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/

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Congress and Trump Agreed They Want a National Privacy Law. It Is Nowhere in Sight.; The New York Times, October 1, 2019

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David McCabe, The New York Times; Congress and Trump Agreed They Want a National Privacy Law. It Is Nowhere in Sight. "...

The Last Hope for Net Neutrality; Slate, October 1, 2019

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April Glaser, Slate; The Last Hope for Net Neutrality A federal appeals court upheld the FCC’s repeal of the open-internet rules. But it a...
Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Roboethics: The Human Ethics Applied to Robots; Interesting Engineering, September 22, 2019

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Susan Fourtané , Interesting Engineering; Roboethics: The Human ...

Metro’s ethics changes are welcome. But they’re only a start.; The Washington Post, September 29, 2019

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Editorial Board , The Washington Post; Metro’s ethics changes are welcome. But they’re only a start. "THE REPUTATION of former Metr...

A Teenager Killed Himself After Being Outed as Bisexual. His Family Wants Justice.; The New York Times, September 30, 2019

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Emily S. Rueb , The New York Times; A Teenager Killed Himself After Being Outed as Bisexual. His Family Wants Justice. The family and c...
Monday, September 30, 2019

For Vulnerable Populations, the Thorny Ethics of Genetic Data Collection; Undark, September 30, 2019

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Adrian Pecotic , Undark; For Vulnerable Populations, the Thorny Ethics of Genetic Data Collection "Research to capture these snapshot...
Wednesday, September 25, 2019

‘Nerd,’ ‘Nonsmoker,’ ‘Wrongdoer’: How Might A.I. Label You?; The New York Times, September 20, 2019

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Cade Metz , The New York Times; ‘Nerd,’ ‘Nonsmoker,’ ‘Wrongdoer’: How Might A.I. Label You? ImageNet Roulette, a digital art project and...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

For authoritarians, stifling the arts is of a piece with demonising minorities; The Guardian, September 22, 2019

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Elif Shafak, The Guardian; For authoritarians, stifling the arts is of a piece with demonising minorities "Art and literature are – a...

Kona Stories Book Store to Celebrate Banned Book Week; Big Island Now, September 21, 2019

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Big Island Now; Kona Stories Book Store to Celebrate Banned Book Week "At its heart, Banned Books Week is a celebration of the freedo...

Harry Potter and the Poorly-Read Exorcists; The New York Times, September 23, 2019

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Margaret Renkl , The New York Times; Harry Potter and the Poorly-Read Exorcists " Little surprise, then, that two decades of effort...
Monday, September 23, 2019

M.I.T. Media Lab, Already Rattled by the Epstein Scandal, Has a New Worry; The New York Times, September 22, 2019

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Noam Cohen , The New York Times; M.I.T. Media Lab, Already Rattled by the Epstein Scandal, Has a New Worry "Four researchers who work...

Manifesto Promotes ‘Ethics, Equity, and Empathy’; STREETSBLOGUSA,September 20, 2019

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Aaron Short , STREETSBLOGUSA; Manifesto Promotes ‘Ethics, Equity, and Empathy’ A design firm publishes a new credo for engineers...
Saturday, September 21, 2019

'The Personification Of Human Decency': Nina Totenberg Remembers Cokie Roberts; NPR, September 17, 2019

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Nina Totenberg, NPR; 'The Personification Of Human Decency': Nina Totenberg Remembers Cokie Roberts "To know Cokie was to see...

Banned Books Week Celebrates 'Freedom To Read'; WESA, Pittsburgh's NPR News Station, September 18, 2019

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WESA, Pittsburgh's NPR News Station; Banned Books Week Celebrates 'Freedom To Read' "Christy Bostardi is a member of  Boo...

Public libraries across the country face a different type of censorship; Tennessean, September 20, 2019

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Kent Oliver, Tennessean; Public libraries across the country face a different type of censorship "Book censorship impedes access to ...

