Your Kids' School Bus Is About to Become a Roaming Surveillance Vehicle

BusPatrol is reportedly expanding its school bus stop-arm camera systems to include automatic license plate readers that track vehicles at all times. Privacy advocates warn that this shift turns school buses into mobile surveillance tools and raises concerns about data sharing with law enforcement.
Why it matters
The expansion of surveillance technology into public infrastructure raises significant civil liberty concerns regarding mass tracking and the commercialization of citizen data.
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The article uses loaded language like 'roaming surveillance vehicle' and focuses heavily on privacy risks and civil rights concerns.
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