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- 1Cities Compelled to Feed License Plate Data to Federal Surveillance Database▼How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
Cities across the United States are being required to hand over license plate reader data to a large federal database as a condition of participating in an anti-drug trafficking program. Reporting by 404 Media details how the federal government built this mass surveillance system through grant conditions tied to local policing, raising concerns among civil liberties advocates about warrantless tracking of drivers' movements nationwide.