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/

Monday, May 14, 2018

How copyright law hides work like Zora Neale Hurston’s new book from the public; The Washington Post, May 7, 2018

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Ted Genoways, The Washington Post;  How copyright law hides work like Zora Neale Hurston’s new book from the public " Now, according ...
Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Anthropology grad students bring Ethics Bowl home; Cornell Chronicle, May 1, 2018

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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, Cornell Chronicle;  Anthropology grad students bring Ethics Bowl home " Cornell’s team won the Society for Americ...

Westworld Spoilers Club season 2, episode 2: Reunion The second episode of the season drops subtle clues with big ramifications; The Verge, April 30, 2018

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Bryan Bishop , The Verge;  Westworld Spoilers Club season 2, episode 2: Reunion The second episode of the season drops subtle clues with b...

Time for journalists to fight back, not play party hosts; The Washington Post, April 30, 2018

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Dana Milbank , The Washington Post;  Time for journalists to fight back, not play party hosts " Olivier Knox , the incoming president...
Monday, April 30, 2018

Google's Mysterious AI Ethics Board Should Be Transparent Like Axon's; Forbes, April 27, 2018

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Sam Shead, Forbes;  Google's Mysterious AI Ethics Board Should Be Transparent Like Axon's " This week, Axon, a US  company th...

The 7 stages of GDPR grief; VentureBeat, April 29, 2018

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Chris Purcell, VentureBeat;  The 7 stages of GDPR grief " All of the systems we’ve built around handling personal data will need to b...
Saturday, April 28, 2018

Data on a genealogy site led police to the ‘Golden State Killer’ suspect. Now others worry about a ‘treasure trove of data’; The Washington Post, April 27, 2018

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Justin Jouvenal ,  Mark Berman ,  Drew Harwell  and  Tom Jackman , The Washington Post;  Data on a genealogy site led police to the ‘Golden ...
Thursday, April 26, 2018

Facebook finally explains why it bans some content, in 27 pages; The Washington Post, April 24, 2018

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Elizabeth Dwoskin  and  Tracy Jan , The Washington Post;  Facebook finally explains why it bans some content, in 27 pages " “We want ...

The Guardian view on privacy online: a human right; The Guardian, April 26, 2018

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Editorial Board, The Guardian;  The Guardian view on privacy online: a human right " Encryption on the internet will be abused, but b...
Wednesday, April 25, 2018

In global AI race, Europe pins hopes on ethics; Politico, April 25, 2018

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Janosch Delcker, Politico;  In global AI race, Europe pins hopes on ethics " One of the central goals in the EU strategy is to prov...
Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Cambridge University rejected Facebook study over 'deceptive' privacy standards; The Guardian, April 24, 2018

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Matthew Weaver, The Guardian;  Cambridge University rejected Facebook study over 'deceptive' privacy standards " Exclusive:  ...

[Video] Ethics and Governance in the Blockchain Era; MIT Technology Review, April 23, 2018

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[Video] Gideon Lichfield, MIT Technology Review;   Ethics and Governance in the Blockchain Era
Monday, April 23, 2018

It’s Westworld. What’s Wrong With Cruelty to Robots?; The New York Times, April 23, 2018

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Paul Bloom and Sam Harris, The New York Times; I t’s Westworld. What’s Wrong With Cruelty to Robots? " This is where actually watchin...
Friday, April 20, 2018

The Facebook Controversy: Privacy Is Not the Issue; Scientific American, April 18, 2018

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Peter Bruce, Scientific American;  The Facebook Controversy: Privacy Is Not the Issue The real danger is that the information and social pl...

33rd Annual ABA Intellectual Property Law Conference, April 18-20, 2018

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33rd Annual ABA Intellectual Property Law Conference, Arlington, Virginia [Kip Currier: The April 19th Conference sessions I attended w...

Why Tech Companies Need a Code of Ethics for Software Development; Entrepreneur, April 19, 2018

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Dave West, Entrepreneur;  Why Tech Companies Need a Code of Ethics for Software Development With so much potential for software to go bad, ...
Thursday, April 19, 2018

33rd Annual ABA Intellectual Property Law Conference, April 18-20, 2018

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33rd Annual ABA Intellectual Property Law Conference, Arlington, Virginia [Kip Currier: 1st full day of this year's  American Bar As...
Monday, April 16, 2018

China's Weibo reverses ban on 'homosexual' content after outcry; The Guardian, April 15, 2018

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Lily Kuo, The Guardian;  China's Weibo reverses ban on 'homosexual' content after outcry " One of China’s largest social ...

Longing for the freedom not to hide myself; The Washington Post, April 15, 2018

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Ria Tabacco Mar, The Washington Post;  Longing for the freedom not to hide myself " Ria Tabacco Mar is counsel of record for Charlie ...
Sunday, April 15, 2018

Transcript of Mark Zuckerberg’s Senate hearing; Transcript courtesy of Bloomberg Government via The Washington Post, April 10, 2018

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Transcript courtesy of Bloomberg Government via The Washington Post ;  Transcript of Mark Zuckerberg’s Senate hearing " SEN. JOHN COR...

The EU's latest copyright proposal is so bad, it even outlaws Creative Commons licenses; BoingBoing, April 11, 2018

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Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing;  The EU's latest copyright proposal is so bad, it even outlaws Creative Commons licenses " The EU is m...

Drug Company ‘Shenanigans’ to Block Generics Come Under Federal Scrutiny; The New York Times, April 14, 2018

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Robert Pear, The New York Times;  Drug Company ‘Shenanigans’ to Block Generics Come Under Federal Scrutiny " At a time when researche...
Saturday, April 14, 2018

Google loses landmark 'right to be forgotten' case; The Guardian, April 13, 2018

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Jamie Grierson  and  Ben Quinn ,  The Guardian;  Google loses landmark 'right to be forgotten' case " A businessman has won h...

The Personal Data of 346,000 People, Hung on a Museum Wall; The New York Times, April 13, 2018

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Sui-Lee Wee and Elsie Chen, The New York Times;  The Personal Data of 346,000 People, Hung on a Museum Wall " Mr. Deng’s project coin...
Friday, April 13, 2018

Campus free speech is threatened. But how much?; The Washington Post, April 13, 2018

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Megan McArdle , The Washington Post;  Campus free speech is threatened. But how much? [Kip Currier: A timely piece, given yesterday's ...

Former law student obtains $6.45M judgment in revenge porn case; ABA Journal, April 11, 2018

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Debra Cassens Weiss, ABA Journal;  Former law student obtains $6.45M judgment in revenge porn case " A former law student in Californ...

Scott Pruitt’s actions at the EPA have triggered a half-dozen investigations; Vox, April 12, 2018

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Umair Irfan, Vox;  Scott Pruitt’s actions at the EPA have triggered a half-dozen investigations " The pressure on Environmental Prote...

Trump Body Man Turned EPA Whistleblower Is Violating Ethics Rules, the Agency Says; ProPublica, April 12, 2018

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Derek Kravitz  and  Alex Mierjeski , ProPublica;  Trump Body Man Turned EPA Whistleblower Is Violating Ethics Rules, the Agency Says ...

MIA Ethics Bowl Team Best in State; Coastal Breeze News, April 12, 2018

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Barry Gwinn, Coastal Breeze News;  MIA Ethics Bowl Team Best in State " Ground zero for this change at MIA is the Ethics Bowl Team, a...

Comey book likens Trump to mafia boss 'untethered to truth'; The Guardian, April 12, 2018

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Tom McCarthy and Martin Pengelly, The Guardian;  Comey book likens Trump to mafia boss 'untethered to truth' " The former FBI...
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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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