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, November 19, 2018

Facebook deserves criticism. The country deserves solutions.; The Washington Post, November 18, 2018

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Editorial Board, The Washington Post; Facebook deserves criticism. The country deserves solutions. "WHAT HAPPENS now? That is the ess...
Sunday, November 18, 2018

To regulate AI we need new laws, not just a code of ethics; The Guardian, October 28, 2018

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Paul Chadwick, The Guardian; To regulate AI we need new laws, not just a code of ethics "For a sense of Facebook’s possible future E...

Facebook and the Fires; The New York Times, November 15, 2018

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Kara Swisher, The New York Times; Facebook and the Fires " Don’t Be Afraid of Self-Reflection That man in the mirror is typic...

Facebook’s board is throwing public support behind Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg — who are on Facebook’s board; Recode, November 15, 2018

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Kurt Wagner, Recode; Facebook’s board is throwing public support behind Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg — who are on Facebook’s board ...
Saturday, November 17, 2018

How Plato Foresaw Facebook’s Folly; The New York Times, November 16, 2018

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Bret Stephens, Opinion Columnist, The New York Times; How Plato Foresaw Facebook’s Foll y [Kip Currier: A must-read opinion piece by B...

‘Facebook Cannot Be Trusted to Regulate Itself’; The New York Times, November 15, 2018

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The Editorial Board . The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the news...

‘No Morals’: Advertisers React to Facebook Report; The New York Times, November 15, 2018

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Sapna Maheshwari, The New York Times; ‘No Morals’: Advertisers React to Facebook Report "The revelations may be “the straw that bre...

Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis; The New York Times, November 14, 2018

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Sheera Frenkel , Nicholas Confessore , Cecilia Kang , Matthew Rosenberg and Jack Nicas , The New York Times; Delay, Deny and Deflect: How F...
Friday, November 16, 2018

EPA official arrested on felony ethics charges in Alabama; WSFA12 News, November 15, 2018

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Michael Biesecker, WSFA12 News; EPA official arrested on felony ethics charges in Alabama "The Trump administration's top enviro...

Trump-appointed judge: Get CNN’s Jim Acosta back in the White House; The Washington Post, November 16, 2018

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Erik Wemple, The Washington Post; Trump-appointed judge: Get CNN’s Jim Acosta back in the White House "In a Friday morning court ses...

If Mozart and Beethoven Were Alive Today, Would they Be Guilty of Copyright Infringement?; Above The Law, November 15, 2018

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Krista L. Cox, Above The Law; If Mozart and Beethoven Were Alive Today, Would they Be Guilty of Copyright Infringement? "A rise in co...

The darker side of Stan Lee’s legacy; Vox, November 14, 2018

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Alex Abad-Santos, Vox; The darker side of Stan Lee’s legacy "As fans, we should celebrate Lee’s work and the wondrous comic book wor...

Stan Lee Is Dead at 95; Superhero of Marvel Comics; The New York Times, November 12, 2018

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Jonathan Kandell and Andy Webster, The New York Times ; Stan Lee Is Dead at 95; Superhero of Marvel Comics "Mr. Lee was often fau...

How Stan Lee Fought To Keep Spider-Man An 'Everyman'; Comic Book Resources, November 13, 2018

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Brian Cronin, Comic Book Resources; How Stan Lee Fought To Keep Spider-Man An 'Everyman' "In 1965, Esquire magazine polled c...
Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Stan Lee Spoke Out Against Bigotry, Again And Again; Comic Book Resources, November 13, 2018

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Hannah Collins, Comic Book Resources; Stan Lee Spoke Out Against Bigotry, Again And Again ""None of us live our lives in a vacuu...

Arguments over European open-access plan heat up; Nature, November 12, 2018

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Richard Van Noorden, Nature; Arguments over European open-access plan heat up "Debate is intensifying over Plan S, an initiative back...
Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Stan Lee’s Radical Fight Against Racists: ‘The Only Way to Destroy Them Is to Expose Them’; The Daily Beast, November 13, 2018

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Stereo Williams, The Daily Beast; Stan Lee’s Radical Fight Against Racists: ‘The Only Way to Destroy Them Is to Expose Them’ [Kip Currier:...

How Stan Lee Helped Bring Humanity to Superheroes; Comic Book Resources, November 13, 2018

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Brian Cronin, Comic Book Resources; How Stan Lee Helped Bring Humanity to Superheroes "Spider-Man's introduction in Amazing Fanta...

Marvel Icon Stan Lee Leaves a Legacy as Complex as His Superheroes; The Daily Beast, November 12, 2018

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Spencer Ackerman, The Daily Beast; Marvel Icon Stan Lee Leaves a Legacy as Complex as His Superheroes "Stan Lee supercharged Marvel C...

Marvel Comics' Stan Lee Passes Away at 95; November 12, 2018

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Kip Currier; Marvel Comics' Stan Lee Dies at 95 Marvel Comics' legend Stan Lee passed away today at the age of 95 in Los Angeles...
Sunday, November 11, 2018

Macron rebukes nationalism as Trump observes Armistice Day; CNN, November 11, 2018

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Kevin Liptak, CNN; Macron rebukes nationalism as Trump observes Armistice Day "In his address, French President Emmanuel Macron -- wh...

