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20250719 Access and Privacy Online
This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, July 19th.
In Canadian access news, records reveal the Alberta Government literally following lists of most banned books in the United States to create their own book bans. Plus there’s evidence of shortfalls in Indigenous procurement and failures in emergency response.
Canadian Privacy and whistleblower news sees Irish Rappers in the spotlight, a rise in antisemitism and Nazi rhetoric in Ontario schools, and one local Municipality seeking to better support and protect its own whistleblowers.
We have our regular reports of access and privacy issues south of the border including new details about privacy violations from Facebook and Meta. To wrap we have a special cluster of stories that intersect access to information and privacy in the UK efforts to protect refugees who served their country in a foreign conflict.
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Writing: Shaun Fisk | Production: Patrick Farnsworth | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
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Canadian Stories Informed by Access to Information
- Alberta used lists of America’s most banned books and a controversial database to identify ‘inappropriate’ material in schools
- https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/alberta-used-lists-of-americas-most-banned-books-and-a-controversial-database-to-identify-inappropriate-material-in-schools/
- Investigative Journalism Foundation – https://theijf.org/alberta-used-lists-of-americas-most-banned-books-and-a-controversial-database-to-identify-inappropriate-material-in-schools
- Federal departments fall short of Ottawa’s 5% Indigenous procurement target
- Charlotte County communities apply for wildfire resiliency plans
Canadian Privacy and Whistleblower Stories
- Immigration minister won’t say if Canada considering barring British, Irish rappers
- Norfolk council OKs new ‘waste and fraud hotline’
- New survey shows alarming rise in antisemitism, Nazi rhetoric in Ontario schools
U.S. Access and Privacy Updates
- Trial opens against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other leaders over Facebook privacy violations
- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg expected to testify in $8 billion Facebook privacy lawsuit
- Ex-NYPD commissioner sues NYC mayor, alleging he ran police department as a ‘criminal enterprise’
- Senate confirms Trump’s first judicial nominee of his second term
UK Privacy and Refugee Protection
- Thousands of Afghans have been brought to Britain in secrecy after a data leak
- How an email error sparked a secret scramble to bring Afghans to Britain
To Protect your rights, ask MPs to:
- Stop Bill C-2
- Amend Bill C-4
This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, July 19th.
In Canadian access news, records reveal the Alberta Government literally following lists of most banned books in the United States to create their own book bans. Plus there’s evidence of shortfalls in Indigenous procurement and failures in emergency response.
Canadian Privacy and whistleblower news sees Irish Rappers in the spotlight, a rise in antisemitism and Nazi rhetoric in Ontario schools, and one local Municipality seeking to better support and protect its own whistleblowers.
We have our regular reports of access and privacy issues south of the border including new details about privacy violations from Facebook and Meta. To wrap we have a special cluster of stories that intersect access to information and privacy in the UK efforts to protect refugees who served their country in a foreign conflict.
Also available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM, ListenNotes, Podchaser, Boomplay.
Writing: Shaun Fisk | Production: Patrick Farnsworth | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Send comments to: FIPAOnline @ fipa.bc.ca
You can support these efforts by subscribing or donating.
Full Show Links
Canadian Stories Informed by Access to Information
- Alberta used lists of America’s most banned books and a controversial database to identify ‘inappropriate’ material in schools
- https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/alberta-used-lists-of-americas-most-banned-books-and-a-controversial-database-to-identify-inappropriate-material-in-schools/
- Investigative Journalism Foundation – https://theijf.org/alberta-used-lists-of-americas-most-banned-books-and-a-controversial-database-to-identify-inappropriate-material-in-schools
- Federal departments fall short of Ottawa’s 5% Indigenous procurement target
- Charlotte County communities apply for wildfire resiliency plans
Canadian Privacy and Whistleblower Stories
- Immigration minister won’t say if Canada considering barring British, Irish rappers
- Norfolk council OKs new ‘waste and fraud hotline’
- New survey shows alarming rise in antisemitism, Nazi rhetoric in Ontario schools
U.S. Access and Privacy Updates
- Trial opens against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other leaders over Facebook privacy violations
- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg expected to testify in $8 billion Facebook privacy lawsuit
- Ex-NYPD commissioner sues NYC mayor, alleging he ran police department as a ‘criminal enterprise’
- Senate confirms Trump’s first judicial nominee of his second term
UK Privacy and Refugee Protection
- Thousands of Afghans have been brought to Britain in secrecy after a data leak
- How an email error sparked a secret scramble to bring Afghans to Britain
To Protect your rights, ask MPs to:
- Stop Bill C-2
- Amend Bill C-4