Mass surveillance authorized on NC highways, all other state roads | wcnc.com

North Carolina's new state budget authorizes law enforcement to deploy AI-powered automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) on all state-maintained roads, creating a statewide surveillance system that tracks vehicle movement and cross-references plates against law enforcement databases. The programme has caught suspects but also generated false arrests, raising privacy concerns.

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