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/

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Australian students recreate Martin Shkreli price-hike drug in school lab; Guardian, 11/30/16

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Melissa Davey, Guardian; Australian students recreate Martin Shkreli price-hike drug in school lab : "He said the open nature of the p...

Social scientists set to decipher various shades of ethics; The Peninsula: Qatar's Daily Newspaper, 12/1/16

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Irfan Bhukhari, The Peninsula: Qatar's Daily Newspaper; Social scientists set to decipher various shades of ethics : "On the acade...

Donald Trump’s ‘Monster’s Ball’; New York Times, 12/1/16

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Charles M. Blow, New York Times; Donald Trump’s ‘Monster’s Ball’ : "Donald Trump was elected on a wave of fake news, fake minority ou...
Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Putin brings China's Great Firewall to Russia in cybersecurity pact; Guardian, 11/29/16

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Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, Guardian; Putin brings China's Great Firewall to Russia in cybersecurity pact : "Russia has bee...

China’s Great Leap Backward; The Atlantic, December 2016

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James Fallows, The Atlantic; China’s Great Leap Backward : "China’s internet, always censored and firewalled, is now even more strictl...

How to solve Facebook's fake news problem: experts pitch their ideas; Guardian, 11/29/16

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Nicky Woolf, Guardian; How to solve Facebook's fake news problem: experts pitch their ideas : "...[A] growing cadre of technologis...

Fake news and a 400-year-old problem: we need to resolve the ‘post-truth’ crisis; Guardian, 11/29/16

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Luciano Floridi, Guardian; Fake news and a 400-year-old problem: we need to resolve the ‘post-truth’ crisis : "In April 2016, the Brit...

In today’s world, the truth is losing; Washington Post, 11/29/16

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David Ignatius, Washington Post; In today’s world, the truth is losing : "How should citizens who want a fact-based world combat this ...

How Much Disclosure About an Op-Ed Author Is Required?; New York Times, 11/30/16

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Liz Spayd, New York Times; How Much Disclosure About an Op-Ed Author Is Required? : "Who is this woman brave enough to come forward i...

Facebook Shouldn’t Fact-Check; New York Times, 11/29/16

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Jessica Lessin, New York Times; Facebook Shouldn’t Fact-Check : "If you don’t believe that Facebook’s policies could sway the news ind...

Summer Project Turns Into Leukemia Testing Breakthrough; New York Times, 11/28/16

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Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times; Summer Project Turns Into Leukemia Testing Breakthrough : 'Gleevec, which made almost $5 billion ...
Monday, November 28, 2016

Facebook Runs Up Against German Hate Speech Laws; New York Times, 11/28/16

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Mark Scott and Melissa Eddy, New York Times; Facebook Runs Up Against German Hate Speech Laws : "In Germany, more than almost anywhere...

What a Map of the Fake-News Ecosystem Says About the Problem; Fortune, 11/28/16

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Matthew Ingram, Fortune; What a Map of the Fake-News Ecosystem Says About the Problem : "As debate continues over the extent to which ...

Fake News and the Internet Shell Game; New York Times, 11/28/16

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Michael P. Lynch, New York Times; Fake News and the Internet Shell Game : "Almost everything that we encounter online is being present...

Campus Libraries See Increase in Discriminatory Incidents; Library Journal, 11/28/16

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Lisa Peet, Library Journal; Campus Libraries See Increase in Discriminatory Incidents : "Within the libraries, administrators have use...

Congress May Hold Key to Handling Trump’s Conflicts of Interest; New York Times, 11/28/16

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Peter J. Henning, New York Times; Congress May Hold Key to Handling Trump’s Conflicts of Interest : "The key to dealing with conflicts...

Trump has already defeated the news media. And it’s unclear what we can do about it.; Washington Post, 11/28/16

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Paul Waldman, Washington Post; Trump has already defeated the news media. And it’s unclear what we can do about it. : "The entire seq...

