NYTIMES (Zach Montague) - Appeals Court Maintains Block on Federal Voter Identification Tool
A federal appeals court panel declined to let Homeland Security reopen access to a voter-screening tool that incorporated Social Security data.
JUSTTHENEWS (Steven Richards) - States challenging federal data access shared similar voter info with nonprofit
A Homeland Security investigation found Democratic-led states shared sensitive driver records with nonprofit organizations despite challenging federal access to similar voting data.
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Tennessee commissioner calls for Flock Safety CEO to face treason charges as states move to ban surveillance cameras
A Tennessee county commissioner told a Flock Safety representative that the company's CEO deserves to be "hanged publicly for treason", and the remark went viral as governors in Florida, Texas, and Pennsylvania move to shut the cameras down. Kingsport Commissioner Joe Carr made the statement at an August 13 work session in the east Tennessee […] The post Tennessee commissioner calls for Flock Safety CEO to face treason charges as states move to ban surveillance cameras appeared first on American Almanac .
A Tennessee county commissioner told a Flock Safety representative that the company's CEO deserves to be "hanged publicly for treason", and the remark went viral as governors in Florida, Texas, and Pennsylvania move to shut the cameras down. Kingsport Commissioner Joe Carr made the statement at an August 13 work session in the east Tennessee city, addressing a Flock Safety representative directly while the company faces a nationwide revolt over its network of automated license plate reader cameras. The meeting's leader cut Carr off immediately, telling him, "Mr. Carr, we are not going to threaten violence to anybody." But the clip spread fast, and Carr told Fox News Digital he stands behind the substance of what he said, if not the…Open
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - FBI investigates report of data breach of millions of drivers' licenses, including Pete Hegseth's
Independent journalist Brian Kreb said that he had discovered the site after it was advertised on a Russian cybercrime forum, with his own drivers' license being offered as a free sample.
DAILYCALLER (Geoffrey Ingersoll) - INGERSOLL: Conservatives And Liberals Agree On Flock Cameras? Not Quite
They want crimes covered up. We just want to be left alone
DAILYCALLER (Amber Duke) - DUKE: We Already Know Who The Criminals Are — So Why Are Conservatives Embracing Mass Surveillance?
The shoddy case for Flock
AXIOS (Adriel Bettelheim) - Brain implants fuel U.S.-China bioscience rivalry
Brain implants like those being developed by Elon Musk's Neuralink are becoming the latest friction point in the intensifying U.S.-China rivalry in the life sciences. Why it matters: The devices are bringing new hope to patients with strokes, Parkinson's disease and other neurological conditions. And tech billionaires have fueled advances by pouring billions into biotech startups focused on linking the brain with computers. - But a new national security analysis says U.S. development efforts are being overtaken by Beijing's full-court press around manufacturing, data and commercialization. - The consequences could extend beyond health care, affecting U.S. military capabilities and the ability to train the next generation of AI…
Brain implants like those being developed by Elon Musk's Neuralink are becoming the latest friction point in the intensifying U.S.-China rivalry in the life sciences. Why it matters: The devices are bringing new hope to patients with strokes, Parkinson's disease and other neurological conditions. And tech billionaires have fueled advances by pouring billions into biotech startups focused on linking the brain with computers. - But a new national security analysis says U.S. development efforts are being overtaken by Beijing's full-court press around manufacturing, data and commercialization. - The consequences could extend beyond health care, affecting U.S. military capabilities and the ability to train the next generation of AI…Open
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Florida bans Flock cameras from state-controlled highways
The department granted agencies 30 days to remove the cameras, which includes those made by Flock, before the state takes them down.
DAILYCALLER (Reagan Reese) - EXCLUSIVE: New Poll Shows Majority Of Texans Oppose Flock Cameras
Liberals oppose more than conservatives
AMERICANGREATNESS (Bryan Hyde) - Governor DeSantis Revokes Permits for Flock Cameras on Florida State Highways
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has ordered the removal of all Flock Safety automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras from state highway right-of-ways, citing privacy, data, […] Source