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/

Friday, June 27, 2025

How IMLS Funding Cuts Will Impact Prison Libraries; Medium, June 11, 2025

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Lauren Triola , Medium;  How IMLS Funding Cuts Will Impact Prison Libraries " With the   recent chaos surrounding the future of the Ins...

Alaska Cannot Survive This Bill; The New York Times, June 27, 2025

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Bryce Edgmon  and  Cathy Giessel , The New York Times ;  Alaska Cannot Survive This Bill " The likely impacts from the “big, beautiful ...

No One Is in Charge at the US Copyright Office; Wired, June 27, 2025

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  KATE KNIBBS  , WIRED;  No One Is in Charge at the US Copyright Office " It’s a tumultuous time for copyright in the United States, wi...

Supreme Court decides whether to allow parents to shield children from LGBTQ books in school; Fox News, June 27, 2025

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Ashley Oliver   , Fox News ;  Supreme Court decides whether to allow parents to shield children from LGBTQ books in school " The   Supr...

Getty drops copyright allegations in UK lawsuit against Stability AI; AP, June 25, 2025

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   KELVIN CHAN , AP;  Getty drops copyright allegations in UK lawsuit against Stability AI "Getty Images dropped copyright infringement...

Emil Bove’s ‘I’m Not A Henchman’ T-Shirt Has People Asking Questions At Judicial Confirmation Hearing; Above The Law, June 26, 2025

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  Liz Dye    , Above The Law;  Emil Bove’s ‘I’m Not A Henchman’ T-Shirt Has People Asking Questions At Judicial Confirmation Hearing " ...

Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features; The Guardian, June 27, 2025

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  Miranda Bryant    , The Guardian;  Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features " The Danish governme...
Thursday, June 26, 2025

Manzanar teaches about Japanese American incarceration in the US. That’s in jeopardy under Trump; The Guardian, June 26, 2025

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  Victoria Namkung , The Guardian;  Manzanar teaches about Japanese American incarceration in the US. That’s in jeopardy under Trump " ...

A lot has changed since we created AI ethics guidelines for newsrooms. Here’s what you need to know now; Poynter, June 26, 2025

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  Jennifer Orsi , Poynter ;  A lot has changed since we created AI ethics guidelines for newsrooms. Here’s what you need to know now " ...

Don’t Let Silicon Valley Move Fast and Break Children’s Minds; The New York Times, June 25, 2025

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JESSICA GROSE  , The New York Times;  Don’t Let Silicon Valley Move Fast and Break Children’s Minds " On June 12, the toymaker Mattel  ...

Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency; The New York Times, June 25, 2025

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Stephanie Nolen  , The New York Times;  Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency " The U.S. health secreta...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Judge dismisses authors’ copyright lawsuit against Meta over AI training; AP, June 25, 2025

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MATT O’BRIEN  AND  BARBARA ORTUTAY , AP;  Judge dismisses authors’ copyright lawsuit against Meta over AI training "Although Meta preva...

Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County raises concerns regarding potential censorship provisions; WFMJ, June 25, 2025

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Zach Mosca  , 21WFMJ;  Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County raises concerns regarding potential censorship provisions " T...

The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: ‘A police state’; The Guardian, June 25, 2025

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Sam Levin, The Guardian ;  The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: ‘A police state’ Mike German, an ex-FBI agent, said immigra...

See Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science in These Handy Charts; Scientific American, June 25, 2025

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  JEN CHRISTIANSEN   &  MEGHAN BARTELS   EDITED BY  SARAH LEWIN FRASIER  , Scientific American;  See Vaccine Recommendations Backed by S...

Trump knocks down barriers around personal data, raising alarm; The Hill, June 25, 2025

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  AMALIA HUOT-MARCHAND , The Hill ;  Trump knocks down barriers around personal data, raising alarm " The Trump administration is shatt...

Whistleblower: Trump judge nominee told DOJ lawyers to ignore court orders; Axios, June 24, 2025

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  Jason Lalljee, Axios;  Whistleblower: Trump judge nominee told DOJ lawyers to ignore court orders " Why it matters:   The official in...

Promise of Victory Over H.I.V. Fades as U.S. Withdraws Support; The New York Times, June 25, 2025

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Stephanie Nolen  , The New York Times;  Promise of Victory Over H.I.V. Fades as U.S. Withdraws Support " This was supposed to be a brea...

Ball State University Libraries Launches Research Guide on Ethical AI Use; Ball State University, June 24, 2025

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Ball State University;  Ball State University Libraries Launches Research Guide on Ethical AI Use "In an era in which artificial intell...

Second study finds Uber used opaque algorithm to dramatically boost profits; The Guardian, June 25, 2025

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Simon Goodley  , The Guardian;  Second study finds Uber used opaque algorithm to dramatically boost profits " A second major academic i...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Anthropic’s AI copyright ‘win’ is more complicated than it looks; Fast Company, June 24, 2025

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  CHRIS STOKEL-WALKER , Fast Company; Anthropic’s AI copyright ‘win’ is more complicated than it looks "And that’s the catch: This wasn...

Jenkins Center for Virtue Ethics receives grant to advance love-based ethical framework; University of Notre Dame, June 23, 2025

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Laura Moran Walton , University of Notre Dame ;  Jenkins Center for Virtue Ethics receives grant to advance love-based ethical framework ...
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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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