Showing posts with label Citizenship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Citizenship. Show all posts

Jun 30, 2025

Sounds Sinister

 


    NPR is reporting that the Trump Administration is combining data from several agencies, including the Social Security Administration, to create a searchable database of U.S. citizens, something which has not been done heretofore. One expert described it as a “hair on fire” moment. The immediate purpose of the database is to verify citizenship for voter registration but I’d say there’s zero chance it would stop there. Apparently, there’s been no effort to comply with government privacy rules requiring notices about the creation of new databases and data exchanges.