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, February 26, 2021

How to Make ‘Immunity Passports’ More Ethical; Scientific American, February 24, 2021

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Nicole Hassoun ,   Anders Herlitz  , Scientific American;  How to Make ‘Immunity Passports’ More Ethical " In short, immunity passports...
Thursday, February 25, 2021

DU discusses Catholic universities, LGBTQ+ community; The Duquesne Duke, February 25, 2021

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  Kellen Stepler, The Duquesne Duke;  DU discusses Catholic universities, LGBTQ+ community "How can Catholic universities welcome LGBTQ...

Life amid the ruinsof QAnon: ‘I wanted my family back’; The Washington Post, February 23, 2021

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Greg Jaffe  and  Jose A. Del Real , The Washington Post ;  Life amid the ruins  of QAnon: ‘I wanted  my family back’   An epidemic of conspi...
Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Pizzagate’s violent legacy; The Washington Post, February 16, 2021

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  Michael E. Miller , The Washington Post;  Pizzagate’s violent legacy The gunman who terrorized a D.C. pizzeria is out of prison. The QAnon...
Tuesday, February 23, 2021

VA issues new data ethics principles; FedScoop, February 22, 2021

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Jackson Barnett , FedScoop;  VA issues new data ethics principles "T he   Department of Veterans Affairs  issued new   ethics principle...

The Librarian War Against QAnon; The Atlantic, February 18, 2021

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 Barbara Fister; The Atlantic;  The Librarian War Against QAnon As “Do the research” becomes a rallying cry for conspiracy theorists, classi...

The Marrakesh Treaty in Action: Exciting Progress in Access to Published Works for the Blind and Print-Disabled Communities; U.S. Copyright Office, February 22, 2021

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Anandashankar Mazumdar , U.S. Copyright Office;  The Marrakesh Treaty in Action: Exciting Progress in Access to Published Works for the Blin...
Friday, February 19, 2021

Hundreds of helpless cold-stunned sea turtles rescued by Navy pilots and pickup trucks; The Washington Post, February 18, 2021

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Alex Horton , The Washington Post;  Hundreds of helpless cold-stunned sea turtles rescued by Navy pilots and pickup trucks " “Most of t...

"The Longest Time"; Phoenix Chamber Choir, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, April 24, 2020

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YouTube, Phoenix Chamber Choir, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; "The Longest Time" " Wishing everyone the best of health...

Two young women in Florida ‘dressed up as grannies’ to get vaccinated, health official says; The Washington Post, February 18, 2021

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    Meryl Kornfield , The Washington Post;  Two young women in Florida ‘dressed up as grannies’ to get vaccinated, health official says ...

Pennsylvania GOP official on Toomey: “We did not send him there to ‘do the right thing’”; Pittsburgh City Paper, February 16, 2021

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Ryan Deto ,  Pittsburgh City Paper;  Pennsylvania GOP official on Toomey: “We did not send him there to ‘do the right thing’” " We did ...
Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Pitt Cyber Presents: Battling the Infodemic: Covid-19 Mis- and Disinformation; University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security, February 16, 2021

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University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security ;  Pitt Cyber Presents: Battling the Infodemic: Covid-19 Mis- and Dis...
Thursday, February 11, 2021

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is barred from Instagram over false coronavirus claims.; The New York Times, February 11, 2021

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Jennifer Jett  , The New York Times;  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is barred from Instagram over false coronavirus claims. " Instagram took do...

Meet the Four Harvard Law Grads Taking on the Entire Legal System; The New York Times, February 10, 2021

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Stephanie Russell-Kraft  , The New York Times;  Meet the Four Harvard Law Grads Taking on the Entire Legal System \ The founders of the Peop...
Monday, February 8, 2021

Warren Buffett Says These Often Ignored Traits Separate Successful Leaders From All Others; Inc., January 18, 2021

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  Marcel Schwantes, Inc.;  Warren Buffett Says These Often Ignored Traits Separate Successful Leaders From All Others " 2. Value your e...

The Ethical Dilemmas Prompted By The Vaccine Rollout; FiveThirtyEight, February 5, 2021

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  Anna Rothschild  and  Sinduja Srinivasan , FiveThirtyEight;  The Ethical Dilemmas Prompted By The Vaccine Rollout " Should you take a...

