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, September 14, 2023

Transcript: US Senate Judiciary Hearing on Oversight of A.I.; Tech Policy Press, September 13, 2023

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Gabby Miller,  Tech Policy Press;  Transcript: US Senate Judiciary Hearing on Oversight of A.I. " Artificial Intelligence (AI) is in th...
Tuesday, September 12, 2023

What You Need to Know About the Book Bans Sweeping the U.S.; Teachers College, Columbia University, September 6, 2023

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Morgan Gilbard  , Teachers College, Columbia University;  What You Need to Know About the Book Bans Sweeping the U.S. " What Could Happ...

Jan. 6 shattered her family. Now they’re trying to forgive.; The Washington Post, January 9, 2023

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Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff , The Washington Post ;  Jan. 6 shattered her family. Now they’re trying to forgive. " After rioters   stormed the ...

How industry experts are navigating the ethics of artificial intelligence; CNN, September 11, 2023

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CNN;  How industry experts are navigating the ethics of artificial intelligence " CNN heads to one of the longest-running artificial in...

The Supreme Court’s Growing Ethics Splits; The New Republic, September 12, 2023

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Matt Ford , The New Republic;  The Supreme Court’s Growing Ethics Splits " A notable split is developing among the Supreme Court justic...
Friday, September 8, 2023

Inside Clean Up Alabama’s plan to jail librarians for giving LGBTQ+ books to kids; Alabama Political Reporter, September 7, 2023

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  JACOB HOLMES , Alabama Political Reporter;  Inside Clean Up Alabama’s plan to jail librarians for giving LGBTQ+ books to kids "At Tue...
Thursday, September 7, 2023

13 presidential libraries from Hoover to Obama warn of fragile state of U.S. democracy; Associated Press via PBS, September 7, 2023

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 Gary Fields, Associated Press via PBS;  13 presidential libraries from Hoover to Obama warn of fragile state of U.S. democracy " Conce...

Justice Kavanaugh says ethics changes may be coming to Supreme Court; The Washington Post, September 7, 2023

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Robert Barnes , The Washington Post ;  Justice Kavanaugh says ethics changes may be coming to Supreme Court " Justice Brett M. Kavanaug...

DeSantis names Moms for Liberty co-founder to Florida ethics panel; Politico, September 6, 2023

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  ANDREW ATTERBURY , Politico;  DeSantis names Moms for Liberty co-founder to Florida ethics panel "Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday appo...
Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Book ban push fuels library exodus from national association that stands up for books; Associated Press via ABC News, September 5, 2023

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  MEAD GRUVER , Associated Press via ABC News ;   Book ban push fuels library exodus from national association that stands up for books ...
Tuesday, September 5, 2023

USM tapped to develop ethics training in age of artificial intelligence; Portland Press Herald, September 5, 2023

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LANA COHEN , Portland Press Herald;  USM tapped to develop ethics training in age of artificial intelligence " Thompson and other resea...
Monday, September 4, 2023

As Clarence Thomas faces record unpopularity, Americans want an ethics code for the Supreme Court; CNN, September 3, 2023

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  Harry Enten , CNN;  As Clarence Thomas faces record unpopularity, Americans want an ethics code for the Supreme Court " But there is ...

The big idea: how can we live ethically in a world in crisis?; The Guardian, September 4, 2023

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  William MacAskill , The Guardian;  The big idea: how can we live ethically in a world in crisis? " Over the last 14 years, I’ve helpe...
Thursday, August 31, 2023

Clarence Thomas Acknowledges Undisclosed Real Estate Deal With Harlan Crow and Discloses Private Jet Flights; ProPublica, August 31, 2023

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  Joshua Kaplan ,  Justin Elliott  and  Alex Mierjeski , ProPublica;  Clarence Thomas Acknowledges Undisclosed Real Estate Deal With Harlan ...

Here’s my AI policy for students: I don’t have one; The Washington Post, August 29, 2023

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Jonathan Zimmerman  , The Washington Post;  Here’s my AI policy for students: I don’t have one " Most of all, I want you to decide what...

