The surveillance & liberty brief

Crow's Nest tracks license-plate readers, facial recognition, police surveillance and the wider civil-liberties beat, town by town. One free email each weekday morning, every line linked to the reporting it came from.

Wednesday, October 14 — as of 10:12 AM ET
Today's issue

Missouri sues Temu, alleging spyware code

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 · 23 stories · view as email
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The pattern
Officers across three agencies faced discipline, indictment or lawsuits for allegedly misusing automated license plate reader data.
Under the radar
Flock watch
Surveillance & Privacy
Coming Up
Wed Oct 14
HearingU.S. Supreme Court — U.S. Supreme Court hears oral argument in Salazar v. Paramount Global on the definition of a consumer under the Video Privacy Protection Act (The National Law Review - A Free To Use Nationwide Database of Legal Publications)
Speech & Press
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