News Summary July 19th, 2025

This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, July 19th.  

In Canadian access news, records reveal the Alberta Government literally following the 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. 

In Privacy and whistleblower news, we see 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 regular reports of access and privacy issues south of the border including new details about privacy violations from Facebook and Meta. To wrap up, we have a special cluster of stories that intersect access to information and privacy in the UK with their efforts to protect people who served in a foreign conflict. 

Show Notes: https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/20250719-access-and-privacy-online/ 

Individual Stories: https://fipa.bc.ca/tag/2025-season-episode-29/ 

Protect your rights, Canadian MPs need to:

Stop Bill C-2 https://iclmg.ca/stop-bill-c-2/  

Stop Bill C-4 Part 4 https://fipa.bc.ca/bill-c-4-2025/ 

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

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