Lesser-seen color photos showing the U.S. military in the 1940s; The Washington Post, May 28, 2018

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Kenneth Dickerman, The Washington Post; Lesser-seen color photos showing the U.S. military in the 1940s "In 1942, six months after th...

Sarah Sanders promotes an altered video of CNN reporter, sparking allegations of visual propaganda; The Washington Post, November 8, 2018

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Paul Farhi, The Washington Post; Sarah Sanders promotes an altered video of CNN reporter, sparking allegations of visual propaganda ...

This is the scariest comics panel I’ve seen in ages; Polygon, November 9, 2018

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Susana Polo, Polygon; This is the scariest comics panel I’ve seen in ages " Tom Taylor’s X-Men Red is one of the best comics of 20...

J.K. Rowling Roasts Sarah Huckabee Sanders With George Orwell ‘1984’ Quote; Huff Post, November 9, 2018

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Lee Moran, Huff Post; J.K. Rowling Roasts Sarah Huckabee Sanders With George Orwell ‘1984’ Quote "“And if all others accepted the lie...
Saturday, November 10, 2018

Our lack of interest in data ethics will come back to haunt us; TNW, November 3, 2018

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Jayson Demers, TNW; Our lack of interest in data ethics will come back to haunt us " Outreach and attention We can’t solve these et...

There is no way this man should be running the Justice Department; The Washington Post, November 9, 2018

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Editorial Board , The Washington Post; There is no way this man should be running the Justice Department   "Finally, and fu...

The Legal Precedent That Could Protect Jim Acosta’s Credentials; The Atlantic, November 9, 2018

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Scott Nover, The Atlantic; The Legal Precedent That Could Protect Jim Acosta’s Credentials "The D.C. circuit court ruled in Sherril...
Friday, November 9, 2018

Artist Fired For Trump Cartoons to Release Book Enemy of the People; Comic Book Resources, November 9, 2018

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Brandon Zachary, Comic Book Resources; Artist Fired For Trump Cartoons to Release Book Enemy of the People [Kip Currier: With his singular...

In Favor of the Caselaw Access Project; The Harvard Crimson, November 7, 2018

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The Crimson Editorial Board , The Harvard Crimson; In Favor of the Caselaw Access Project "We hope that researchers will use these c...

Harvard Converts Millions of Legal Documents into Open Data; Government Technology, November 2, 2018

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Theo Douglas, Government Technology; Harvard Converts Millions of Legal Documents into Open Data [Kip Currier: Discovered the recent launc...

#ProtectMueller Rapid Response Rally in Pittsburgh--Calling for Recusal of Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, Protection of FBI Investigation by Robert Mueller, and Upholding of Rule of Law, Pittsburgh, PA, November 8, 2018

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Kip Currier; #ProtectMueller Rapid Response Rally in Pittsburgh--Calling for Recusal of Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, Protection...

Hundreds protest Downtown with 'Trump chicken' balloon to protect Mueller investigation; The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 8, 2018

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Bill Schackner, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Hundreds protest Downtown with 'Trump chicken' balloon to protect Mueller investigation...

Acosta should sue the president, and Americans should shun Sanders; The Washington Post, November 8, 2018

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Jennifer Rubin, The Washington Post; Acosta should sue the president, and Americans should shun Sanders "President Trump’s conduct (...
Thursday, November 8, 2018

White House shares doctored video to support punishment of journalist Jim Acosta; The Washington Post, November 8, 2018

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Drew Harwell, The Washington Post; White House shares doctored video to support punishment of journalist Jim Acosta "The video has qu...

Hundreds of '#ProtectMueller' Trump protests planned for Thursday November 8; BoingBoing, November 7, 2018

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Xeni Jardin, BoingBoing; Hundreds of '#ProtectMueller' Trump protests planned for Thursday November 8 "Hundreds of #ProtectMu...

Republicans Must Choose Between Trump and the Rule of Law; The Atlantic, November 8, 2018

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Conor Fiedersdorf, The Atlantic; Republicans Must Choose Between Trump and the Rule of Law "The president’s actions Wednesday portend...
Tuesday, November 6, 2018

New EU Directive Limits Hate Speech, Establishes European Content Quotas; Intellectual Property Watch, November 6, 2018

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William New, Intellectual Property Watch; New EU Directive Limits Hate Speech, Establishes European Content Quotas "A new directive a...

Why 'Right To Delete' Should Be On Your IT Agenda Now; Forbes, October 22, 2018

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Yaki Faitelson, Forbes; Why 'Right To Delete' Should Be On Your IT Agenda Now "As California goes, at least concerning data l...
Monday, November 5, 2018

Data Self-Autonomy and Student Data Analytics; Kip Currier, November 5, 2018

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Kip Currier: Data Self-Autonomy and Student Data Analytics When I first saw this PittWire article's headline ( Pitt Sets Course for St...
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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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