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/

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Stop talking about AI ethics. It’s time to talk about power.; MIT Technology Review, April 23, 2021

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  Karen Hao , MIT Technology Review; archive page Stop talking about AI ethics. It’s time to talk about power. "If there’s been a real ...

AI unlocks ancient Dead Sea Scrolls mystery; BBC News, April 22, 2021

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 BBC News;  AI unlocks ancient Dead Sea Scrolls mystery " Researchers at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands examined the Is...
Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Fitness drones are coming, if inventors can get all the kinks out of them; The Washington Post, April 18, 2021

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Bernd Debusmann Jr. , The Washington Post ; Fitness drones are coming, if inventors can get all the kinks out of them " Researchers hav...
Friday, April 16, 2021

Big Tech’s guide to talking about AI ethics; Wired, April 13, 2021

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Karen Hao , Wired; Big Tech’s guide to talking about AI ethics " AI researchers often say good machine learning is really more art th...

Online vaccine sign-ups make Internet access a matter of life and death; The Washington Post, March 4, 2021

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Claire Park, The Washington Post ; Online vaccine sign-ups make Internet access a matter of life and death " Getting a vaccine shouldn’...

Dysfunctional websites are making it harder for Americans to get vaccinated. Here’s how to fix that.; The Washington Post, March 31, 2021

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Drew Altman , The Washington Post; Dysfunctional websites are making it harder for Americans to get vaccinated. Here’s how to fix that. ...

My family sacrificed to fight covid. Many Americans didn’t. Now my mom is dead.; The Washington Post, April 2, 2021

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Jackie Munn , The Washington Post; My family sacrificed to fight covid. Many Americans didn’t. Now my mom is dead. "And while part of ...

Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won’t let you.; The Washington Post, March 10, 2021

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Geoffrey A. Fowler , The Washington Post ; Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won’t let you.   " Many Americans...

Dominion: will one Canadian company bring down Trump's empire of disinformation?; The Guardian, April 4, 2021

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David Smith , The Guardian; Dominion: will one Canadian company bring down Trump's empire of disinformation? "“Libel laws may prove...

The Most Popular J&J Vaccine Story On Facebook? A Conspiracy Theorist Posted It; NPR, April 15, 2021

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Miles Parks , NPR ; The Most Popular J&J Vaccine Story On Facebook? A Conspiracy Theorist Posted It ""This is what I would cal...

Our greatest libraries are melting away; The Washington Post, April 7, 2021

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David Farrier , The Washington Post; Our greatest libraries are melting away   "Spending time in the library of ice reminds us that ou...

Scientists Create Early Embryos That Are Part Human, Part Monkey; NPR, April 15, 2021

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Rob Stein, NPR ; Scientists Create Early Embryos That Are Part Human, Part Monke y ""This work is an important step that provi...
Sunday, April 11, 2021

He built a website showing open Covid-19 vaccine appointments across the US. Some call it a lifesaver; CNN, April 11, 2021

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Christina Maxouris , CNN;  He built a website showing open Covid-19 vaccine appointments across the US. Some call it a lifesaver " For ...
Monday, March 29, 2021

Navy says ‘liking’ or sharing extremists’ posts on social media can get you in trouble; Navy Times, February 22, 2021

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Diana Stancy Correll , Navy Times;  Navy says ‘liking’ or sharing extremists’ posts on social media can get you in trouble " Sailors en...

4 questions to help sort through the ethics of getting a COVID vaccine before you’re eligible; MPR News, March 19, 2021

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  Catharine Richert , MPR News;  4 questions to help sort through the ethics of getting a COVID vaccine before you’re eligible "‘ Parti...

NSF Bill Emphasizes Ethics, Includes Ethics Grants; Daily Nous, March 29, 2021

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  Justin Weinberg , Daily Nous; NSF Bill Emphasizes Ethics, Includes Ethics Grants " The  U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Sc...
Saturday, March 27, 2021

Is it ever okay to jump to the front of the vaccine line? An ethics expert weighs in; Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), March 23, 2021

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Stacy Weiner , Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC);  Is it ever okay to jump to the front of the vaccine line? An ethics expert ...