Potential Conflicts Around the Globe for Trump, the Businessman President; New York Times, 11/26/16

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Richard C. Paddock, Eric Lipton, Ellen Barry, Rod Nordland, Danny Hakim, and Simon Romero, New York Times; Potential Conflicts Around the Gl...

Twitter Beats Back Lawsuit Over Killing of U.S. Contractors by ISIS; Inside Counsel, 11/28/16

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Ross Todd, Inside Counsel; Twitter Beats Back Lawsuit Over Killing of U.S. Contractors by ISIS : "In a ruling that should bolster a la...

An ethical double standard for Trump — and the GOP?; Washington Post, 11/27/16

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E.J. Dionne, Washington Post; An ethical double standard for Trump — and the GOP? : "Republicans did an extraordinary job raising dou...
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Before ‘fake news,’ there was Soviet ‘disinformation’; Washington Post, 11/26/16

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Adam Taylor, Washington Post; Before ‘fake news,’ there was Soviet ‘disinformation’ : "In the parlance of 2016, we would probably ref...

Turning Promises Of Marrakesh Treaty For Visually Impaired Into Reality; Intellectual Property Watch, 11/21/16

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Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch; Turning Promises Of Marrakesh Treaty For Visually Impaired Into Reality : "With the recen...

Ethics board aiming to build trust in the city; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11/28/16

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Adam Smeltz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Ethics board aiming to build trust in the city : "Since the legislation passed, several organiza...
Saturday, November 26, 2016

FAQ: What you need to know, but were afraid to ask, about the EU Open Science Cloud; Science Business, 11/24/16

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Science Business Staff, Science Business; FAQ: What you need to know, but were afraid to ask, about the EU Open Science Cloud : " Will...

No, Trump, We Can’t Just Get Along; New York Times, 11/23/16

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Charles M. Blow, New York Times; No, Trump, We Can’t Just Get Along : "[Donald Trump] ended the meeting by saying: “I will say, The ...

Jared Kushner Considers Losing Democratic Friends “Exfoliation.” But What Kind of Exfoliation?; Slate, 11/23/16

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L. V. Anderson, Slate; Jared Kushner Considers Losing Democratic Friends “Exfoliation.” But What Kind of Exfoliation? : "Asked by For...

Oh Good, a “Professor Watch List”; Slate, 11/23/16

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Rebecca Schuman, Slate; Oh Good, a “Professor Watch List” : "This Monday, an organization called Turning Point USA launched a website...
Friday, November 25, 2016

United States: Lee v. Tam: Disparaging Trademarks At The Supreme Court; Mondaq, 11/24/16

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Mark Hannemann, Thomas R. Makin, Matthew G. Berkowitz, Patrick Colsher, Joseph Purcell and Eric Lucas, Mondaq; United States: Lee v. Tam: Di...

Have I Got a Play for You; Slate, 11/25/16

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Jordana Williams, Slate; Have I Got a Play for You : "Flipping now through our patchwork golem of a script, aghast, I estimate that 80...

Beyond business: Disgraced Theranos bloodied family, friends, neighbors; Ars Technica, 11/23/16

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Beth Mole, Ars Technica; Beyond business: Disgraced Theranos bloodied family, friends, neighbors : "If you think your Thanksgiving din...

Theranos Whistleblower Shook the Company—and His Family; Wall Street Journal, 11/18/16

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John Carreyrou, Wall Street Journal; Theranos Whistleblower Shook the Company—and His Family : "After working at Theranos Inc. for eig...

A short history of fake news: Conservatives believed all sorts of crap long before Facebook; Salon, 11/25/16

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Matthew Sheffield, Salon; A short history of fake news: Conservatives believed all sorts of crap long before Facebook : "Conspiracy th...

Facebook doesn't need to ban fake news to fight it; Guardian,11/25/16

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Alex Hern, Guardian; Facebook doesn't need to ban fake news to fight it : "Those examples are the obvious extreme of Facebook’s pr...

Germany is worried about fake news and bots ahead of election; The Verge, 11/25/16

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Amar Toor, The Verge; Germany is worried about fake news and bots ahead of election : "Angela Merkel this week warned that fake news a...

