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 6, 2019

A Facebook request: Write a code of tech ethics; Los Angeles Times, April 30, 2019

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Mike Godwin, The Los Angeles Times; A Facebook request: Write a code of tech ethics "The question isn’t just what rules should a refo...
Thursday, April 25, 2019

Made in China, Exported to the World: The Surveillance State; The New York Times, April 24, 2019

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Paul Mozur ,  Jonah M. Kessel  and  Melissa Chan , The New York Times;  Made in China, Exported to the World: The Surveillance State ...

The Legal and Ethical Implications of Using AI in Hiring; Harvard Business Review, April 25, 2019

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Ben Dattner ,  Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic ,  Richard Buchband ,  Lucinda Schettler , Harvard Business Review;  The Legal and Ethical Impl...

Enron, Ethics And The Slow Death Of American Democracy; Forbes, April 24, 2019

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Ken Silverstein, Forbes;  Enron, Ethics And The Slow Death Of American Democracy " “Ask not whether it is lawful but whether it is et...
Tuesday, April 23, 2019

What the EU’s copyright overhaul means — and what might change for big tech; NiemanLab, Nieman Foundation at Harvard, April 22, 2019

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Marcello Rossi, NiemanLab, Nieman Foundation at Harvard; What the EU’s copyright overhaul means — and what might change for big tech ...

Once upon a time in Silicon Valley: How Facebook's open-data nirvana fell apart; NBC News, April 19, 2019

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David Ingram and Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News; Once upon a time in Silicon Valley: How Facebook's open-data nirvana fell apart "Fa...

OPINION: The Ethics in Journalism Act is designed to censor journalists; The Sentinel, Kennesaw State University, April 22, 2019

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Sean Eikhoff, The Sentinel, Kennesaw State University; OPINION: The Ethics in Journalism Act is designed to censor journalists "The E...
Monday, April 22, 2019

Wary of Chinese Espionage, Houston Cancer Center Chose to Fire 3 Scientists; The New York Times, April 22, 2019

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Mihir Zaveri , The New York Times;  Wary of Chinese Espionage, Houston Cancer Center Chose to Fire 3 Scientists " “A small but signif...

Iancu v. Brunetti Oral Argument; C-SPAN, April 15, 2019

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April 15, 2019, C-SPAN;  " Iancu v. Brunetti   Oral Argument The Supreme Court  heard oral argument for Iancu v. Brunetti, a cas...

Tech giants are seeking help on AI ethics. Where they seek it matters; Quartz, March 30, 2019

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Dave Gershgorn, Quartz;  Tech giants are seeking help on AI ethics. Where they seek it matters " Meanwhile, as Quartz  reported last ...

A New Model For AI Ethics In R&D; Forbes, March 27, 2019

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Cansu Canca, Forbes;  A New Model For AI Ethics In R&D "The ethical framework that evolved for biomedical research—namely, the ...
Thursday, April 18, 2019

'Disastrous' lack of diversity in AI industry perpetuates bias, study finds; The Guardian, April 16, 2019

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Kari Paul, The Guardian; 'Disastrous' lack of diversity in AI industry perpetuates bias, study finds "Lack of diversity in ...

Privacy Is Too Big to Understand; The New York Times, April 16, 2019

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Charlie Warzel, The New York Times; Privacy Is Too Big to Understand At its heart, privacy is about how data is used to take away our con...

Ethics Alone Can’t Fix Big Tech Ethics can provide blueprints for good tech, but it can’t implement them.; Slate, April 17, 2019

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Daniel Susser, Slate; Ethics Alone Can’t Fix Big Tech Ethics can provide blueprints for good tech, but it can’t implement them. ...
Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Course organized by students tackles ethics in CS; Janet Chang, April 15, 2019

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Janet Chang, The Brown Daily Herald;  Course organized by students tackles ethics in CS " Last spring, students in a new computer s...
Monday, April 15, 2019

EU approves tougher EU copyright rules in blow to Google, Facebook; Reuters, April 15, 2019

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Foo Yun Chee, Reuters;  EU approves tougher EU copyright rules in blow to Google, Facebook " Under the new rules, Google and other on...
Sunday, April 14, 2019

Europe's Quest For Ethics In Artificial Intelligence; Forbes, April 11, 2019

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Andrea Renda, Forbes; Europe's Quest For Ethics In Artificial Intelligence "This week a group of 52 experts appointed by the Eur...

Studying Ethics Across Disciplines; Lehigh News, April 10, 2019

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Madison Hoff, Lehigh News; Studying Ethics Across Disciplines Undergraduates explore ethical issues in health, educati...

