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, November 15, 2016

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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

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

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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
[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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

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

About Me

My photo
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)
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.