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/

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; Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T); Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
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