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/

Friday, December 21, 2018

Stan Lee Unleashed the Heroic Power of the Outcast; Wired, December 13, 2018

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Adam Rogers, Wired; Stan Lee Unleashed the Heroic Power of the Outcast " From the fantasy-pulp midden, Lee had excavated a gem of a t...

What are tech companies doing about ethical use of data? Not much; The Conversation, November 27, 2018

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James Arvanitakis , The Conversation; What are tech companies doing about ethical use of data? Not much "Our relationship with ...

No, You Don’t Really Look Like That; The Atlantic, December 18, 2018

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Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic; No, You Don’t Really Look Like That "The stakes can be high: Artificial intelligence makes it easy ...

Facebook: A Case Study in Ethics ; CMS Wire, December 20, 2018

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Laurence Hart, CMS Wire; Facebook: A Case Study in Ethics   "It feels like every week, a news item emerges that could serve as a cas...
Thursday, December 20, 2018

Why Should Anyone Believe Facebook Anymore?; Wired, December 19, 2018

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Fred Vogelstein, Wired; Why Should Anyone Believe Facebook Anymore? "Americans are weird about their tycoons. We have a soft spot...

Facebook Didn’t Sell Your Data; It Gave It Away In exchange for even more data about you from Amazon, Netflix, Spotify, Microsoft, and others; The Atlantic, December 19, 2018

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Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic; Facebook Didn’t Sell Your Data; It Gave It Away In exchange for even more data about you from Amaz...

How You Can Help Fight the Information Wars: Silicon Valley won’t save us. We’re on our own.; The New York Times, December 18, 2018

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Kara Swisher, The New York Times; How You Can Help Fight the Information Wars: Silicon Valley won’t save us. We’re on our own. [Kip Cur...

Facebook’s Data Sharing and Privacy Rules: 5 Takeaways From Our Investigation; The New York Times, December 18, 2018

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Nicholas Confessore , Michael LaForgia and Gabriel J.X. Dance , The New York Times; Facebook’s Data Sharing and Privacy Rules: 5 Takeaway...

As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants; The New York Times, December 18, 2018

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Gabriel J.X. Dance , Michael LaForgia and Nicholas Confessore , The New York Times; As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening...

HHS Seeks Feedback Regarding HIPAA Rules; Lexology, December 18, 2018

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP - Rosina Caponi , Lexology; HHS Seeks Feedback Regarding HIPAA Rules [Kip Currier:  Forward this ...
Wednesday, December 19, 2018

The Postal Worker’s Christmas; The New York Times, December 18, 2018

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Sarah Anderson, The New York Times; The Postal Worker’s Christmas [Kip Currier: At this busy time for sending and receiving holiday car...

China got rid of one of the most oppressive practices of the Mao era. Now it’s coming back.; The Washington Post, December 18, 2018

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Editorial Board, The Washington Post; China got rid of one of the most oppressive practices of the Mao era. Now it’s coming back. "T...

Trump Knows His Only Legal Hope Is to Win in the Court of Public Opinion; Slate, December 18, 2018

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Dahlia Lithwick, Slate; Trump Knows His Only Legal Hope Is to Win in the Court of Public Opinion "Watch for the pattern: The presiden...
Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Meme Warfare to Divide America; Wired, December 17, 2018

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Nicholas Thompson and Issie Lapowsky, Wired; Meme Warfare to Divide America "All of this demonstrates, according to the report author...
Monday, December 17, 2018

Home Addresses Are Up for Sale. Time to Take Back Your Privacy.; The New York Times, December 16, 2018

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The Editorial Board, The New York Times; Home Addresses Are Up for Sale. Time to Take Back Your Privacy. "There are laws around the d...

It’s high time for media to enter the No Kellyanne Zone — and stay there; The Washington Post, December 17, 2018

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Margaret Sullivan , The Washington Post; It’s high time for media to enter the No Kellyanne Zone — and stay there "The news media co...

Digital Ethics: Data is the new forklift; Internet of Business, December 17, 2018

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Joanna Goodman, Internet of Business;  Digital Ethics: Data is the new forklift " Joanna Goodman reports from last week’s Digital eth...

Why 'justice' prevailed in 2018, according to Merriam-Webster; CNN, December 17, 2018

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Rob Picheta , CNN; Why 'justice' prevailed in 2018, according to Merriam-Webster [Kip Currier: 3,000th post since I launched this ...

New report on Russian disinformation, prepared for the Senate, shows the operation’s scale and sweep; The Washington Post, December 16, 2018

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Craig Timberg and Tony Romm , The Washington Post; New report on Russian disinformation, prepared for the Senate, shows the operation’s ...
Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Indigenous Knowledge Misappropriation: The Case Of The Zia Sun Symbol Explained At WIPO; Intellectual Property Watch, December 11, 2018

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Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch; Indigenous Knowledge Misappropriation: The Case Of The Zia Sun Symbol Explained At WIPO ...
Tuesday, December 11, 2018

When algorithms go wrong we need more power to fight back, say AI researchers; The Verge, Deecember 8, 2018

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James Vincent, The Verge; When algorithms go wrong we need more power to fight back, say AI researchers "Governments and private com...

Government Is Using Algorithms — Is It Assessing Bias?; Government Technology, December 10, 2018

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Michaelle Bond, Government Technology; Government Is Using Algorithms — Is It Assessing Bias? "“Data science is here to stay. It hol...

