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, June 4, 2021

Is A.I. the problem? Or are we?; The Ezra Klein Show, The New York Times, June 4, 2021

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The Ezra Klein Show, The New York Times; Is A.I. the problem? Or are we? " One of my projects this year is to get a better handle on th...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021

The Opportunity for an Ethical Fire Service; Firehouse, June 2, 2021

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Kris Blume  , Firehouse;  The Opportunity for an Ethical Fire Service Ethics are an integral part of today’s fire departments, and Kris Blum...
Friday, May 28, 2021

Privacy laws need updating after Google deal with HCA Healthcare, medical ethics professor says; CNBC, May 26, 2021

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Emily DeCiccio , CNBC;  Privacy laws need updating after Google deal with HCA Healthcare, medical ethics professor says "Privacy laws i...
Thursday, May 27, 2021

International media ethics teaching award for UH Mānoa professor; University of Hawai'i News, May 19, 2021

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University of Hawai'i News;  International media ethics teaching award for  UH  Mānoa professor " A University of   Hawaiʻi   at Mā...

Who Is The Media For? Journalist Sarah Jones On Ethics In The Industry; NPR, May 23, 2021

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NPR;  Who Is The Media For? Journalist Sarah Jones On Ethics In The Industry " NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Sarah Jones abo...
Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Belarus’s dictator isn’t winning. He’s desperate.; The Washington Post, May 25, 2021

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David Ignatius , The Washington Post;  Belarus’s dictator isn’t winning. He’s desperate. " Dissident journalist Ihar Losik had been  ar...

‘Inconceivable’: why has Australia’s history been left to rot?; The Guardian, May 22, 2021

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Elias Visontay  The Guardian;  ‘Inconceivable’: why has Australia’s history been left to rot? Historians are aghast that the National Archiv...
Sunday, May 23, 2021

Belarus Forces Down Plane to Seize Dissident; Europe Sees ‘State Hijacking’; The New York Times, May 23, 2021

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Anton Troianovski  and  Ivan Nechepurenko , The New York Times  ;  Belarus Forces Down Plane to Seize Dissident; Europe Sees ‘State Hijackin...

A matter of ethics; BC News, April 2021

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Phil Gloudemans ,  BC News;  A matter of ethics BC undergraduates advanced to the finals at the 25th annual Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl ...
Friday, May 21, 2021

The Soviet era’s leading dissident is still a provocation for today’s Kremlin; The Washington Post, May 21, 2021

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Vladimir Kara-Murza , The Washington Post; The Soviet era’s leading dissident is still a provocation for today’s Kremlin   " “Freedom...

University of South Carolina President Resigns After Speech Blunders; The New York Times, May 13, 2021

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Christina Morales , The New York Times ; University of South Carolina President Resigns After Speech Blunders Robert Caslen, a retired Army...

Ransomware is a national security threat and a big business — and it’s wreaking havoc; The Washington Post, May 15, 2021

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  Ellen Nakashima and Rachel Lerman, The Washington Post; Ransomware is a national security threat and a big business — and it’s wreaking...

Privacy activists are winning fights with tech giants. Why does victory feel hollow?; The Guardian, May 15, 2021

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Evgeny Morozov , The Guardian; Privacy activists are winning fights with tech giants. Why does victory feel hollow? "Something similar ...

Colorado bans doxing of public health workers amid rise in online harassment; The Washington Post, May 20, 2021

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Meryl Kornfield , The Washington Post ; Colorado bans doxing of public health workers amid rise in online harassment " Seeking to addre...
Thursday, May 20, 2021

Big pharma executives mocked ‘pillbillies’ in emails, West Virginia opioid trial hears; The Guardian, May 16, 2021

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  Chris McGreal , The Guardian;  Big pharma executives mocked ‘pillbillies’ in emails, West Virginia opioid trial hears " Paul Farrell,...