Copyright Office Issues Notice of Inquiry on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence; U.S. Copyright Office, August 30, 2023

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  U.S. Copyright Office ;  Copyright Office Issues Notice of Inquiry on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence " Today, the U.S. Copyrig...
Monday, August 28, 2023

Rural Washington library could be nation’s first to dissolve after book challenges, reshelving requests; OPB, August 26, 2023

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  OPB,  Courtney Flatt ;  Rural Washington library could be nation’s first to dissolve after book challenges, reshelving requests " Lib...

Armed with traffic cones, protesters are immobilizing driverless cars; NPR, August 26, 2023

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  Dara Kerr , NPR;  Armed with traffic cones, protesters are immobilizing driverless cars " An anonymous activist group called Safe Str...
Saturday, August 26, 2023

Naomi Klein on following her ‘doppelganger’ down the conspiracy rabbit hole – and why millions of people have entered an alternative political reality; The Guardian, August 26, 2023

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  Naomi Klein , The Guardian;  Naomi Klein on following her ‘doppelganger’ down the conspiracy rabbit hole – and why millions of people have...

Two Justices Clash on Congress’s Power Over Supreme Court Ethics; The New York Times, August 26, 2023

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Adam Liptak  , The New York Times;  Two Justices Clash on Congress’s Power Over Supreme Court Ethics " Congress has enacted laws that a...
Friday, August 25, 2023

The Supreme Court’s Ethics Problem Has a Pretty Easy Solution; Bloomberg Law, August 25, 2023

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  Michael J. Broyde , Bloomberg Law;  The Supreme Court’s Ethics Problem Has a Pretty Easy Solution " Much has been written on the ethi...

Who owns your cells? Legacy of Henrietta Lacks raises ethical questions about profits from medical research; Cleveland.com, August 18, 2023

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Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland.com ;  Who owns your cells? Legacy of Henrietta Lacks raises ethical questions about profits from medical res...

Our Summer of Artificial Intelligence: Copyright Office Hosts Two Webinars on Copyright and AI; U.S. Copyright Office, August 23, 2023

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  Nora Scheland , U.S. Copyright Office;  Our Summer of Artificial Intelligence: Copyright Office Hosts Two Webinars on Copyright and AI ...
Thursday, August 24, 2023

Scraping or Stealing? A Legal Reckoning Over AI Looms; Hollywood Reporter, August 22, 2023

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 Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter ;  Scraping or Stealing? A Legal Reckoning Over AI  Looms " Engineers build AI art generators by f...
Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Harvard's Drew Gilpin Faust says history should make us uncomfortable; Fresh Air, NPR, August 22, 2023

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  Terry Gross , Fresh Air, NPR;  Harvard's Drew Gilpin Faust says history should make us uncomfortable " Drew Gilpin Faust is known...

AI Is Being Used to Ban Books From School Libraries; Gizmodo, August 15, 2023

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  Mack DeGeurin , Gizmodo;  AI Is Being Used to Ban Books From School Libraries " You can add   regressive academic censorship   to the...
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

‘It’s a small number of people who are very loud’: Local libraries grapple with book challenges, bans; TribLive, August 22, 2023

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QUINCEY REESE  , TribLive;  ‘It’s a small number of people who are very loud’: Local libraries grapple with book challenges, bans "“It’...

Saline County Quorum Court vote to pass ordinance, allows county judge to oversee county library board; KATV ABC7, August 22, 2023

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  KATV ABC7 ;  Saline County Quorum Court vote to pass ordinance, allows county judge to oversee county library board " The   Saline Co...

When is it OK to lie?; NPR, August 22, 2023

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  Frank Festa , NPR;  When is it OK to lie? " Knowing when a friend or loved one is seeking honest feedback can be difficult. The best ...

'The ghosts are not happy': 2 Fall River businesses clash over use of Lizzie Borden name; The Herald News, August 21, 2023

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  Audrey Cooney , The Herald News;  'The ghosts are not happy': 2 Fall River businesses clash over use of Lizzie Borden name " ...

The Book Banners and I Have One Thing in Common; The New York Times, August 14, 2023

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Garret Keizer , The New York Times;  The Book Banners and I Have One Thing in Common " More than half a century has passed since I grad...

The Dream Was Universal Access to Knowledge. The Result Was a Fiasco.; The New York Times, August 13, 2023

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  David Streitfeld , The New York Times;  The Dream Was Universal Access to Knowledge. The Result Was a Fiasco. " In the middle of this...
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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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