The pedlars of fake news are corroding democracy; Guardian, 11/25/16

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Andrew Smith, Guardian; The pedlars of fake news are corroding democracy : "With misinformation being incentivised in this way, who co...

Inside a Fake News Sausage Factory: ‘This Is All About Income’; New York Times, 11/25/16

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Andrew Higgins, Mike McIntire, Gabriel J.X. Dance, New York Times; Inside a Fake News Sausage Factory: ‘This Is All About Income’ : "...

Russian propaganda effort helped spread ‘fake news’ during election, experts say; Washington Post, 11/24/16

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Craig Timberg, Washington Post; Russian propaganda effort helped spread ‘fake news’ during election, experts say : "The flood of “fake...

Students Have 'Dismaying' Inability To Tell Fake News From Real, Study Finds; NPR, 11/23/16

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Camila Domonoske, NPR; Students Have 'Dismaying' Inability To Tell Fake News From Real, Study Finds : "Middle school, high sch...

We Tracked Down A Fake-News Creator In The Suburbs. Here's What We Learned; NPR, 11/23/16

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Laura Sydell, NPR: We Tracked Down A Fake-News Creator In The Suburbs. Here's What We Learned : "Coler is a soft-spoken 40-year-ol...

America's fake news problem predates Facebook; Vox, 11/21/16

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Jason Mittell and Chuck Tryon, Vox; America's fake news problem predates Facebook : "What these examples suggest is that there is ...

I’ve Been Making Viral Fake News for the Last Six Months. It’s Way Too Easy to Dupe the Right on the Internet.; Daily Beast, 11/21/16

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Marco Chacon, Daily Beast; I’ve Been Making Viral Fake News for the Last Six Months. It’s Way Too Easy to Dupe the Right on the Internet. :...

Here’s How to Fix Facebook’s Fake News; Daily Beast, 11/19/16

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Michael Casey, Oliver Luckett, Daily Beast; Here’s How to Fix Facebook’s Fake News : "[...W]e must demand transparency in the algorith...

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Finally Details Fake News Countermeasures; Reuters via Huffington Post, 11/19/16

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Reuters via Huffington Post; Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Finally Details Fake News Countermeasures : "[Mark Zuckerberg] also said Faceb...
Thursday, November 24, 2016

‘Fraud is not a trade secret’: How a 27-year-old blew the whistle on Theranos; MarketWatch, 11/17/16

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Barbara Kollmeyer, MarketWatch; ‘Fraud is not a trade secret’: How a 27-year-old blew the whistle on Theranos’ : [Kip Currier: Ethics inst...
Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Teaching an Algorithm to Understand Right and Wrong; Harvard Business Review, 11/15/16

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Greg Satell, Harvard Business Review; Teaching an Algorithm to Understand Right and Wrong : [Kip Currier: This thought-provoking Harvard Bu...

Scholars Delve Deeper Into The Ethics Of Artificial Intelligence; NPR, 11/21/16

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NPR Staff, NPR; Scholars Delve Deeper Into The Ethics Of Artificial Intelligence : "This month, a law firm gave Pittsburgh's Carne...

Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook Must Defend the Truth; New York Times, 11/20/16

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Jim Rutenberg, New York Times; Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook Must Defend the Truth : "Today’s fake news is limited only by the imaginat...
Monday, November 21, 2016

"Over for Dinner on Thursday"; Bizarro, 11/21/16

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Dan Piraro, Bizarro; "Over for Dinner on Thursday"

How to avoid getting conned by fake news sites; CNet, 11/19/16

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Laura Hautala, CNet; How to avoid getting conned by fake news sites : " How to flag fake news sites The best tool at your disposal, ...

Just how partisan is Facebook's fake news? We tested it; PC World, 11/21/16

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Mark Hachman, PCWorld; Just how partisan is Facebook's fake news? We tested it : "We decided to test who’s seeing this partisan fa...
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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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