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/

Thursday, December 29, 2022

A dangerous side of America’s digital divide: Who receives emergency alerts; The Washington Post, December 21, 2022

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Brianna Sacks , The Washington Post;  A dangerous side of America’s digital divide: Who receives emergency alerts " While America’s dig...
Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Green trademarks and the risk of greenwashing; WIPO Magazine, December 2022

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Kathryn Park  , WIPO Magazine;  Green trademarks and the risk of greenwashing " Beware the green sheen – the perils of greenwashing Gui...

Sherlock Holmes will finally escape copyright this weekend; The Verge, December 28, 2022

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ADI ROBERTSON , The Verge ;  Sherlock Holmes will finally escape copyright this weekend " Watching the copyrights on art expire still f...

Vocational awe is always harmful; Information Wants To Be Free, December 22, 2022

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Meredith Farkas , Information Wants To Be Free;  Vocational awe is always harmful   "Vocational awe for the individual can feel very ve...

‘Do you have no shame?’: Tulsi Gabbard grills congressman-elect George Santos; The Guardian, December 28, 2022

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Samira Asma-Sadeque , The Guardian;  ‘Do you have no shame?’: Tulsi Gabbard grills congressman-elect George Santos " Santos, who has al...

The ethical dilemmas of renaming scientific principles that honour fallen idols; Physics World, December 26, 2022

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Robert P Crease , Physics World;  The ethical dilemmas of renaming scientific principles that honour fallen idol s " Is removing a name...

The Signal App and the Danger of Privacy at All Costs; The New York Times, December 28, 2022

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Reid Blackman , The New York Times;  The Signal App and the Danger of Privacy at All Costs " Two weeks ago, the Twitter co-founder Jack...
Saturday, December 24, 2022

Elon Musk ‘orders Twitter to remove suicide prevention feature’; Reuters via The Guardian, December 23, 2022

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Reuters via The Guardian ;  Elon Musk ‘orders Twitter to remove suicide prevention feature’ " Twitter has removed a feature in the pas...
Wednesday, December 21, 2022

AI-Created Comic Has Been Deemed Ineligible for Copyright Protection; CBR, December 20, 2022

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BRIAN CRONIN , CBR;  AI-Created Comic Has Been Deemed Ineligible for Copyright Protection " The United States Copyright Office (USCO) r...
Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Some of Trump’s New NFTs Look Like Photoshops of Google Search Results; PetaPixel, December 16, 2022

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  JARON SCHNEIDER , PetaPixel;  Some of Trump’s New NFTs Look Like Photoshops of Google Search Results " After hyping a major announcem...

Age Verification Online: Ethical, Legal, and Technical Considerations; Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University, December 2022

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Irina Raicu,  Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University ;  Age Verification Online: Ethical, Legal, and Technical Considera...
Saturday, December 17, 2022

Teens and Cyberbullying 2022; Pew Research Center, December 15, 2022

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EMILY A. VOGELS , Pew Research Center;  Teens and Cyberbullying 2022 " Nearly half of U.S. teens have been bullied or harassed online, ...

Ethics Hotline available to Ohio University employees; Ohio University, Ohio News, December 5, 2022

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Ohio University, Ohio News;  Ethics Hotline available to Ohio University employees " The following message was shared with Ohio Univers...

Does the U.S. Supreme Court need an ethics code? Editorial Board Roundtable; Cleveland.com, December 17, 2022

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Editorial Board, cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer ;  Does the U.S. Supreme Court need an ethics code? Editorial Board Roundtable " So...

PLOS flags nearly 50 papers by controversial French COVID researcher for ethics concerns; Retraction Watch, December 13, 2022

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Retraction Watch ;  PLOS flags nearly 50 papers by controversial French COVID researcher for ethics concerns " The publisher PLOS is ma...

Star Wars’ evil Empire can feel a little corny — but then came Andor; December 15, 2022

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Sonia Saraiya   , Vox;  Star Wars’ evil Empire can feel a little corny — but then came Andor " Most of the heroes of  Star Wars  films ...
Saturday, December 10, 2022

First Global Forum on Ethics of AI held in Prague, one year after the adoption of UNESCO’s global recommendation; UNESCO, To Be Held December 13, 2022

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  UNESCO;  First Global Forum on Ethics of AI held in Prague, one year after the adoption of UNESCO’s global recommendation The Global Forum...