Meet the Bottomless Pinocchio, a new rating for a false claim repeated over and over again; The Washington Post, December 10, 2018

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Glenn Kessler , The Washington Post; Meet the Bottomless Pinocchio, a new rating for a false claim repeated over and over again "Tru...

Time's 2018 'Person of the Year' is killed and imprisoned journalists; NBC News, Decemeber 11, 2018

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Tim Stelloh, NBC News; Time's 2018 'Person of the Year' is killed and imprisoned journalists ""The Guardians."...
Monday, December 10, 2018

Get into the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA); Get into the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Hu...

Boundlessly Idealistic, Universal Declaration Of Human Rights Is Still Resisted; NPR, December 10, 2018

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Tom Gjelten, NPR; Boundlessly Idealistic, Universal Declaration Of Human Rights Is Still Resisted "Given the rivalries and violence t...

Why We Should Care About Human Rights: The Unversal Declaration Of Human Rights At 70; Forbes, December 9, 2018

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Michael Posner, Forbes; Why We Should Care About Human Rights: The Unversal Declaration Of Human Rights At 70 "On December 10, the Un...

Slave Bible From The 1800s Omitted Key Passages That Could Incite Rebellion; NPR, December 9, 2018

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Michel Martin, NPR; Slave Bible From The 1800s Omitted Key Passages That Could Incite Rebellion [Kip Currier: Recently I've been recal...
Sunday, December 9, 2018

Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor stresses civility, discusses her upbringing at Duquesne U. event; TribLive, December 7, 2018

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Natasha Lindstrom, TribLive; Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor stresses civility, discusses her upbringing at Duquesne U. event "Sotom...

Interview: Ai Weiwei: 'The mood in Germany is like the 1930s'; The Guardian, December 9, 2018

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Kate Connolly, The Guardian; Interview : Ai Weiwei: 'The mood in Germany is like the 1930s' "Ai took his nine-year-old son w...

Sometimes I Wish the Obamas Wouldn’t ‘Go High’ They were gracious to the Trumps. They had to be.; The Atlantic, December 7, 2018

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Jemele Hill, The Atlantic; Sometimes I Wish the Obamas Wouldn’t ‘Go High’ They were gracious to the Trumps. They had to be. "...

In China, Gene-Edited Babies Are the Latest in a String of Ethical Dilemmas; The New York Times, November 30, 2018

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Sui-Lee Wee and Elsie Chen, The New York Times; In China, Gene-Edited Babies Are the Latest in a String of Ethical Dilemmas "Ch...

The Empress of Facebook: My Befuddling Dinner With Sheryl Sandberg; Wired, December 7, 2018

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Virginia Heffernan, Wired; The Empress of Facebook: My Befuddling Dinner With Sheryl Sandberg " When you’re making money hand over fi...

Ethics and Guidelines at Vox.com; Vox, December 7, 2018

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Vox Staff, Vox; Ethics and Guidelines at Vox.com "As a part of Vox Media, Vox.com adheres to the Vox Media Editorial Ethics & Gu...
Saturday, December 8, 2018

Reflections from "An Afternoon with Supreme Court of the U.S. Justice Sonia Sotomayor" at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh; Ethics in a Tangled Web, December 8, 2018

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Kip Currier; Reflections from " An Afternoon with Supreme Court of the U.S. Justice Sonia Sotomayor " at Duquesne University in Pi...

Trump called journalists ‘THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!’ A Capital Gazette photographer had a powerful rebuttal.; The Washington Post, December 7, 2018

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Tim Elfrink , The Washington Post; Trump called journalists ‘THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!’ A Capital Gazette photographer had a powerful rebutt...

Mueller Is Telling Us: He's Got Trump on Collusion; The Daily Beast, December 7, 2018

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Max Bergmann, Sam Berger, The Daily Beast; Mueller Is Telling Us: He's Got Trump on Collusion "Mueller is coming. And he is cl...
Thursday, December 6, 2018

Native Americans On Tribal Land Are 'The Least Connected' To High-Speed Internet; NPR, December 6, 2018

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Hansi Lo Wang, NPR; Native Americans On Tribal Land Are 'The Least Connected' To High-Speed Internet " "The least connec...

Is ethical tech a farce?; TechCrunch, December 5, 2018

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Shannon Farley, TechCrunch; Is ethical tech a farce? "If profits beat ethics, is ethical tech possible? Simply put, yes. There is a ...

EU Members Push For Private Censorship Of Terrorist Content On The Internet; Intellectual Property Watch, December 6, 2018

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Monika Ermert, Intellectual Property Watch; EU Members Push For Private Censorship Of Terrorist Content On The Internet "According to...

Kanye West Isn’t the Only Person Behaving Badly at the Theater; The Daily Beast, December 4, 2018

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Tim Teeman, The Daily Beast; Kanye West Isn’t the Only Person Behaving Badly at the Theater "Manners are not just individual, they ar...
Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Supreme Court hands Fox News another win in copyright case against TVEyes monitoring service; The Washington Post, December 3, 2018

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Erik Wemple , The Washington Post; Supreme Court hands Fox News another win in copyright case against TVEyes monitoring service "The ...

CBS Report on Moonves Shows Epic Failure of Corporate Governance; The New York Times, December 4, 2018

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James B. Stewart , The New York Times; CBS Report on Moonves Shows Epic Failure of Corporate Governanc e [Kip Currier: Another example of...
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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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