A Little-Known Statute Compels Medical Research Transparency. Compliance Is Pretty Shabby.; On The Media, April 21, 2021

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On The Media;  A Little-Known Statute Compels Medical Research Transparency. Compliance Is Pretty Shabby. "Evidence-based medicine requ...
Sunday, May 16, 2021

Scientific Publishing Is a Joke; The Atlantic, May 6, 2021

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  BENJAMIN MAZER , The Atlantic;  Scientific Publishing Is a Joke An  XKCD  comic—and its many remixes—perfectly captures the absurdity of a...
Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Want to Get Along With Robots? Pretend They’re Animals; Wired, April 19, 2021

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  MATT SIMO N , Wired;  Want to Get Along With Robots? Pretend They’re Animals Robotics ethicist Kate Darling surveys our history with anima...

A ‘beautiful’ female biker was actually a 50-year-old man using FaceApp. After he confessed, his followers liked him even more.; The Washington Post, May 11, 2021

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   Drew Harwell  and   Shiori Okazaki , The Washington Post ;  A ‘beautiful’ female biker was actually a 50-year-old man using FaceApp. Afte...
Tuesday, May 11, 2021

A Microsoft researcher unpacks the power and perils of today’s artificial intelligence; Science, April 12, 2021

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Michael Spezio   , Science;  A Microsoft researcher unpacks the power and perils of today’s artificial intelligence " Kate Crawford’s n...
Monday, May 10, 2021

Online Cheating Charges Upend Dartmouth Medical School; The New York Times, May 9, 2021

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Natasha Singer  and  Aaron Krolik , The New York Times ;  Online Cheating Charges Upend Dartmouth Medical School The university accused 17 s...

South Africa to introduce regulations around self-driving cars; BusinessTech, May 7, 2021

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BusinessTech;  South Africa to introduce regulations around self-driving cars " The Department of Transport says that it plans to intro...
Saturday, May 8, 2021

Top prizes in ethics cartooning contest address COVID-19 and more; Morgridge Institute for Research, May 6, 2021

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Mariel Mohns , Morgridge Institute for Research; Top prizes in ethics cartooning contest address COVID-19 and more "Five prizes were aw...
Friday, May 7, 2021

Coronavirus FAQ: Am I Legally (And Ethically) Bound To Say If I Got A COVID Vaccine?; NPR, May 7, 2021

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Fran Kritz, NPR; Coronavirus FAQ: Am I Legally (And Ethically) Bound To Say If I Got A COVID Vaccine? " I'm vaccinated? Do I need t...

In Covid Vaccine Data, L.G.B.T.Q. People Fear Invisibility; The New York Times, May 7, 2021

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Jillian Kramer , The New York Times;  In Covid Vaccine Data, L.G.B.T.Q. People Fear Invisibility " Agencies rely on population data to ...
Thursday, May 6, 2021

US-backed vaccine patent waiver: pros and cons explained; The Conversation, May 6, 2021

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  Farasat Bokhari , The Conversation;  US-backed  vaccine patent waiver: pros and cons explained " So what are the pros and cons of thi...

Facebook Ban On Donald Trump Will Hold, Social Network's Oversight Board Rules; NPR, May 5, 2021

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SHANNON BOND  , NPR;  Facebook Ban On Donald Trump Will Hold, Social Network's Oversight Board Rules " Facebook was justified in it...
Monday, May 3, 2021

Stephen Fry Would Like to Remind You That You Have No Free Will; The New York Times Magazine, May 2, 2021

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David Marchese  , The New York Times Magazine;  Stephen Fry Would Like to Remind You That You Have No Free Will " You said earlier you’...
Sunday, May 2, 2021

Killer farm robot dispatches weeds with electric bolts; The Guardian, April 29, 2021

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  Damian Carrington , The Guardian;  Killer farm robot dispatches weeds with electric bolts "I n a sunny field in Hampshire, a killer r...

Wanna be in government? Pass an ethics course; Dominican Today, April 29, 2021

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Dominican Today;  Wanna be in government? Pass an ethics course " President Luis Abinader announced Thursday that, from now on, for a c...

Bloomfield residents raise concerns about sharing sidewalk space with delivery robots; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 26, 2021

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NICK TROMBOLA  , Pittsburgh Post-Gazette;  Bloomfield residents raise concerns about sharing sidewalk space with delivery robots " Bloo...
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’...
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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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