disability Rights; Inside Higher Ed, 11/7/16

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Carl Straumsheim, Inside Higher Ed; New Era for Disability Rights : "Disability studies scholars and legal experts say lawsuits like D...

CMU lands $10M gift to study ethical issues in robotics, technology; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11/7/16

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David Templeton, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; CMU lands $10M gift to study ethical issues in robotics, technology : "Current law doesn’t y...

False Equivalences; Wiley Miller, Go Comics, 11/7/16

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Wiley Miller, Non Sequitur, Go Comics; False Equivalences
Sunday, November 6, 2016

The Giddy Cosmic Spectacle of “Doctor Strange”; New Yorker, 11/4/16

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Richard Brody, New Yorker; The Giddy Cosmic Spectacle of “Doctor Strange” : "If I were an activist looking for a meme to mock the den...

Clinton v. Trump on copyrights and patents: Reading the platform and the tea leaves; Ars Technica, 11/6/16

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Joe Mullin, Ars Technica; Clinton v. Trump on copyrights and patents: Reading the platform and the tea leaves : "The hot-button issues...

How the Internet Is Loosening Our Grip on the Truth; New York Times, 11/2/16

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Farhad Manjoo, New York Times; How the Internet Is Loosening Our Grip on the Truth : "Next week, if all goes well, someone will win th...

WikiLeaks Isn’t Whistleblowing; New York Times, 11/4/16

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Zeynep Tufekci, New York Times; WikiLeaks Isn’t Whistleblowing : "Demanding transparency from the powerful is not a right to see every...
Thursday, November 3, 2016

Pittsburgh City Council pushes forward on confidentiality measure; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11/3/16

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Adam Smeltz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Pittsburgh City Council pushes forward on confidentiality measure : "Pittsburgh City Council for...

Very Polite; Marmaduke, GoComics.com, 11/3/16

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Brad Anderson, Marmaduke, GoComics.com; Very Polite
Wednesday, November 2, 2016

United Nations Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines Report: Promoting Innovation and Access to Health Technologies; United Nations Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines, 9/14/16

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United Nations Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines; United Nations Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on A...

Patent rights key to ensuring access to medication; Trib Live, 10/24/16

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Robert A. Freeman, Trib Live; Patent rights key to ensuring access to medication : " A United Nations panel recently released disastro...

The Real Reason Drugs Cost Too Much; Bloomberg View, 8/23/16

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Editorial Board, Bloomberg View; The Real Reason Drugs Cost Too Much : "The problem would not be nearly so severe if the drugs' go...

New Research Center to Explore Ethics of Artificial Intelligence; New York Times, 11/1/16

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John Markoff, New York Times; New Research Center to Explore Ethics of Artificial Intelligence : "Carnegie Mellon University plans to ...

In Washington’s Drug Price Fight, Plenty of Blame to Go Around; Bloomberg, 10/27/16

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Anna Edney, Robert Langreth, Bloomberg; In Washington’s Drug Price Fight, Plenty of Blame to Go Around : "AARP, which represents senio...
Tuesday, November 1, 2016

The ‘Internet of Things’ Faces Practical and Ethical Challenges; Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/23/16

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Sarah Brown, Chronicle of Higher Education; The ‘Internet of Things’ Faces Practical and Ethical Challenges

Would You Want To Know The Secrets Hidden In Your Baby's Genes?; NPR, 10/31/16

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[Podcast] Mary Harris, NPR; Would You Want To Know The Secrets Hidden In Your Baby's Genes? : "Lauren and Ian Patrick, the parent...
Monday, October 31, 2016

CNN Parts Ways With Donna Brazile, a Hillary Clinton Supporter; New York Times, 10/31/16

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Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times; CNN Parts Ways With Donna Brazile, a Hillary Clinton Supporter : "The episode has cast a harsh sp...

University of Pittsburgh Nondiscrimination Policy Statement, 10/31/16

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University of Pittsburgh Nondiscrimination Policy Statement: [Kip Currier: Noteworthy to see "genetic information" included in Pi...
Sunday, October 30, 2016

Why do we still accept that governments collect and snoop on our data?; Guardian, 10/30/16

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Ashley Gorski and Scarlet Kim, Guardian; Why do we still accept that governments collect and snoop on our data? : "Although the debat...

Former Bush Ethics Lawyer Files Complaint Against FBI Director for Email Disclosures; Slate, 10/30/16

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Daniel Politi, Slate; Former Bush Ethics Lawyer Files Complaint Against FBI Director for Email Disclosures : "The former chief ethics ...

The Ethics of Hunting Down ‘Patient Zero’; New York Times, 10/29/16

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Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times; The Ethics of Hunting Down ‘Patient Zero’ : "The alleged “Patient Zero” of the American AIDS ep...

Freedom of expression under worldwide attack, UN rights expert warns in new report; UN Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner, 10/20/16

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UN Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner; Freedom of expression under worldwide attack, UN rights expert warns in new report : ...

Freedom Of Expression Under Attack, Says UN Special Rapporteur; Intellectual Property Watch, 10/21/16

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Intellectual Property Watch; Freedom Of Expression Under Attack, Says UN Special Rapporteur : "Governments worldwide are engaging in c...

Patent Trolls Undermine Open Access; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 10/28/16

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Elliot Harmon, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF); Patent Trolls Undermine Open Access : "...[E]ven as university research becomes a...

Amazon nets patent for mini police drones; SeattlePI.com, 10/28/16

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Daniel Demay, SeattlePI.com; Amazon nets patent for mini police drones : "Amazon Technologies, Inc. was granted a patent Oct. 18 for a...

RUCKA ON WHAT MAKES WONDER WOMAN SPECIAL: ‘ONE OF HER POWERS IS LOVE’; Comic Book Resources, 10/26/16

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Albert Ching, Comic Book Resources; RUCKA ON WHAT MAKES WONDER WOMAN SPECIAL: ‘ONE OF HER POWERS IS LOVE’ : " CBR: Greg, late last mo...

DC superhero punching for gender equality to be honoured at her 75th birthday party, attended by Ban Ki-moon and ‘surprise guests’; Guardian, 10/12/16

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Alison Flood, Guardian; DC superhero punching for gender equality to be honoured at her 75th birthday party, attended by Ban Ki-moon and ‘su...
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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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