Comment by tonymet
20 days ago
That’s not what is happening here. They shared the records with state agencies legally. And the other agencies may have shared permissible results legally too
20 days ago
That’s not what is happening here. They shared the records with state agencies legally. And the other agencies may have shared permissible results legally too
Sure, and as a teacher I can post my answer key out where others who are "legally" allowed access can view them.
They are sharing the records with the knowledge that they are being sent to ICE. They could choose to stop sharing the records, but have not. They are culpable in the moral failure.
so that's not the case. it wasn't confirmed the records were shared with ice. possibly the results were shared with ice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes#Domestic_espionage_s...
About as "legal" as the domestic spying workaround from Five Eyes.
nearly every US law enforcement agency does plate reading . you're not going to get very far with that argument
so stuff like this?
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/she-got-abortion-so-te...
legality is not a strong argument for morality. still, we have constitutional protections against things like warrantless search and seizure, which many would argue that these activities violate.
edited to add - you said, "Judgements [sic] come from judges, not journalists". however, this reporting - like other good investigative journalism - could lead to a suit from EFF or ACLU to stop this from happening.
See also: "California Department of Justice Declares Out-of-State Sharing of License Plate Data Unlawful" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/10/victory-california-dep...
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