Americans’ perceptions about unethical behavior shape how they think about people in powerful roles; Pew Research Center, September 19, 2019

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Claire Gecewicz and Lee Rainie, Pew Research Center; Americans’ perceptions about unethical behavior shape how they think about people in po...
Friday, September 20, 2019

People Are Looking At Your LinkedIn Profile. They Might Be Chinese Spies; NPR, September 19, 2019

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Ryan Lucas, NPR; People Are Looking At Your LinkedIn Profile. They Might Be Chinese Spies "Demers took over leadership of the Nationa...
Thursday, September 19, 2019

Time to Build a National Data Broker Registry; The New York Times, September 13, 2019

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Jordan Abbott, The New York Times ; Time to Build a National Data Broker Registry A federal clearing house would help separate the good a...

AI - ethics within data protections legal framework; Lexology, September 4, 2019

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TLT LLP - Emma Erskine-Fox , Lexology; AI - ethics within data protections legal framework "Privacy and ethics: hand in hand AI r...

UVA receives approval to form School of Data Science with $120M gift; WDBJ7, September 19, 2019

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Taia White, WDBJ7; UVA receives approval to form School of Data Science with $120M gift " Philip E. Bourne, Professor and Data Scienc...
Wednesday, September 18, 2019

University Launches Ethics-Forward Data Science Major; Washington Square News, NYU's Independent Student Newspaper, September 16, 2019

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Akiva Thalheim , Washington Square News, NYU's Independent Student Newspaper; University Launches Ethics-Forward Data Science Major ...
Tuesday, September 17, 2019

There’s a reason we don’t know much about AI; Politico, September 16, 2019

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Arthur Allen, Politico; There’s a reason we don’t know much about AI The U.S. government us...

Real-Time Surveillance Will Test the British Tolerance for Cameras; The New York Times, September 15, 2019

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Adam Satariano , The New York Times; Real-Time Surveillance Will Test the British Tolerance for Cameras Facial recognition technology is...

Steal This Book? There’s a Price; The New York Times, September 15, 2019

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Richard Conniff , The New York Times; Steal This Book? There’s a Price I have about 400 offers to buy illegal copies of my own work. Some...

AI and ethics: The debate that needs to be had; ZDNet, September 16, 2019

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Aimee Chanthadavong , ZDNet; AI and ethics: The debate that needs to be had Like anything, frameworks and boundaries need to be se...

TikTok’s Beijing roots fuel censorship suspicion as it builds a huge U.S. audience; The Washington Post, September 15, 2019

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Drew Harwell and Tony Romm, The Washington Post; TikTok’s Beijing roots fuel censorship suspicion as it builds a huge U.S. audience "...

Artificial intelligence in medicine raises legal and ethical concerns; The Conversation, September 4, 2019

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Sharona Hoffman , The Conversation; Artificial intelligence in medicine raises legal and ethical concerns " The use of artifici...
Monday, September 16, 2019

Maths and tech specialists need Hippocratic oath, says academic; The Guardian, August 16, 2019

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Ian Sample, The Guardian; Maths and tech specialists need Hippocratic oath, says academic "“We need a Hippocratic oath in the same wa...
Sunday, September 15, 2019

Northeastern researchers team up with Accenture to offer a road map for artificial intelligence ethics oversight; Northeastern University, August 29, 2019

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Khalida Sarwari, Northeastern University; Northeastern researchers team up with Accenture to offer a road map for artificial intelligence et...

Building data and AI ethics committees; Accenture.com, August 20, 2019

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Accenture.com; Building data and AI ethics committees "In brief Organizations face a difficult...
Saturday, September 14, 2019

How to Build an AI Ethics Committee; The Wall Street Journal, August 30, 2019

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Jared Council , The Wall Street Journal; How to Build an AI Ethics Committee New road map provides guidelines for starting an ethic...

CS department hires Ethics TAs; The Brown Daily Herald, September 5, 2019

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Sarah Wang, The Brown Daily Herald; CS department hires Ethics TAs Newly-hired teaching assistants to integrate ethics into co...
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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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