Cities compelled to share license plate data with federal surveillance program

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Local governments in the United States are being mandated to provide license plate reader data to a federal surveillance initiative. This program, run by the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) network, aggregates this information into a national database. The data is collected by municipal cameras and then funneled to federal agencies. The requirement raises concerns about mass surveillance and the erosion of local data control.

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