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Nassau County Launches $1 Million Drone First‑Responder Program

Paid with asset‑forfeiture funds, the system will send real‑time drone video to the county intelligence center to speed emergency response.

San Francisco Audit Finds Federal and Out‑of‑State Queries to City’s License‑Plate Network

Congress Lets Section 702 Expire as FISC Certification Leaves Legal Questions

FCC Proposes Rule Requiring IDs for New and Renewing Phone Lines

South Portland Halts New Flock Camera; Berkeley Limits Renewal

75 Groups Urge Meta to Scrap Facial Recognition Plan for Ray‑Ban Smart Glasses

Georgia Ticket Shows Flock License Plate Cameras Used for Traffic Enforcement

Pentagon Threatens to Blacklist Anthropic as Deadline to Drop AI Use Limits Arrives

Flock License-Plate Cameras Face Vandalism Wave as Cities Reconsider Deals

Advocates Map Covert License-Plate Readers Along California Border, Urge Permit Rollback

Russia Opens Terrorism Facilitation Probe Into Telegram Founder Pavel Durov

French National Assembly Approves Trial of Algorithmic Retail CCTV Through 2027

Leaked Chancellery Draft Would Let BND Conduct Sabotage, Cyber Hackbacks and Covert Intrusions

Texas Probes Flock Safety’s Licensing as Camera Network Aids Brown/MIT Manhunt

India Mandates State Security App on Phones Despite Minister's 'Voluntary' Claim

CBP Finalizes Facial Biometric Rule as Border Patrol Plate-Reader Program Faces Hill Scrutiny

ICE Seeks 24/7 Social-Media Surveillance, Accelerates Biometric and Vehicle Tracking

Noyb Files Criminal Complaint in Austria Targeting Clearview AI Over EU Data Scraping

Amnesty Urges Probes Over Reported Use of European Network by Indonesian Surveillance Firm

EU Weighs 'Chat Control' Scanning Law as Germany's Vote Looms