Accountability and privacy are on a collision course that raises the stakes for the role of face-covering in modern life.

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How covering your face became a constitutional matter: Mask debate tests free speech rights By CHRISTINE FERNANDO The Associated Press,Updated June 23, 2025, 7:12 p.m.