Ethics, Info, Tech: Contested Voices, Values, Spaces

My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" was published on Nov. 13, 2025. Purchases can be made via Amazon and this Bloomsbury webpage: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ethics-information-and-technology-9781440856662/

Thursday, February 27, 2020

How Pitt is Preparing for the Spread of the Coronavirus; Pitt Wire, February 27, 2020

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Pitt Wire; How Pitt is Preparing for the Spread of the Coronavirus "The University of Pittsburgh continues to monitor the spread of t...
Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Smithsonian Releases 2.8 Million Images Into Public Domain; Smithsonian Magazine, February 25, 2020

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Katherine J. Wu , Smithsonian Magazine; Smithsonia...
Friday, February 21, 2020

Your DNA is a valuable asset, so why give it to ancestry websites for free?; The Guardian, February 16, 2020

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Laura Spinney , The Guardian ; Your DNA is a valuable asset, so why give it to ancestry websites for free? "The announcement by 23and...
Thursday, February 20, 2020

Europe plans to strictly regulate high-risk AI technology; Science, February 19, 2020

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Nicholas Wallace , Science; Europe plans to strictly regulate high-risk AI technology "The European Commission today unveiled its pla...

Walter Shaub Wants You To Fight For An Ethical Democracy; WBUR On Point, February 18, 2020

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WBUR, On Point; Walter Shaub Wants You To Fight For An Ethical Democracy " For decades, Walter Shaub advised presidential candidat...
Friday, February 14, 2020

Coronavirus: The global race to patent a remedy; The Mercury News, February 13, 2020

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Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News; Coronavirus: The global race to patent a remedy " As a lethal coronavirus triggers a humanitarian ...
Thursday, February 13, 2020

Copyright could be the next way for Congress to take on Big Tech; The Verge, February 13, 2020

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Adi Robertson , The Verge; Copyright could be the next way for Congress to take on Big Tech ...

What China’s empty new coronavirus hospitals say about its secretive system; The Guardian, February 12, 2020

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Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian; What China’s empty new coronavirus hospitals say about its secretive system "A propaganda system ...

How To Teach Artificial Intelligence; Forbes, February 12, 2020

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Tom Vander Ark, Forbes; How To Teach Artificial Intelligence "Artificial intelligence—code that learns—is likely to be humankind’s m...
Sunday, February 9, 2020

The coronavirus outbreak has exposed the deep flaws of Xi’s autocracy; The Guardian, February 9, 2020

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Richard McGregor, The Guardian; The coronavirus outbreak has exposed the deep flaws of Xi’s autocracy "The authoritarian strictures o...
Saturday, February 8, 2020

Montana seeks balancing act with wildlife location data, hunting ethics; Independent Record, February 6, 2020

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Tom Kuglin , Independent Record; Montana seeks balancing act with wildlife location data, hunting ethics "While GPS collars are inva...

Putting China in charge of the world’s intellectual property is a bad idea; The Washington Post, Janaury 30, 2020

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Josh Rogin , The Washington Post; Putting China in charge of the world’s intellectual property is a bad idea "Beijing is lobby...
Friday, February 7, 2020

Chinese scientists ask for patent on US drug to fight virus; Associated Press, February 6, 2020

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Joe McDonald and Linda A. Johnson, Associated Press; Chinese scientists ask for patent on US drug to fight virus "China has the righ...
Saturday, February 1, 2020

It wasn’t just the National Archives. The Library of Congress also balked at a Women’s March photo.; The Washington Post, January 31, 2020

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Joe Heim , The Washington Post; It wasn’t just the National Archives. The Library of Congress also balked at a Women’s March photo .  ...
Friday, January 31, 2020

A whole class of Georgia state troopers was fired after cheating on an exam; The Washington Post, January 30, 2020

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Lateshia Beachum , The Washington Post; A whole class of Georgia state troopers was fired after cheating on an exam   "An enti...

Users Lament PAIR Changes During USPTO Forum; IP Watchdog, January 30, 2020

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Eileen McDermott , IP Watchdog; Users Lament PAIR Changes During USPTO Forum "Jamie Holcombe, Chief Information Officer at the U.S. ...
Thursday, January 30, 2020

Happy “Data Privacy Day” – Now Read The New York Times Privacy Project About Total Surveillance; Forbes, January 28, 2020

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Steve Andriole , Forbes; Happy “Data Privacy Day” – Now Read The New York Times Privacy Project About Total Surveillance ...

Pitt researcher’s work featured by U.S. Patent & Trademark Office; Trib Live, November 12, 2019

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Patrick Varine, Trib Live; Pitt researcher’s work featured by U.S. Patent & Trademark Office "Rory Cooper, who was recognized ear...

Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success (SUCCESS) Act of 2018; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, October 2019

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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, October 2019; Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success (SUCCESS) Act of 2...

Welcome to Chechnya’: Sundance’s Horrific ‘Gay Purge’ Documentary Every Human Must See; The Daily Beast, January 30, 2020

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Kevin Fallon, The Daily Beast; 'Welcome to Chechnya’: Sundance’s Horrific ‘Gay Purge’ Documentary Every Human Must See " Welcome...

Death threats against the author of ‘American Dirt’ threaten us all; The Washington Post, January 30, 2020

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Ron Charles , The Washington Post; Death threats against the author of ‘American Dirt’ threaten us all "The co-owner of Politi...

Rumored executive order would change landscape of UC subscription partnerships; The Daily Californian, January 30, 2020

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Alexandra Casey, The Daily Californian; Rumored executive order would change landscape of UC subscription partnerships "Prominent Nob...

Libraries will champion an open future for scholarship; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 29, 2020

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Keith Webster, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Libraries will champion an open future for scholarship Open access deals help make...

Facebook pays $550m settlement for breaking Illinois data protection law; The Guardian, January 30, 2020

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Alex Hern, The Guardian; Facebook pays $550m settlement for breaking Illinois data protection law "Facebook has settled a lawsuit ove...
Wednesday, January 29, 2020

A Citizen of the World Retires; University of Pittsburgh, January 29, 2020

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University of Pittsburgh; A Citizen of the World Retires "After a 54-year career at Pitt, E. Maxine Bruhns announced her retirement ...
Tuesday, January 28, 2020

U.S. Accuses Harvard Scientist of Concealing Chinese Funding; The New York Times, January 28, 2020

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Ellen Barry , The New York Times; U.S. Accuses Harvard Scientist of Concealing Chinese Funding “Charles M. Lieber, the chair of Harvard’s...

Our privacy doomsday could come sooner than we think; The Washington Post, January 23, 2020

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Editorial Board , The Washington Post; Our privacy doomsday could come sooner than we think "The case underscores with greater vigo...

A Notorious Sandy Hook Tormentor Is Arrested in Florida; The New York Times, January 27, 2020

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Elizabeth Williamson , The New York Times; A Notorious Sandy Hook Tormentor Is Arrested in Florida Wolfgang Halbig, who has falsely a...
Friday, January 24, 2020

This App Is a Dangerous Invasion of Your Privacy—and the FBI Uses It; Popular Mechanics, January 22, 2020

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Courtney Linder , Popular Mechanics; This App Is a Dangerous Invasion of Your Privacy—and the FBI Uses I t " Even Google Wouldn't...

The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It; The New York Times, January 18, 2020

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Kashmir Hill , The New York Times; The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It " Even if Clearview doesn’t make its a...
Thursday, January 23, 2020

Five Ways Companies Can Adopt Ethical AI; Forbes, January 23, 2020

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Kay Firth-Butterfield, Head of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, World Economic Forum , Forbes; Five Ways Companies Can Adopt Et...
Wednesday, January 22, 2020

It’s Copyright Week 2020: Stand Up for Copyright Laws That Actually Serve Us All; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), January 20, 2020

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Katharine Trendacosta, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF); It’s Copyright Week 2020: Stand Up for Copyright Laws That Actually Serve Us Al...
Tuesday, January 21, 2020

How Music Copyright Lawsuits Are Scaring Away New Hits; The Rolling Stone, January 9, 2020

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Amy X. Wang, The Rolling Stone; How Music Copyright Lawsuits Are Scaring Away New Hits  "Artists, songwriters, producers, and label...
Monday, January 20, 2020

A Practical Guide for Building Ethical Tech; January 20, 2020

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Zvika Krieger, Wired; A Practical Guide for Building Ethical Tech Companies are hiring "chief ethics officers," hoping to reg...
Sunday, January 19, 2020

The National Archives was wrong to alter history. Fortunately, it reversed course.; The Washington Post, January 18, 2020

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Editorial Board , The Washington Post; The National Archives was wrong to alter history. Fortunately, it reversed course. " This edi...

The Washington Post; National Archives says it was wrong to alter images; The Washington Post, January 18, 2020

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Steve Thompson and Joe Heim , The Washington Post; National Archives says it was wrong to alter images   "Officials at the ...

The National Archives used to stand for independence. That mission has been compromised.; The Washington Post, January 18, 2020

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Philip Kennicott , The Washington Post; The National Archives used to stand for independence. That mission has been compromised. ...
Saturday, January 18, 2020

National Archives exhibit blurs images critical of President Trump; The Washington Post, January 17, 2020

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Joe Heim , The Washington Post ; National Archives exhibit blurs images critical of President Trump   ""There's no re...
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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; Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T); Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
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