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Social media companies engaged in 'vast surveillance,' FTC finds, calling status quo 'unacceptable' (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Local and state government's across the country have signed deals with private companies to install license plate readers and databases. The private companies are already toying with selling the data (again) for non law enforcement purposes.