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Cities Pressured to Feed License Plate Data Into Federal Surveillance Database
Original: 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.
Why now: New reporting has revealed how the federal government compels local police to share license plate data, sparking privacy concerns.
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- How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program · 404 Media
How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.
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