Don't forget, the national week of action against ALPRs is coming August 16-22! Stay tuned! noalprs.com

“You will not speak on Flock tonight,” he responds. “One person designated. You can pick that person … if I gave everyone three minutes to say the same thing, which is opposition to Flock, we’d never get done … I’ve spoken." www.404media.co/you-will-not...

"The move came days after Central Current asked city officials why Flock readers were kept up beyond a legislatively imposed deadline for the readers to be taken down." Weird that this kind of thing keeps happening. centralcurrent.org/syracuse-pol...

Now you can follow us on Instagram! Check out our first post where we talk about our new Flock detector with a brand new detection signature developed in Joplin. www.instagram.com/p/DYi_W4FRLKf/

DeFlock.org is hosting a national week of action against ALPRs! Details to come. Sign up to get updates at www.noalprs.com

Joplin, no matter how you feel about the immigration issue, this shows how a vast surveillance network like this can be exploited. Local rules don't matter when your data is shared nonchalantly. Imagine the ATF, FBI, DEA, and so on, all making it regular practice to use this system.

Don't forget to get out and vote today!

Thanks for having us today @indivisiblejoplin.bsky.social. It was great to see and talk to everyone!

"Flock Wing License(s) Included": How Speed Cameras Became Surveillance Cameras haveibeenflocked.com/news/speed-c...

Ok ok, huge invoices for public records are fun, but what's the smallest, most petty invoice you've gotten? Joplin really likes slowing down access to our own records so they nickel and dime us for every request. Even tiny ones like this one for $3.23.

It was refreshing to see so many people showing up to speak about their concerns, and it was infuriating to sit there while a company lied about our research and videos. youtube.com/shorts/I_y7O...

We are going to be at Leonard Park on 3/28 from 10 AM to 4 PM. Get real answers about Flock in Joplin. If you can, please bring some food or hygiene products for the donation drive too!

Leonardo, an alternative to #Flock for #ALPR, offers tech that logs your wireless devices as well as your plate! "When multiple devices consistently move together with a vehicle, SignalTrace's algorithms link them to that vehicles' license plate and time-stamped location." #deflock #surveillance

Great speaking tonight at the Dunwoody, GA council meeting about Flock! Don't forget to read about some of the data from Dunwoody here: haveibeenflocked.com/news/flock-i... #dunwoody #GA #Flock #DeFlock

1/12 Pembroke Pines quietly built a surveillance machine over 10 years. $1.3 million. 160+ cameras. Facial recognition. FBI database access. Audio capture. 13 Commission votes. Zero seconds of debate. Every document is public record. 🧵

We obtained images from a Flock camera in Joplin, which seems to indicate Flock images are public domain, at least in Missouri. Cities in Washington began pulling their cameras after a similar revelation due to the implications. deflockjoplin.today/posts/2026-0...

Someone at Joplin searched over 800 networks and 14,000 devices for the purpose of "City Planning/Traffic Analysis - Internal."

Seneca, MO has removed their Flock cameras after a very short period of time. The cameras are said to have been active less than 90 days. youtu.be/AQrXhEzZXP8

To those in this community supporting and widening the scope of research and advocacy; Pat yourself on the back. Real progress is slow and steady.💪🏻

Eyes Off Colorado is organizing a protest on March 7th. Please share! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

Flock's new CISO co-founded a nonprofit with a Bishop Fox board member. Now Bishop Fox is conducting Flock's 'independent' security audit. Sure.

We have a new post! We will also be talking about this at the City Council meeting Tuesday! deflockjoplin.today/posts/2026-0...

Given the DC trying to come to Joplin, this may be relevant!

The city has now twice reached out to talk. This has only happened since that weird thing we had to report Seneca for. Both times we basically asked them to "do a democracy" and that appears to be too much. We are so behind on posts because behind the scenes things are weird.

@lowes-official.bsky.social hey we've tried to get in touch about this. There was a big breach of Flock cameras out here in Joplin, MO and we have asked if we can work with Lowe's to see if your systems were used in the breach. Do you have a comment or would you like to get in touch?

as cities debate Automated License Plate Readers, we often hear the same reassurances: don’t worry, we’ll regulate them/set strict rules/never share data with ICE/we'll only use them for speeding/etc. political promises may feel comforting but it misses that the INFRASTRUCTURE itself is the danger.

Guys, one of us only just realized why it's called Muckrock. 😅Thank you so much for your help. @muckrock.bsky.social

We reported the Joplin City Clerk's Office to the AG today for Sunshine Law violations.... again. :(

Check out our interview on KODE from our public rep!

There is concerning evidence that extremely sensitive data from Joplin has wound up in another agency in possible violation of the law. We have inquired with multiple city employees simultaneously we are not sure if we should expect a response based on their current behavior.

We asked the city for the full data or anonymized data. This was their response. They claim what's on our website is not possible. Our Excel experience is not great and we figured it out in ~10 minutes. They are records professionals. This is your city Joplin!

Finding what we found wasn't hard. We used HaveIBeenFlocked.com once and our collective jaws hit the floor. What was hard was documenting everything the way we did and developing an alternate source for the data to make sure what we were seeing was real. Here's an example.

OMG JOPLIN! 😍 Thank you so much!

Joplin, MO: "We do not have any interagency agreements in place regarding the use of Flock." Check out all 52 pages of agencies that didn't have to sign a city agreement to gain access to your location data on our site:

Speaking of this, we also have several other issues with the City Clerk's office and are considering representation. If anyone has any resources, WE ARE LOOKING!

We knew the name of the officer abusing the Flock system in Joplin before we filed a records request. However, the city also revealed it to us accidentally when they did an "Epstein Files" on the redaction. All of the things they were trying to hide were easily discovered just by using copy +paste

@indivisiblejoplin.bsky.social Hey over there! We've sent a couple emails your way, but not sure if they got lost in your inbox. We'd love to talk about collaboration possibilities and maybe get your info on our website if you feel the same way about Flock we do.

Here's our audit of Joplin, MO's audit logs we retrieved from Mukilteo, WA and other sources. We believe our work sparked the recent discipline of an officer who was abusing the Flock system. deflockjoplin.today/posts/2026-0...

Hello Bluesky! We're just getting started here, but we are a small group of Flock researchers who are looking into things in Joplin! Check out our website: deflockjoplin.today