📍 Use the DeFlock Map We are building a public map of ALPRs, AI surveillance cameras, autonomous drones, and connected surveillance infrastructure so communities can see what’s being installed around them. The DeFlock App works great, too! www.deflock.org #Flock #Privacy #MassSurveillance

"When asked whether people in demonstration videos gave permission to be recorded, a Flock public relations representative interrupted the interview and said the company would not answer questions about its employees viewing cameras at the Jewish Community Center." I bet they did. #Flock #Privacy

This is what community victory looks like in NC! 👇🚫📸 Pittsboro Commissioners just voted 4-1 to end their Flock Safety contract early and remove the spy cameras. With Chatham County already dropping theirs last month, the 1

2 whole county is now Flock-free. When everyday people come out and fill the meetings, mass surveillance starts to lose its power! Small towns staying free, let’s keep that spirit alive!

"Opposition to mass #surveillance is not a left-right issue ... government should not be able to build a warrantless database of law-abiding citizens’ movements and later search it at will. This is a direct assault on our constitutional rights." #deflock #alpr #4a

@ai-everyday.bsky.social writes #flock has launched Raven—microphones alongside its cameras. They can detect human voices and record conversations. Photo is of our rally with @the-wolves.bsky.social on May 15 in #paloalto. #gettheflockout #flockoffnow #flocksafety is BS

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You can't talk about the "program's intent" while ignoring the reality of how these systems actually work, the dangers/abuses it brings & the constitutional rights it tramples on. ALPRs are mass #surveillance infrastructure where *every* vehicle is logged "just in case." #deflock #renton #alpr #4a

Perhaps Verona did start something! Dane County, Monona, and now McFarland have opted to do without Flock camera surveillance systems. www.mcfarland.wi.us/m/newsflash/...

No less than a dozen people have reached out in the last week regarding a conversation with "me" that I did not have. Please be safe and cautious online! 🙏🏻

"In this context, Flock’s system is depicted as monitoring for sounds such as gunfire, glass breaking, or calls for help and then sending an approximate location to police in real time." If they can hear calls for help, they can hear everything else too. Enough is Enough. noalprs.com

"DeFlockCentralCoast recently launched an online toolkit of resources, called “how to start de-Flocking”. That sounds very useful. Keep it up everyone!

"The Flock Safety patent also states that it will use neural networks to identify and track humans, and then filter them into searchable databases using a person’s age, clothing type, gait/posture, gender, height, race, and weight." Does that sound like a license plate? #Flock #Surveillance #Tech

Gonna need to change the motto on our license plates to "First in Flock"

The McFarland Police Department will not move forward with a planned purchase of automated license plate reader technology from Flock Safety.

Police using face recognition technology are prioritizing low-level crimes over privacy rights, EFF’s Beryl Lipton told @thenvindy.com. We don't want a society "where we expect that just because we went into public, a police officer is going to get to know… or be able to search that in real time."

"Despite Flock’s marketing materials as a technological advancement for public safety, evidence over just the past few months indicates that the powerful technology, accessible by hundreds of different agencies at any given time, poses a massive threat to regular citizens." #deflock #surveillance

“Sure, the headline changes with a slightly better company. But the innate issues around ALPRs don’t. You still have similar cameras, similar databases, similar mass, warrantless tracking. You just have a different logo on the contract.” Spot On, Jon McCray-Jones ACLU Wisconsin noalprs.com

Mayo Clinic's "Ambient Listening" has been around for a couple of years, but clearly not all patients know their interactions with nurses are being passively recorded and processed by AI.

"Nationally, and often involving law enforcement officers, ALPR systems have been used for personal, non-work-related tracking, including stalking ex-partners. " Think about how many we don't know about. www.noalprs.com Your life shouldn't be searchable.

In response to the year of negative reporting on Flock and its harms, the vendor has started hosting webinars on how police chiefs should engage city government at budget hearings. What you’re seeing is a corporate-backed propaganda campaign in real time.

"Is #Flock actually keeping us safer, and if it is, why are so many people working so hard to get rid of it?" NoALPRs.com 🚫 #deflock #surveillance #alpr

I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: End Flock in Pasadena. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/end-...

@drakewarren.bsky.social would you commit to voting against the expansion of Flock cameras and other surveillance technologies that share data with the federal government?

🤔what are flock cameras?

Will we be installing extra cameras in children's rec centers so Flock execs can watch little kids do gymnastics or is that just a special deal they have with Dunwoody, Georgia?

"The council was originally planning to consider a request by the police department for funding for an additional camera and renewal of the contract with Flock on May 12, but the city removed its request the night before, saying the subject warranted its own discussion." www.noalprs.com

Meanwhile, in the US, in Columbine, CO, a woman had to spend tens of thousands of dollars and months of her time proving her innocence when FLOCK surveillance cameras had a hallucination and identified her, a short blonde woman in a green Rivian, as a thief who was a tall brunette in a white pickup.

I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: End Flock in Pasadena. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/end-...

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Did you know EFF created the Atlas of Surveillance? It's our database mapping police surveillance tech across the U.S.! You can support our work pushing back against surveillance, and get a t-shirt to show support for that work, today: eff.org/spring

Interesting perspective from CM Rodriguez in San Marcos. "It took significant work to combat bad-faith criticism and overcome how normalized state #surveillance has become in this country. But terminating our #Flock contract was possible, and other local governments can do it too." #deflock #alpr

"On Monday, May 11th, the City Council officially filed a lawsuit against Mayor Mantello. The suit argues that, not only did she abuse her powers by declaring a public safety emergency, but that she improperly authorized a $78,000 payment to Flock behind the city council's back." www.noalprs.com

Hey Everyone! Thank you so much for following us and all of your efforts in making sure our 4th amendment rights are being respected. I would like for you to check out the Official DeFlock bsky @deflock.org for more update to news and events. Thank you everyone! www.noalprs.com

Read this council members letter to his constituents "Fine, lets go back to the 1880" and take down all cameras and phones in a childish response to losing a vote on Flock Cameras. www.noalprs.com

"The Bandera City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday night, May 12, to terminate the city’s contract with Flock Safety Systems following months of public opposition to the planned license plate reader camera program" WTG Bandera! www.noalprs.com

"Vallejo’s Measure P Oversight Committee recommended spending more than $300,000 in city sales tax revenue on Flock Safety license plate reader technology, but recommended against using it to fund police body and dash cameras." You see what they did there? www.noalprs.com

Victory in Pittsboro, NC! 🏆 "the town board voted 4-1 to end the contract Monday night, setting a July 1 deadline for the Atlanta-based company to remove the cameras after an outpouring of concerns from local residents." Best get some duct tape ready.. just in case! 😉 #deflock #surveillance #alpr

Texas locals are canceling their Flock camera contracts in their cities. www.texasobserver.org/license-plat...

Yay! More tax dollars being spent! /s These politicians are wild. They defend Flock to the bitter end. It's almost as if they are scared, but why would they be scared of a giant mass surveillance company..oh I see #SurveillanceState #4thAmendment #ALPR #CivilLiberties #KnowYourRights #DataPrivacy

"The department’s school resource officer, Lindsay Brozich, walked up to the podium and slapped her badge down, leaving it there as she walked away." Quitting and having her Flock interview at the same time. National Week of Action Against ALPRs - noalprs.com #trending #viral #fyp #Privacy #AI