Mass surveillance fears push Silicon Valley city to scrap automated license plate readers

More than four decades ago, mass surveillance shadowed daily life in the Philippines, where Mountain View Mayor Emily Ann Ramos’ parents came of age under Ferdinand Marcos’ iron-fisted rule.

Now in her third year on the council of a major Silicon Valley city, and on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the People Power Revolution — the peaceful uprising that toppled the Marcos regime — Ramos drew a chilling parallel on Tuesday between the repression her parents experienced under martial law...