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- 1Cities Pressured to Feed License Plate Data Into Federal Surveillance Database●How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
US cities are being compelled to hand over license plate reader data to a federal database created under an anti-drug trafficking program, according to a 404 Media report. The program has quietly built a vast national surveillance repository from local police data. Critics are raising concerns about privacy, consent and the scale of federal tracking of drivers' movements.