Want to Reverse Inequality? Change Intellectual Property Rules.; The Nation, February 8, 2021

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Dean Baker, February 8, 2021;  Want to Reverse Inequality? Change Intellectual Property Rules. Changes in IP have done far more than tax cut...
Thursday, January 28, 2021

Washington state hospital apologizes after inviting donors to sign up for Covid-19 vaccine; CNN, January 28, 2021

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  Andy Rose and  Amir Vera  , CNN;  Washington state hospital apologizes after inviting donors to sign up for Covid-19 vaccine " A hosp...
Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Wealthy couple chartered a plane to the Yukon, took vaccines doses meant for Indigenous elders, authorities said; The Washington Post, January 26, 2021

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  Antonia Noori Farzan , The Washington Post;  Wealthy couple chartered a plane to the Yukon, took vaccines doses meant for Indigenous elder...
Sunday, January 24, 2021

What Buddhism can do for AI ethics; MIT Technology Review, January 6, 2021

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Soraj Hongladarom archive page , MIT Technology Review ;  What Buddhism can do for AI ethics "The explosive growth of artificial intell...
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Violence at Capitol and beyond reignites a debate over America's long-held defense of extremist speech; CNN, January 19, 2021

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Eliott C. McLaughlin , CNN ;  Violence at Capitol and beyond reignites a debate over America's long-held defense of extremist speech ...

Why Ethics Matter For Social Media, Silicon Valley And Every Tech Industry Leader; Forbes, January 14, 2021

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Rob Dube, Forbes;  Why Ethics Matter For Social Media, Silicon Valley And Every Tech Industry Leader " At one time, the idea of technol...

Biden Picks Lawyers Tasked With Undoing Trump Ethics Legacy; Bloomberg Law, January 11, 2021

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 Courtney Rozen, Dean Scott, Bloomberg Law;  Biden Picks Lawyers Tasked With Undoing Trump Ethics Legacy   " President-elect   Joe Bide...

The Ethics Of Who Gets The COVID-19 Vaccine And When; NPR, December 20, 2021

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NPR;  The Ethics Of Who Gets The COVID-19 Vaccine And When " NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Ruth Faden, founder of the Berman Inst...
Friday, January 15, 2021

Ethics Case Studies Collection Continues to Grow; Daily Nous, January 15, 2021

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Justin Weinberg , Daily Nous;  Ethics Case Studies Collection Continues to Grow "The Media Ethics Initiative at the University of Texas...
Saturday, September 19, 2020

AI ethics groups are repeating one of society’s classic mistakes; MIT Technology Review, September 14, 2020

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Abhishek Gupta  archive page Victoria Heath archive page  , MIT Technology Review;  AI ethics groups are repeating one of society’s classic ...
Tuesday, August 25, 2020

This Guy is Suing the Patent Office for Deciding an AI Can't Invent Things; Vice, August 24, 2020

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Todd Feathers , Vice;  This Guy is Suing the Patent Office for Deciding an AI Can't Invent Things The USPTO rejected two patents appli...
Monday, August 24, 2020

Algorithms can drive inequality. Just look at Britain's school exam chaos; CNN, August 23, 2020

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Zamira Rahim, CNN;  Algorithms can drive inequality. Just look at Britain's school exam chaos " "Part of the problem is the ...
Wednesday, August 19, 2020

The Ethics of Wildlife Photography: Drones Meet Animals; Fstoppers, August 17, 2020

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Mark Dunsmuir , Fstoppers;   The Ethics of Wildlife Photography: Drones Meet Animals " Do photographers have any ethical obligations ...

Self-Driving to Federal Prison: The Trade Secret Theft Saga of Anthony Levandowski Continues; Lexology, August 13, 2020

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP  -  Robert Milligan  and  Darren W. Dummit ;  Self-Driving to Federal Prison: The Trade Secret Theft Saga of Anthony Levan...

Ethicist: Coronavirus reduces complex moral codes to the essential — protect your neighbor; USA Today, August 17, 2020

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Tom Cooper, USA Today;  Ethicist: Coronavirus reduces complex moral codes to the essential — protect your neighbor " It is time not o...
Tuesday, August 18, 2020

The Post Office Mess Is Meant to Exhaust You. Don’t Let It.; The New York Times, August 17, 2020

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Charlie Warzel , The New York Times;  The Post Office Mess Is Meant to Exhaust You. Don’t Let It. Trump is “flooding the zone.” It’s a for...
Sunday, August 16, 2020

State officials rush to shore up confidence in Nov. 3 election as voters express new fears about mail voting; The Washington Post, August 16, 2020

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Amy Gardner  and  Seung Min Kim , The Washington Post;  State officials rush to shore up confidence in Nov. 3 election as voters express ne...

The country’s future could hinge on postal workers; The Washington Post, August 16, 2020

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William H. McRaven , The Washington Post;  The country’s future could hinge on postal workers " Today, as we struggle with social uph...

George Pyle: Protect Ben Franklin’s gift to America; The Salt Lake Tribune, August 15, 2020

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George Pyle , The Salt Lake Tribune;  George Pyle: Protect Ben Franklin’s gift to America " Can there be anything more American than...

Software that monitors students during tests perpetuates inequality and violates their privacy; MIT Technology Review, August 7, 2020

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Shea Swauger archive page , The New York Times;  Software that monitors students during tests perpetuates inequality and violates thei...
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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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