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/

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; Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T); Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
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