The CBLDF Creates Its Own Ethics Committee; Bleeding Cool, March 24, 2021

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  Rich Johnston  , Bleeding Cool ; The CBLDF Creates Its Own Ethics Committee " Tomorrow, the free speech activist charity, the Comic B...

Slick Tom Cruise Deepfakes Signal That Near Flawless Forgeries May Be Here; NPR, March 11, 2021

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Emma Bowman, NPR;  Slick Tom Cruise Deepfakes Signal That Near Flawless Forgeries May Be Here " In a crop of viral videos featuring Tom...

Facebook and Twitter must do more to fight anti-vaccine misinformation, a dozen state attorneys general demand; The Washington Post, March 24, 2021

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  Cat Zakrzewski  and  Rachel Lerman , The Washington Post;  Facebook and Twitter must do more to fight anti-vaccine misinformation, a dozen...

A Yale Psychiatrist’s Tweet About Dershowitz, Her Dismissal, and a Lawsuit; The New York Times, March 26, 2021

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  Mihir Zaveri , The New York Times;  A Yale Psychiatrist’s Tweet About Dershowitz, Her Dismissal, and a Lawsuit The psychiatrist, Bandy X. ...

Some people are lying to get vaccinated, and it’s testing their friendships; The Washington Post, March 25, 2021

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Ashley Fetters , The Washington Post;  Some people are lying to get vaccinated, and it’s testing their friendships " The rules seem sim...
Wednesday, March 24, 2021

‘Watergate Girl’ give an inside look at special prosecution team that brought down Nixon; ABA Journal, Modern Law Library, March 24, 2021

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Lee Rawles, ABA Journal, Modern Law Library;  ‘Watergate Girl’ give an inside look at special prosecution team that brought down Nixon ...
Sunday, March 14, 2021

Zoom classes felt like teaching into a void — until I told my students why; The Washington Post; March 11, 2021

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C. Thi Nguyen , The Washington Post;  Zoom classes felt like teaching into a void — until I told my students why " In the end, I see th...

What is research misconduct? European countries can’t agree; Science, March 10, 2021

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Cathleen O’Grady , Science;  What is research misconduct? European countries can’t agree " In Sweden, a national code takes 44,000 word...
Saturday, March 6, 2021

Libraries oppose censorship. So they're getting creative when it comes to offensive kids' books; CNN, March 3, 2021

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Scottie Andrew , CNN;  Libraries oppose censorship. So they're getting creative when it comes to offensive kids' books " Books ...

How Dr. Seuss Responded to Critics Who Called Out His Racism; Slate, March 3, 2021

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Rebecca Onion, Slate ;  How Dr. Seuss Responded to Critics Who Called Out His Racism   " I liked the reframing done by scholar Ebony El...
Thursday, March 4, 2021

Emerging technologies pose ethical quandaries. Where does IT leadership fit in?; CIO Dive, February 22, 2021

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Katie Malone, CIO Dive;  Emerging technologies pose ethical quandaries. Where does IT leadership fit in? " "More organizations are...
Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Balancing Privacy With Data Sharing for the Public Good; The New York Times, February 19, 2021

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  David Deming , The New York Times;  Balancing Privacy With Data Sharing for the Public Good " Governments and technology companies ar...

Virginia governor signs nation’s second state consumer privacy bill; The Washington Post, March 2, 2021

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Cat Zakrzewski  The Washington Post ;  Virginia governor signs nation’s second state consumer privacy bill " Gov. Ralph Northam signed ...
Monday, March 1, 2021

How a San Francisco bookstore owner made America freer, braver and more interesting; The Washington Post, February 25, 2021

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  Bill Savage , The Washington Post;  How a San Francisco bookstore owner made America freer, braver and more interesting " Lawrence Fe...

BYU professors create ethics field guide to help US special forces; KSL.com, February 23, 2021

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 Dan Rascon, KSL.com;  BYU professors create ethics field guide to help US special forces " The U.S. special forces are getting help fr...
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 ...
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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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