Your selfies are helping AI learn. You did not consent to this.; The Washington Post, December 9, 2022

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  Shira Ovide , The Washington Post;  Your selfies are helping AI learn. You did not consent to this. " My colleague Tatum Hunter spent...
Friday, December 9, 2022

Popular Photo App Lensa Spurs Debate Over Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Art; WTTW, December 8, 2022

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  Eunice Alpasan , WTTW;  Popular Photo App Lensa Spurs Debate Over Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Art " For a few dollars, users...
Thursday, December 8, 2022

Intellectual property waiver for COVID vaccines should be expanded to include treatments and tests; The Conversation, November 21, 2022

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  Deborah Gleeson ,  Associate Professor in Public Health, La Trobe University,  Dianne Nicol Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Tasma...
Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Everyday ethics: In praise of banned books; Reading Eagle, December 7, 2022

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JOHN C MORGAN   , Reading Eagle ;  Everyday ethics: In praise of banned books Works of literature that make people nervous are often the bes...
Tuesday, December 6, 2022

The Supreme Court Needs Real Oversight; The Atlantic, December 5, 2022

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Glenn Fine , The Atlantic;  The Supreme Court Needs Real Oversight "A series of recent events at the Supreme Court threatens to undermi...
Monday, December 5, 2022

Z-Library operators arrested, charged with criminal copyright infringement; The Register, November 18, 2022

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Jessica Lyons Hardcastle , The Register ;  Z-Library operators arrested, charged with criminal copyright infringement "Two Russian nati...

Explainer: The Supreme Court, Fair Use and the Future of Protected Artistic Expression; Jurist, December 1, 2022

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    Jaimee Francis | Boston University School of Law , Jurist;  Explainer: The Supreme Court, Fair Use and the Future of Protected Artistic ...

"Fight the Empire!" - Maarva Andor's Speech [Andor Episode 12]; November 23, 2022

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  [Spoiler Alert] "Fight the Empire!" - Maarva Andor's Speech [Andor Episode 12] "We were sleeping. I've been sleepin...

'Andor' soared — it was about the force, not The Force, of the Star Wars universe; NPR, November 23, 2022

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Glen Weldon, NPR;  ' Andor' soared — it was about the force, not The Force, of the Star Wars universe " Force with a lowercase ...

May ‘Bad Spaniels’ Mock Jack Daniel’s? The Supreme Court Will Decide.; The New York Times, December 5, 2022

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  Adam Liptak , The New York Times;  May ‘Bad Spaniels’ Mock Jack Daniel’s? The Supreme Court Will Decide. " The justices agreed last m...

Journalist Maria Ressa explains 'How to Stand Up to a Dictator'; NPR/Fresh Air, November 30, 2022

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NPR/Fresh Air ;  Journalist Maria Ressa explains 'How to Stand Up to a Dictator' " DAVE DAVIES, HOST:   This is FRESH AIR. I am...

‘Our mission is crucial’: meet the warrior librarians of Ukraine; The Guardian, December 4, 2022

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Stephen Marche , The Guardian;  ‘Our mission is crucial’: meet the warrior librarians of Ukraine " The work of the state  archivists du...

Opinion I’ll say it: I do not think killer robots are a good idea; The Washington Post, December 3, 2022

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Alexandra Petri , The Washington Post ;  Opinion   I’ll say it: I do not think killer robots are a good idea " I am just going to go ah...

Can police use robots to kill? San Francisco voted yes.; The Washington Post, November 30, 2022

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  Daniel Wu , The Washington Post;  Can police use robots to kill? San Francisco voted yes. " Adam Bercovici, a law enforcement expert ...
Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Calls mount for binding SCOTUS ethics code after anti-abortion crusader alleges Hobby Lobby leak; ABA Journal, November 21, 2022

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DEBRA CASSENS WEISS , ABA Journal;  Calls mount for binding SCOTUS ethics code after anti-abortion crusader alleges Hobby Lobby leak "T...
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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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