The Federal Trade Commission has referred a complaint against TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, to the Department of Justice.  The FTC said in a statement Tuesday that it investigated the two companies and “uncovered reason to believe” they are “violating or are about to violate” the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, a federal law […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Biden administration’s effort to expand protections for LGBTQ+ students hit another roadblock Monday, when a federal judge in Kentucky temporarily blocked the new Title IX rule in six additional states. U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves referred to the regulation as “arbitrary in the truest sense of the word” in […]

NEW YORK (AP) — New leaders of The Washington Post are being haunted by their pasts, with ethical questions raised about their actions as journalists in London that illustrate very different press traditions in the United States and England. An extraordinary trio of stories over the weekend by The New York Times, NPR and the […]

Early last fall a United Nations Special Rapporteur concluded that Canada’s Temporary Foreign Workers Programme (TFWP) was a “breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery” as a result of the policies that regulate their immigration status, employment, and housing in Canada.   He was particularly concerned that those who suffered under these policies were disproportionately racialized, […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles has agreed to pay $300,000 to cover the legal fees of a local journalist and a technology watchdog group that had been sued by the city last year for publishing photos of names and photographs of hundreds of undercover officers obtained through a public records request, the journalist’s attorney […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Reeling from a string of defeats, anti-abortion groups and their Republican allies in state governments are using an array of strategies to counter proposed ballot initiatives intended to protect reproductive rights or prevent voters from having a say in the fall elections. The tactics include attempts to get signatures removed from initiative […]

THUNDER BAY — A flag was raised on Friday at city hall in recognition of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, which is June 15. Advocacy and prevention are the main goals, said Nipigon OPP Staff Sgt. David Moscall, co-chair of the elder abuse committee with Age Friendly Thunder Bay.  Moscall said caregivers should also be […]

Vermont’s governor has vetoed a broad data privacy bill that would have been one of the strongest in the country to crack down on companies’ use of online personal data by letting consumers file civil lawsuits against companies that break certain privacy rules. Republican Gov. Phil Scott said in his veto message late Thursday that […]

The call comes in from someone claiming to be a relative asking for money to cover sudden medical bills or, in the case of a recent alleged fraud in Norfolk County, pay a fictitious “bail bondsman” to get out of police custody after a supposed car accident. The so-called “emergency scam” works because the victim […]

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has launched a major effort to block free communication on the Internet, shutting off access to virtual private networks, or VPNs, which can be used to circumvent blockages of banned websites and services. The attempt to restrict access to information began at the end of May, according to mobile […]

Ontario awarded nearly $1 million in contracts to various companies to write a business case on moving the Ontario Science Centre to Ontario Place on Toronto’s waterfront, The Canadian Press has learned. The $925,075 in contracts, an amount disclosed through a freedom-of-information request, is a fraction of the province’s overall $215-billion budget.  However, it is […]

The police force’s new records management system should be installed by December, according to Saint John police Chief Robert Bruce.The new cloud-based records management system, developed in partnership with Ottawa-based Versaterm Public Safety, is now scheduled to go into training in October and November, according to an update on the force’s 2021-2026 strategic plan presented […]