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 4, 2019

An unseemly meeting at the US Supreme Court raises ethics questions; Quartz, November 2, 2019

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Ephrat Livni , Quartz; An unseemly meeting at the US Supreme Court raises ethics questions "“A case isn’t finished until the opinion ...

Facebook and Twitter spread Trump’s lies, so we must break them up; The Guardian, November 3, 2019

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Robert Reich, The Guardian; Facebook and Twitter spread Trump’s lies, so we must break them up   "The reason 45% of Americans rely on...

Amber Heard: Are We All Celebrities Now? Only a federal law can stop "revenge porn"; The New York Times, November 4, 2019

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Amber Heard, The New York Times; Amber Heard: Are We All Celebrities Now? Only a federal law can stop "revenge porn" "This...
Monday, October 28, 2019

A.I. Regulation Is Coming Soon. Here’s What the Future May Hold; Fortune, October 24, 2019

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David Meyer , Fortune; A.I. Regulation Is Coming Soon. Here’s What the Future May Hold "Last year Angela Merkel’s government tasked a...

The biggest lie tech people tell themselves — and the rest of us; Vox, October 8, 2019

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Rose Eveleth , Vox; The biggest lie tech people tell themselves — and the rest of us They see facial recognition, smart diapers, ...
Sunday, October 27, 2019

Google Maps Just Introduced a Controversial New Feature That Drivers Will Probably Love but Police Will Utterly Hate; Inc., October 20, 2019

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Bill Murphy Jr., Inc.; Google Maps Just Introduced a Controversial New Feature That Drivers Will Probably Love but Police Will Utterly Hate ...
Thursday, October 24, 2019

‘Don’t leave campus’: Parents are now using tracking apps to watch their kids at college; The Washington Post, October 22, 2019

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Abby Ohlheiser, The Washington Post; ‘Don’t leave campus’: Parents are now using tracking apps to watch their kids at college "Many ...

The Black-and-White World of Big Tech; The New York Times, October 24, 2019

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Kara Swisher , The New York Times; The Black-and-White World of Big Tech Mark Zuckerberg presented us with an either-or choice of free s...
Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Food delivery robots from Starship Technologies are coming to Pitt’s Oakland campus; Nextpittsburgh, September 3, 2019

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Bill O'Toole , Nextpittsburgh; Food delivery robots from Starship Technologies are coming to Pitt’s Oakland campus "Stakeho...

A face-scanning algorithm increasingly decides whether you deserve the job; The Washington Post, October 22, 2019

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Drew Harwell, The Washington Post; A face-scanning algorithm increasingly decides whether you deserve the job   HireVue claims it uses art...

Trump housing plan would make bias by algorithm 'nearly impossible to fight'; The Guardian, October 23, 2019

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Kari Paul, The Guardian; Trump housing plan would make bias by algorithm 'nearly impossible to fight' "Under the Department o...

How is an academic CV different from a résumé?; The Washington Post, October 22, 2019

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Daniel W. Drezner, The Washington Post; How is an academic CV different from a résumé? "During the weekend, the Chronicle of Higher E...
Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Under digital surveillance: how American schools spy on millions of kids; The Guardian, October 22, 2019

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Lois Beckett , The Guardian; Under digital surveillance: how American schools spy on millions of kids "The new school surveillance t...
Saturday, October 19, 2019

Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t understand free speech in the 21st century; The Guardian, October 18, 2019

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Siva Vaidhyanathan, The Guardian; Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t understand free speech in the 21st century "The problem of the 21st century...
Thursday, October 17, 2019

How to Stop the Abuse of Location Data; The New York Times, October 16, 2019

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Jeff Glueck, The New York Times; How to Stop the Abuse of Location Data There are no formal rules for what is ethical — or even legal — i...
Tuesday, October 15, 2019

What Teaching Ethics in Appalachia Taught Me About Bridging America’s Partisan Divide; Politico, October 13, 2019

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Evan Mandery, Politico; What Teaching Ethics in Appalachia Taught Me About Bridging America’s Partisan Divide   ...

