Local movements to rid city streets of AI-powered surveillance cameras used by law enforcement are growing rapidly amid scandals, mounting privacy concerns, and public backlash to mass surveillance under the authoritarian Trump administration.

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Using lower level retail thefts to justify mass #surveillance infrastructure. This, in turn, adds to the network effect and further entrenches the technology! "If this sounds like state-funded asset protection for your depressing local shopping mall, that's probably by design" #deflock #alpr

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76 Flock Cameras Disabled in the East Bay

"A controversial multimillion-dollar deal between New York City’s public hospital system and military contractor Palantir, first reported by The Intercept, is coming to an end." "Our campaign against Palantir doesn't stop in NYC." #NewYork #USA #Healthcare #Surveillance #Protest

New from @makcapitalism.bsky.social! The Backbone of the Counterinsurgency Machine with Fatema Ahmad and Brendan McQuade www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_ES...

Another cancelled Flock Safety contract! Pittsboro, watch out for Axon sneaking in to get their ALPRs in place. www.heraldsun.com/news/local/c...

"The writings of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people over the years have pried that black box [of prison] open at times." Celebrated organizer James Kilgore on the political power of incarcerated people's journalism and writing.

Wednesday from @jaybeware.bsky.social! We're going to host a listening session and discussion in the coming weeks. Stay tuned for more info. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_ES...

🚨 White House unveils pre-crime strategy to target the left, including pro-Palestinian protesters, "anti-Fascists," and "anti-American, radically pro-transgender ideologies." Full document: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/insane-pre...

Check this documentary out! I had the honor of narrating and it was special because the creators really captured so much powerful, inspiring work. Host a screening and watch with friends. More chapters to come!

I think it's worth emphasizing that lots of local police departments and sheriffs across the country also contract with Penlink for PLX and their other products. We need to organize against DHS using these tools but also local police. Connect with us if you want to learn more.

I don’t think a lot of people are prepared to consider the creepy, abusive, and invasive implications of this. There is no camera that only sees what you want it to see.

When I visited Dunwoody's real time crime center: 1. Flock was running in a vanilla install of Google Chrome. 2. I asked them to press F12, and showed them the video stream running entirely without encryption. 3. They gave me a challenge coin and it had a fucking surveillance drone on it. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Part of what this scandal shows is how many constantly-monitored cameras there are in some cities. In this case it's not just livestreams of police cameras. There are cameras from private businesses/clubs/community centers being piped directly to cops in real time: www.404media.co/city-learns-...

Asheville residents have mobilized against a new surveillance center, but city council doesn't want to hear from them. They're bringing in industry lobbyists.

Why ALPRs make us less safe. ALPRs are dangerous tools.

This is fascism.

The ACLU really putting a strong stake in the sand when it comes to ALPRs. indyweek.com/news/what-th...

The only way to prevent ICE from getting ALPR data is to never install ALPRs. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/04...

Former Panther, BLA member, and political prisoner Russell Maroon Shoatz described “the mosaic” as a model of what’s possible. It helps us see beyond the posturing and corniness that pervades US left sects, which remain stuck. Here's my latest for @prismreports.org. prismreports.org/2026/04/28/l...

“Drivers cruising along Fruitvale Avenue recently may have noticed a curious sight: a small black camera with a solar panel attached to a light post, splattered with purple paint.”

Another one down! Chatham County, NC cancels their contract with #FlockSafety chapelboro.com/the-aaron-ke...

Read our new zine on the architecture of APD’s surveillance apparatus and Georgia’s very own DHS-sponsored fusion center, the Georgia Information Sharing & Analysis Center (GISAC). sassisouth.org/projects/gisac

“Cheap, ubiquitous and always on, cameras are uniquely useful targets. Poorly secured feeds can reveal where officials live, how convoys move and who walked into which building when. And new AI tools can turn that flood of footage into something searchable and operationally useful.”

Now unlocked: Mariame Kaba @prisonculture.bsky.social & Andrea Ritchie @dreanyc123.bsky.social on how to understand the spectacular violence of Trump’s ICE surges as an extension of the violence of everyday policing, and why to abolish ICE we must abolish the police soundcloud.com/deathpanel/a...

I interviewed with WNYC's On the Media about what is happening to trans people in the United States. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

The problem of surveillance is bigger than Flock Safety. Join us on 4/15 for a webinar to learn more about why Flock Safety is just a starting point for challenging the surveillance apparatus around us. Please register at tinyurl.com/biggerthanflock

The way forward won't be building hardened publicly owned data centers, it will be giving public money to defend private data centers. Opposition to data centers becomes a threat to national security, punishable by law of course.

New from SASSI: "DHS Has Sown Seeds of Authoritarianism Since Its Founding" sassisouth.org/projects/dhs...

BlueLeaks 2.0 (91.53 GB) BlueLeaks 2.0 contains millions of submissions and tips about alleged crimes and terrorist acts. The data comes from P3, which is used by intelligence, law enforcement, and schools. ddosecrets.org/article/blue... Help us keep publishing: donorbox.org/ddosecrets

New from SASSI: "DHS Has Sown Seeds of Authoritarianism Since Its Founding" sassisouth.org/projects/dhs...

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To be clear, none of what has been reported about how police use Flock Safety and other ALPRs is "misuse." Police are using these tools as they were designed to be used. urbanmilwaukee.com/2026/03/15/p...

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I met with AI data labelers in Kenya who are organizing their colleagues to fight the brutal working conditions and horrible pay given to the workers at the "bottom of the AI supply chain." They believe the NDAs they've signed are unenforceable so are speaking out: www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...

If you haven't, we would recommend reviewing the recent updates Flock made to its terms of service. Might be worth asking your elected officials if they have seen these updates. haveibeenflocked.com/news/terms-f...

“The University of Wisconsin-Madison Academic Staff Assembly passed a resolution on Monday calling for UWPD to end their contract with Flock Safety and publish all other contracts with surveillance technology companies, like Motorola Safeties and Rhombus.”

Scoop: DHS ousted multiple privacy officers at CBP after they questioned orders to purposely mislabel records about government surveillance to prevent their release under FOIA.

The Atlanta Police Department is doing the Lord's work. Included in the Homeland Security Unit's report about the April 2023 Stop Cop City "Week of Resiliency" are a number of events with national security concerns, including a bake sale. Cupcakes are known to be a telltale sign of terrorism.

“Axon was sued by shareholders last month after rejecting a transparency proposal asking the policing technology firm to disclose its political spending strategy and make transparent all direct and indirect political contributions.”

What's fun about this is that the continued existence of the LAPD also "undercuts the city's promise as a haven for immigrants, those seeking gender-affirming care and other vulnerable groups."

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