He wants to trademark a brand name that sounds like the F-word. The Supreme Court is listening.; The Washington Post, April 13, 2019

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Robert Barnes, The Washington Post; He wants to trademark a brand name that sounds like the F-word. The Supreme Court is listening. "...
Friday, April 12, 2019

The open access research model is hurting academics in poorer countries; Quartz, April 12, 2019

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Brenda Wingfield, University of Pretoria & Bob Millar, University of Pretoria , Quartz; The open access research model is hurting acade...
Thursday, April 11, 2019

How The Times Thinks About Privacy; The New York Times, April 10, 2019

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A.G. Sulzberger, The New York Times; How The Times Thinks About Privacy We’re examining our policies and practices around data, too.  ...

Do You Know What You’ve Given Up?; The New York Times, April 10, 2019

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James Bennet, The New York Times; Do You Know What You’ve Given Up? " "It seems like a good moment to pause and consider the cho...

It's Time to Panic About Privacy; The New York Times, April 10, 2019

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Farhad Manjoo, The New York Times; It's Time to Panic About Privacy "Here is the stark truth: We in the West are building a surve...

Nobel laureate takes stance against allowing research to be intellectual property; The Auburn Plainsman, April 11, 2019

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Trice Brown, The Auburn Plainsman; Nobel laureate takes stance against allowing research to be intellectual property "George Smith, r...
Wednesday, April 10, 2019

A board to oversee Georgia journalists sounds like Orwellian fiction. The proposal is all too real.; The Washington Post, April 8, 2019

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Margaret Sullivan, The Washington Post; A board to oversee Georgia journalists sounds like Orwellian fiction. The proposal is all too real. ...
Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Why we can’t leave Grindr under Chinese control; The Washington Post, April 9, 2019

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Isaac Stone Fish, The Washington Post;  Why we can’t leave Grindr under Chinese control " Because a Chinese company now oversees Grin...

Pride and profit: Why Mayan weavers fight for intellectual property rights; The Christian Science Monitor, March 27, 2019

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Whitney Eulich , The Christian Science Monitor; Pride and profit: Why Mayan weavers fight for intellectual property rights ...

Real or artificial? Tech titans declare AI ethics concerns; AP, April 7, 2019

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Matt O'Brien and Rachel Lerman, AP; Real or artificial? Tech titans declare AI ethics concerns "The biggest tech companies want y...
Monday, April 8, 2019

AI systems should be accountable, explainable, and unbiased, says EU; The Verge, April 8, 2019

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James Vincent, The Verge; AI systems should be accountable, explainable, and unbiased, says EU "The European Union today published a...

Expert Panel: What even IS 'tech ethics'?; TechCrunch, April 2, 2019

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Greg Epstein, TechCrunch; Expert Panel: What even IS 'tech ethics'? "I t’s been a pleasure , this past month, to launch a we...

Are big tech’s efforts to show it cares about data ethics another diversion?; The Guardian, April 7, 2019

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John Naughton, The Guardian; Are big tech’s efforts to show it cares about data ethics another diversion? " No less a source than Gar...

Circumcision, patient trackers and torture: my job in medical ethics; The Guardian, April 8, 2019

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Julian Sheather, The Guardian; Circumcision, patient trackers and torture: my job in medical ethics " Monday Modern healthcare is...
Sunday, April 7, 2019

Hey Google, sorry you lost your ethics council, so we made one for you; MIT Technology Review, April 6, 2019

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Bobbie Johnson and Gideon Lichfield , MIT Technology Review; Hey Google, sorry you lost your ethics council, so we made one...
Thursday, April 4, 2019

Highly Profitable Medical Journal Says Open Access Publishing Has Failed. Right.; Forbes, April 1, 2019

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Steven Salzberg, Forbes;  Highly Profitable Medical Journal Says Open Access Publishing Has Failed. Right. " What Haug doesn't me...

THE PROBLEM WITH AI ETHICS; The Verge, April 3, 2019

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James Vincent, The Verge;  THE PROBLEM WITH AI ETHICS Is Big Tech’s embrace of AI ethics boards actually helping anyone? " Part o...

Google’s brand-new AI ethics board is already falling apart; Vox, April 3, 2019

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Kelsey Piper, Vox;  Google’s brand-new AI ethics board is already falling apart " Of the eight people listed in   Google’s initial an...
Monday, April 1, 2019

Google Announced An AI Advisory Council, But The Mysterious AI Ethics Board Remains A Secret; Forbes, March 27, 2019

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Sam Shead, Forbes; Google Announced An AI Advisory Council, But The Mysterious AI Ethics Board Remains A Secret "Google announced a ...
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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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