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REPORT: Trump Admin Considering Program That Would Use Data Harvested From Smart Devices To Prevent Mass Violence

Frank Camp
REPORT: Trump Admin Considering Program That Would Use Data Harvested From Smart Devices To Prevent Mass Violence
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On Thursday, The Washington Post published a report alleging that the Trump administration has been presented with a project that would use technology as a means of collecting data on human subjects in order to prevent mental health-related violence.

The outlet states that a new governmental agency would be created, called the Health Advanced Research Projects Agency, or HARPA, and that the agency would be Russian-dolled inside the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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