Seven Bold Leaders Reveal How Ethical Leadership Is A Boon To Business; Forbes, October 14, 2019

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Bruce Weinstein, Forbes; Seven Bold Leaders Reveal How Ethical Leadership Is A Boon To Business "Ethical leadership in a business ben...

Student tracking, secret scores: How college admissions offices rank prospects before they apply; The Washington Post, October 14, 2019

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Douglas MacMillan and Nick Anderson, The Washington Post; Student tracking, secret scores: How college admissions offices rank prospects bef...
Monday, October 14, 2019

MARVEL & Others Sued Over X-MEN: THE ANIMATED SERIES Theme Song Alleging Copyright Infringement - Report; Newsarama, October 9, 2019

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Chris Arant, Newsarama; MARVEL & Others Sued Over X-MEN: THE ANIMATED SERIES Theme Song Alleging Copyright Infringement - Report ...

Artificial Intelligence Moving to Battlefield as Ethics Weighed; Bloomberg Government, October 10, 2019

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Travis J. Tritten , Bloomberg Government; Artificial Intelligence Moving to Battlefield as Ethics Weighed "The Pentagon, taking the ...
Wednesday, October 9, 2019

FBI violated Americans’ privacy by abusing access to NSA surveillance data, court rules; October 8, 2019

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Nick Statt, The Verge; FBI violated Americans’ privacy by abusing access to NSA surveillance data, court rules "The Federal Bureau o...

Americans and Digital Knowledge; Pew Research Center, October 9, 2019

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Emily A. Vogels and Monica Anderson, Pew Research Center; Americans and Digital Knowledge A majority of U.S. adults can answer fewe...

Most people don’t understand privacy, and that’s a huge opportunity for design; Fast Company, October 9, 2019

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Mark Wilson, Fast Company; Most people don’t understand privacy, and that’s a huge opportunity for design New research highlights just h...
Tuesday, October 8, 2019

California makes ‘deepfake’ videos illegal, but law may be hard to enforce; The Guardian, October 7, 2019

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Kari Paul , The Guardian ; California makes ‘deepfake’ videos illegal, but law may be hard to enforce   AB 730 makes it illegal to c...

Inside the Deepfake ‘Arms Race’; The Daily Beast, October 7, 2019

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David Axe , The Daily Beast; Inside the Deepfake ‘Arms Race’ Can countermeasures neutralize the coming wave of high-tech disinformation...

The Supreme Court Denies Domino’s Petition in a Win for Disability Rights; Slate, October 7, 2019

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Aaron Mak, Slate; The Supreme Court Denies Domino’s Petition in a Win for Disability Rights "On Monday, the Supreme Court handed down...
Sunday, October 6, 2019

Scientist Who Discredited Meat Guidelines Didn’t Report Past Food Industry Ties; The New York Times, October 4, 2019

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Tara Parker-Pope and Anahad O’Connor , The New York Times; Scientist Who Discredited Meat Guidelines Didn’t Report Past Food Industry Tie...

Why We Need a Code of Ethics for the Supreme Court; Time, October 1, 2019

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Alicia Bannon and Johanna Kalb, Time; Why We Need a Code of Ethics for the Supreme Court " Alicia Bannon is the co-author of Supreme...

Bootleg film shows Florida prison in all its danger, squalor. An inmate shot it on the sly; The Miami Herald, October 4, 2019

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Romy Ellenbogen, The Miami Herald; Bootleg film shows Florida prison in all its danger, squalor. An inmate shot it on the sly Read more he...

Federal whistleblowers would do it again, even after retaliation and ‘professional suicide’; The Washington Post, October 4, 2019

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Joe Davidson, The Washington Post; Federal whistleblowers would do it again, even after retaliation and ‘professional suicide’ " “Was...
Saturday, October 5, 2019

The Hippocratic License: A new software license that prohibits uses that contravene the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights; BoingBoing, October 4, 2019

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Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing; The Hippocratic License: A new software license that prohibits uses that contravene the UN Universal Declaration ...

An Open Source License That Requires Users to Do No Harm; Wired, October 4, 2019

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Klint Finley, Wired; An Open Source License That Requires Users to Do No Harm Open source software can generally be freely copied and r...
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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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