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.

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Southampton police deploy facial recognition

Wednesday, November 4, 2026 · 18 stories · view as email
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