Supreme Court revives controversial US citizenship data system

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 25 Sept, 18:48 · Archive

The Supreme Court has revived a system used to identify non-citizens for voting checks.

The Supreme Court has allowed resumption of a data system designed to filter alleged non-citizen voters, which uses citizenship information and other sensitive data. A lower court had previously found the system violated federal privacy protections and had erroneously flagged US citizens.

How it is being reported

• Supreme Court revives controversial US data system for citizenship checksBBC World · 25 Sept, 17:35
• The Supreme Court revives a controversial data system for citizenship checksNPR · 25 Sept, 16:40

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