Laura Osman

Reporter

Laura Osman is an Ottawa correspondent for The Logic. She was previously a reporter in the Ottawa bureau of The Canadian Press, where she covered federal health and immigration policy, among other things. She has also covered municipal and provincial politics in Ottawa and Edmonton for the CBC.

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Articles by Laura Osman

Canadians could demand firms delete their personal data under new privacy bill

https://thelogic.co/news/new-privacy-bill-protect-children-data/

By Laura Osman | Jun 15, 2026

An expanded Digital Safety Commission would have the power to police data privacy and security in the AI age

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Online harms bill isn’t the last word on child social media safety, says Miller

https://thelogic.co/news/miller-safe-social-media-act-burden/

By Laura Osman | Jun 12, 2026

The roles that platforms, app stores and government play in the ban is an “ongoing conversation,” Culture Minister Marc Miller told The Logic

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Big Tech says it will work with Ottawa on plan to ban kids from social media

https://thelogic.co/news/online-safety-child-social-media-ban-canada/

By Martin Patriquin and Laura Osman | Jun 11, 2026

The online safety bill would also allow a new regulator to levy fines of up to $10 million against companies that don’t follow the rules

Briefing

Grok-generated sexual deepfakes violate Canadian law, privacy commissioner finds

https://thelogic.co/briefing/grok-generated-sexual-deepfakes-violate-canadian-law-privacy-commissioner-finds/

By Laura Osman | Jun 11, 2026

Online harms bill would give new regulator power to slap massive fines on AI, social media giants

https://thelogic.co/news/online-harms-regulator-to-police-ai-social-media-platforms/

By Laura Osman and Martin Patriquin | Jun 10, 2026

The Liberals’ online safety bill includes a social media ban for kids under 16, and puts onus on AI companies to keep chatbots from communicating harmful content

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Briefing

Ottawa taps the brakes on efforts to speed up project permitting

https://thelogic.co/briefing/ottawa-taps-the-brakes-on-efforts-to-speed-up-project-permitting/

By Laura Osman | Jun 5, 2026

AI strategy includes few measures to head off harms, critics warn

https://thelogic.co/news/ai-strategy-few-measures-online-harms/

By Laura Osman | Jun 4, 2026

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Canada’s new AI strategy sets lofty goals for adoption and growth

https://thelogic.co/news/special-report/canada-ai-strategy-investment-adoption/

By Murad Hemmadi and Laura Osman | Jun 4, 2026

Ottawa believes widespread AI adoption could add almost $200 billion to the economy—and it’s investing hundreds of millions of dollars in a bid to get there