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20260613 Access and Privacy Online
Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, June 13th.
This week, voter privacy returns to the spotlight — with a major Senate report and fresh court developments in British Columbia.
We’re also tracking Canada’s new AI strategy, proposed online safety rules for children and chatbots, access-to-information fights in Ontario and Nova Scotia, and international concerns over AI-generated images, border vetting, and institutional accountability.
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
FIPA Voter Privacy.ca
- House of Commons E-Petition
- Voterprivacy.ca
- Information misuse puts you at risk
Voter Privacy
- Tenth Report: Privacy Issues Regarding Federal Political Parties under the Canada Elections Act
- Privacy Issues Regarding Federal Political Parties under the Canada Elections Act
Canadian Privacy
- What Will Canada’s AI Strategy Mean for Jobs and Safety?
- New $2.3B federal AI strategy looks to close ‘adoption gap,’ build public trust
- 5 things you need to know about Canada’s new AI strategy
- New Brunswick premier calls for national social media ban for children under 16
- Ottawa moves to bar kids under 16 from social media, regulate chatbots
- Cyber security session warns about online scams
- Aylmer Express – https://aylmerexpress.com/aylmer-news/
- Fact File: Bogus FIFA websites feed World Cup ticket scams
Canadian Access Request Stories
- Most OSAP growth came from career college students, documents show
- https://fipa.bc.ca/most-osap-growth-came-from-career-college-students-documents-show/
- ‘Master plans just for show’: Brampton citizens group putting environment on the ballot as emissions rise
- Coalition calls on Ontario’s financial watchdog to probe true cost of ‘financially reckless’ Highway 413; Ford shuts Legislature down for 5 months
- Dartmouth homeowner says $14,000 FOI quote deepens confusion over Portland Street plans
US Access and Privacy
- Deaths at Michigan women’s prison spur calls for Whitmer to act, director to resign
- Vance demands Justice Department probe of Minnesota officials as White House presses ‘war on fraud’
International Privacy
- UK lawmaker says she is suing Elon Musk’s company over fake Grok bikini images
- Ads in New York must now label AI-generated ‘synthetic performers’
- What to know about the World Cup referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the US
- World Cup ref denied entry to the US was about to make history for Somalia
- ICC chief prosecutor suspended pending decision by oversight body on sexual misconduct allegations
Other FIPA Updates
- Access and Privacy Online in the Classroom
Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, June 13th.
This week, voter privacy returns to the spotlight — with a major Senate report and fresh court developments in British Columbia.
We’re also tracking Canada’s new AI strategy, proposed online safety rules for children and chatbots, access-to-information fights in Ontario and Nova Scotia, and international concerns over AI-generated images, border vetting, and institutional accountability.
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
FIPA Voter Privacy.ca
- House of Commons E-Petition
- Voterprivacy.ca
- Information misuse puts you at risk
Voter Privacy
- Tenth Report: Privacy Issues Regarding Federal Political Parties under the Canada Elections Act
- Privacy Issues Regarding Federal Political Parties under the Canada Elections Act
Canadian Privacy
- What Will Canada’s AI Strategy Mean for Jobs and Safety?
- New $2.3B federal AI strategy looks to close ‘adoption gap,’ build public trust
- 5 things you need to know about Canada’s new AI strategy
- New Brunswick premier calls for national social media ban for children under 16
- Ottawa moves to bar kids under 16 from social media, regulate chatbots
- Cyber security session warns about online scams
- Aylmer Express – https://aylmerexpress.com/aylmer-news/
- Fact File: Bogus FIFA websites feed World Cup ticket scams
Canadian Access Request Stories
- Most OSAP growth came from career college students, documents show
- https://fipa.bc.ca/most-osap-growth-came-from-career-college-students-documents-show/
- ‘Master plans just for show’: Brampton citizens group putting environment on the ballot as emissions rise
- Coalition calls on Ontario’s financial watchdog to probe true cost of ‘financially reckless’ Highway 413; Ford shuts Legislature down for 5 months
- Dartmouth homeowner says $14,000 FOI quote deepens confusion over Portland Street plans
US Access and Privacy
- Deaths at Michigan women’s prison spur calls for Whitmer to act, director to resign
- Vance demands Justice Department probe of Minnesota officials as White House presses ‘war on fraud’
International Privacy
- UK lawmaker says she is suing Elon Musk’s company over fake Grok bikini images
- Ads in New York must now label AI-generated ‘synthetic performers’
- What to know about the World Cup referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the US
- World Cup ref denied entry to the US was about to make history for Somalia
- ICC chief prosecutor suspended pending decision by oversight body on sexual misconduct allegations
Other FIPA Updates
- Access and Privacy Online in the Classroom