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/

Monday, January 30, 2023

How Barnes & Noble Came Back From Near Dead; The New York Times, January 28, 2023

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Ezra Klein, The New York Times;  How Barnes & Noble Came Back From Near Dead [Kip Currier] Bookstores and libraries have their own disti...
Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Why US libraries are on the frontlines of the homelessness crisis; The Guardian, January 24, 2023

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  MacKenzie Ryan , The Guardian;  Why US libraries are on the frontlines of the homelessness crisis "“Many libraries have added social ...

Generative AI ChatGPT Is Going To Be Everywhere Once The API Portal Gets Soon Opened, Stupefying AI Ethics And AI Law; Forbes, January 22, 2023

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Lance Eliot , Forbes ;  Generative AI ChatGPT Is Going To Be Everywhere Once The API Portal Gets Soon Opened, Stupefying AI Ethics And AI La...
Sunday, January 22, 2023

AI experts on whether you should be "terrified" of ChatGPT; CBS News , January 22, 2023

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DAVID POGUE,  CBS News;  AI experts on whether you should be "terrified" of ChatGPT " Timnit Gebru, an AI researcher who spec...

Gutting Congress’ Ethics Office Was a Disaster – and an Opportunity; Just Security, January 19, 2023

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Gabe Lezra , Just Security;  Gutting Congress’ Ethics Office Was a Disaster – and an Opportunity "The new House Republican majority, fi...
Saturday, January 21, 2023

Governor Shapiro announces ethics rules, training for employees; WABC27, January 20, 2023

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George Stockburger ,  Sarah Willson ,  WABC27;  Governor Shapiro announces ethics rules, training for employees "Pennsylvania Governor ...
Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach; The New York Times, January 16, 2023

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Kalley Huang , The New York Times ;  Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach " In higher education, colle...
Monday, January 16, 2023

Monstrous maestro: why is Cate Blanchett’s cancel culture film Tár angering so many people?; The Guardian, January 16, 2023

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  Xan Brooks , The Guardian;  Monstrous maestro: why is Cate Blanchett’s cancel culture film Tár angering so many people? "Great art as...
Friday, January 13, 2023

How Republicans are overhauling the Congressional Ethics Office; NPR, All Things Considered, January 10, 2023

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Ari Shapiro, Lee Hale, William Troop, NPR, All Things Considered;  How Republicans are overhauling the Congressional Ethics Office " NP...

Nurses Retain Top Ethics Rating in U.S., but Below 2020 High; Gallup, January 10, 2023

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  MEGAN BRENAN , Gallup;  Nurses Retain Top Ethics Rating in U.S., but Below 2020 High "Nurses continue to garner the highest ethics ra...

Former mayor’s ethics woes get him dropped as a professor at Ga. Tech; WRDW/WAGT, January 12, 2023

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WRDW/WAGT ;  Former mayor’s ethics woes get him dropped as a professor at Ga. Tech " Citing ethics concerns and ongoing investigations,...

Advances in artificial intelligence raise new ethics concerns; PBS News Hour, January 10, 2023

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Stephanie Sy ,  Layla Quran , PBS News Hour ;  Advances in artificial intelligence raise new ethics concerns " In recent months, new ar...
Monday, January 9, 2023

US farmers win right to repair John Deere equipment; BBC News, January 9, 2022

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  Monica Miller, BBC News;  US farmers win right to repair John Deere equipment " Consumer groups have for years been calling on compan...
Friday, January 6, 2023

The Top 10 Library Stories of 2022; Publishers Weekly, December 9, 2023

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Andrew Albanese , Publishers Weekly;  The Top 10 Library Stories of 2022 PW looks back at the library stories that captivated the publishing...
Thursday, January 5, 2023

House Republicans again set their sights on ethics watchdogs; The Washington Post, January 3, 2023

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Philip Bump , The Washington Post;   House Republicans again set their sights on ethics watchdogs " From the outset, Republicans were o...
Wednesday, January 4, 2023

‘I had to do it to save everyone’: Man breaks into school and shelters more than 20 people from blizzard; CNN, December 30, 2022

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Sharif Paget  and  Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN ;  ‘I had to do it to save everyone’: Man breaks into school and shelters more than 20 people from b...

Pegasus spyware was used to hack reporters’ phones. I’m suing its creators; The Guardian, December 5, 2022

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Nelson Rauda Zablah, The Guardian ;  Pegasus spyware was used to hack reporters’ phones. I’m suing its creators " My colleagues weren’t...

How Do You Protest in the Face of Censorship? An Empty Sign.; The New York Times, December 21, 2022

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Jody Rosen , The New York Times;  How Do You Protest in the Face of Censorship? An Empty Sign. " The blank sign, for the protester who ...
Monday, January 2, 2023

Something is afoot with copyright this Public Domain Day; The Guardian, January 1, 2023

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John Naughton , The Guardian;  Something is afoot with copyright this Public Domain Day " The issue highlighted by Public Domain Day is...

People Are Eagerly Consulting Generative AI ChatGPT For Mental Health Advice, Stressing Out AI Ethics And AI Law; January 1, 2023

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Lance Eliot , Forbes ;  People Are Eagerly Consulting Generative AI ChatGPT For Mental Health Advice, Stressing Out AI Ethics And AI Law ...
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...
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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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