Show Notes for Saturday April 26.

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Writing: Shaun Fisk  | Production: Patrick Farnsworth  | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder

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Full Show Links

Euro Privacy Action 

• Meta faces historic antitrust trial that could force it to break off Instagram, WhatsApp 
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/meta-faces-historic-antitrust-trial-that-could-force-it-to-break-off-instagram-whatsapp/  
• Meta says it will resume AI training with public content from European users 
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/meta-says-it-will-resume-ai-training-with-public-content-from-european-users/  
• Meta CEO Zuckerberg considered spinning off Instagram in 2018 over antitrust worries, email says 
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/meta-ceo-zuckerberg-considered-spinning-off-instagram-in-2018-over-antitrust-worries-email-says/  
• The European Union hits Apple and Meta with 700 million euros in fines, first under digital rules 
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/the-european-union-hits-apple-and-meta-with-700-million-euros-in-fines-first-under-digital-rules/  
• The European Union fines Apple 500 million euros and Meta 200 million in separate digital cases 
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/the-european-union-fines-apple-500-million-euros-and-meta-200-million-in-separate-digital-cases/  

Canadian Stories 

• Housing task force progress kept secret 
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/housing-task-force-progress-kept-secret/ 
  • The Eastern Graphic – https://www.peicanada.com/eastern_graphic/housing-task-force-progress-kept-secret/article_975edd87-6788-4b1f-b9bb-36356647aae7.html 
• Data breach hacks hole in UCDSB budget 
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/data-breach-hacks-hole-in-ucdsb-budget/ 
  • The Morrisburg Leader – https://www.morrisburgleader.ca/2025/04/17/data-breach-hacks-hole-in-ucdsb-budget/  
• Saskatchewan health minister quashes claim of babies going to U.S. for medical care 
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/saskatchewan-health-minister-quashes-claim-of-babies-going-to-u-s-for-medical-care/  
• Alberta’s request to question fired health executive over confidential emails granted 
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/albertas-request-to-question-fired-health-executive-over-confidential-emails-granted/  
• VPD whistleblower alleges arrest quotas in Downtown Eastside crackdown 
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/vpd-whistleblower-alleges-arrest-quotas-in-downtown-eastside-crackdown/  
• B.C. Court of Appeal tosses ICBC appeal of $15,000 per person for privacy breach 
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/b-c-court-of-appeal-tosses-icbc-appeal-of-15000-per-person-for-privacy-breach/  
• Travelling in Canada? Take your health card with you 
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/travelling-in-canada-take-your-health-card-with-you/ 
  • New Tecumseth Times – https://newtectimes.com/  
• One Tech Tip: Locking down your device when crossing borders 
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/one-tech-tip-locking-down-your-device-when-crossing-borders/

US Trump Actions  

• Trump moves to invoke Schedule F to make it easier to fire some federal workers 
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/trump-moves-to-invoke-schedule-f-to-make-it-easier-to-fire-some-federal-workers/  
• Federal judge in Baltimore temporarily limits DOGE access to Social Security data 
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/federal-judge-in-baltimore-temporarily-limits-doge-access-to-social-security-data/  
• What we know about the Social Security Administration listing thousands of living immigrants as dead 
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/what-we-know-about-the-social-security-administration-listing-thousands-of-living-immigrants-as-dead/  
• Social Security lists thousands of living immigrants as dead to prompt them to leave, AP sources say 
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/social-security-lists-thousands-of-living-immigrants-as-dead-to-prompt-them-to-leave-ap-sources-say/  

Other US Stories 

• Seattle officers who attended Jan. 6 rally ask US Supreme Court to keep their identities anonymous 
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/seattle-officers-who-attended-jan-6-rally-ask-us-supreme-court-to-keep-their-identities-anonymous/  
• Oregon DMV finds cases of people being registered to vote despite not showing proof of citizenship 
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/oregon-dmv-finds-cases-of-people-being-registered-to-vote-despite-not-showing-proof-of-citizenship/  
• Judge dismisses lawsuit against Mormon church over how it uses donations 
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-against-mormon-church-over-how-it-uses-donations/  

Morocco Data Breach 

• Hackers breach Morocco’s social security database in an unprecedented cyberattack 
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/hackers-breach-moroccos-social-security-database-in-an-unprecedented-cyberattack/  

Canadian Federal Election

• FIPA Federal Election Page
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/2025-federal-election/ https://fipa.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20250423-FE-Green-Party-Response-Freedom-of-Information-and-Privacy-Association-FIPA-Election-Survey-Response.pdf 
• FIPA Federal Election Guide  
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FINAL-202500408-Fast-Facts-Federal-Election.pdf  
• FIPA Election Questionnaire 
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FINAL-20250408-Federal-Election-Questionnaire-Leaders-and-Party.pdf  
• Federal Green Response  
  • https://fipa.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20250423-FE-Green-Party-Response-Freedom-of-Information-and-Privacy-Association-FIPA-Election-Survey-Response.pdf  
• FIPA Survey Responses  
  • https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-dCs_2FmgEqk3a6b9gLKMGWcQ_3D_3D/ 

Our extended election listening

• The Bridge  
  • https://www.youtube.com/@themansbridgepodcast
• The Herle Burly
  • https://www.theherleburly.com/
  • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw9CXGHWuCUsFGSpgjEzjWA
• The Curse of Politics
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEH3RI2tO1s&t=10s
• The Paul Wells Show
  • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSUXb0tDFbNb0ZliN6d2B3Q
• The Writ
  • https://www.youtube.com/@TheWrit
• 338 Canada
  • https://338canada.com/federal.htm
• Dean Beeby Substack
  • https://deanbeeby.substack.com/

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