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Beryl Lipton

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  • Senior Investigative Researcher, EFF
  • Police Discipline Data Coordinator, USA Today Co.
Cambridge
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Queen of the #FOIA Freaks • Bearer of Bad News @eff // @DandC // @rocnewsguild // @SpareChangeNews
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Hundreds of Drone-as-First-Responder Programs Could Soon Be Launched Across the Country

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By Beryl Lipton Verified
| EFF
Police departments across the country are lining up to launch drone-as-first-responder (DFR) programs, and hundreds have cleared a necessary hurdle toward making deployment a reality, expanding aerial surveillance and data collection even in areas patrol officers typically can't reach.
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Open Records Laws Reveal ALPRs’ Sprawling Surveillance. Now States Want to Block What the Public Sees.

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By Beryl Lipton Verified, Aaron Mackey, Adam Schwartz
| EFF
Reporters, community advocates, EFF, and others have used public records laws to reveal and counteract abuse, misuse, and fraudulent narratives around how law enforcement agencies across the country use and share data collected by automated license plate readers (ALPRs). EFF is alarmed by recent laws in several states that have blocked public access to data collected by ALPRs, including, in some cases, information derived from ALPR data.
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The Foilies 2026  - North Coast Journal

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By Beryl Lipton Verified, Aaron Mackey
| North Coast Journal Verified
Recognizing the worst in government transparency For the last six years, a class of journalism students at the University of Nevada, Reno, has kicked off each semester by filing their first Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The assignment: Request copies of complaints sent to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about their favorite TV show, a local radio station, or a major broadcast event, such as the Grammys or the Super Bowl halftime show.
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