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20260904 Access and Privacy Online
Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, September 5th.
This week: Ontario’s student-aid warning signs, a court fight over the right to be forgotten, a whistleblower warning that a rushed U.S. Postal Service system could put mail ballots at risk, and Meta’s new rules for young users. Let’s dive in.
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
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FIPA Voter Privacy.ca
- Voterprivacy.ca
Canadian Access to information and Whistleblowing
- Ontario was warned of ‘suspicious’ OSAP activity at a few career colleges: documents
- $385M in OSAP grants sent to students at 7 career colleges last year, documents show
- Vauxhall Council adopts ORRSC agreement
- ‘Greenwashing by governments more harmful’: Who is holding Ottawa and Queen’s Park accountable?
- ‘Treacherous and unsafe’: St. Catharines firefighters have documented the dangers of the former GM site for years—the City has failed to act
- Red River Polytechnic looks to expand after MITT takeover
- Nunavut mining company did not pay corporate income taxes from 2021 to 2025
Canadian Privacy and AI
- Privacy watchdog takes Google to court in long-running ‘right to be forgotten’ case
- Deloitte used AI in $1.6M government report, but watchdog says it can’t investigate
- How AI-powered policing is endangering the public’s trust in police
- Fact File: News story using Jim Balsillie to promote AI crypto platform is fake
US Access and Privacy
- Autopsy shows Tennessee National Guard fatally shot 20-year-old armed man in the back
- FBI no longer treating an applicant’s experience with prostitution as automatic bar against hiring
- California and the federal government battle over hospice fraud, as victims lose coverage and care
- DEA tactic that let fentanyl flood the streets is being investigated by House Republicans
- Lawmakers added $1 to Texans’ car insurance policies. The money paid for thousands of Flock cameras.
- Postal Service work to comply with Trump’s executive order is rushed, sloppy, whistleblower contends
- Justice Department sues Kansas school system over policies on transgender students
- US judges reveal panic buttons, private security in chilling new reports about threats
Social Media Changes
- Time limits and a midnight cutoff: Meta’s new rules for kids go further, but critics say not enough
- Social media companies are trying harder to know which users are kids
Other FIPA Updates
- Access and Privacy Online in the Classroom
Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, September 5th.
This week: Ontario’s student-aid warning signs, a court fight over the right to be forgotten, a whistleblower warning that a rushed U.S. Postal Service system could put mail ballots at risk, and Meta’s new rules for young users. Let’s dive in.
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
- Voterprivacy.ca
Canadian Access to information and Whistleblowing
- Ontario was warned of ‘suspicious’ OSAP activity at a few career colleges: documents
- $385M in OSAP grants sent to students at 7 career colleges last year, documents show
- Vauxhall Council adopts ORRSC agreement
- ‘Greenwashing by governments more harmful’: Who is holding Ottawa and Queen’s Park accountable?
- ‘Treacherous and unsafe’: St. Catharines firefighters have documented the dangers of the former GM site for years—the City has failed to act
- Red River Polytechnic looks to expand after MITT takeover
- Nunavut mining company did not pay corporate income taxes from 2021 to 2025
Canadian Privacy and AI
- Privacy watchdog takes Google to court in long-running ‘right to be forgotten’ case
- Deloitte used AI in $1.6M government report, but watchdog says it can’t investigate
- How AI-powered policing is endangering the public’s trust in police
- Fact File: News story using Jim Balsillie to promote AI crypto platform is fake
US Access and Privacy
- Autopsy shows Tennessee National Guard fatally shot 20-year-old armed man in the back
- FBI no longer treating an applicant’s experience with prostitution as automatic bar against hiring
- California and the federal government battle over hospice fraud, as victims lose coverage and care
- DEA tactic that let fentanyl flood the streets is being investigated by House Republicans
- Lawmakers added $1 to Texans’ car insurance policies. The money paid for thousands of Flock cameras.
- Postal Service work to comply with Trump’s executive order is rushed, sloppy, whistleblower contends
- Justice Department sues Kansas school system over policies on transgender students
- US judges reveal panic buttons, private security in chilling new reports about threats
Social Media Changes
- Time limits and a midnight cutoff: Meta’s new rules for kids go further, but critics say not enough
- Social media companies are trying harder to know which users are kids
Other FIPA Updates
- Access and Privacy Online in the Classroom