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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 13h

This is why neither the companies profiting from a technology nor the agencies deploying it can be trusted to tell the full story about how it's being used. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed License Plate Search Was for a

New documents and court records obtained by EFF show that Texas deputies queried Flock Safety's surveillance data in an abortion investigation, contradicting the narrative promoted by the company and

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404 Media @404media.co · 1d

NEW: Cops in Texas told 404 Media in May they used Flock to find a woman who self-administered an abortion out of concern for her safety.

Documents now show police were conducting a “death investigation” and discussed whether they could charge her with a crime: www.404media.co/police-said-...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

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Dave Maass 🔦 @maassive.bsky.social · 1d

Flock Safety can try to deny that its ALPR network was used by a Texas sheriff to investigate a woman who had an abortion, but newly obtained records show that it was, in fact, a "death investigation" of a non-viable fetus.

Deputies even considered charging her for it.

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Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed License Plate Search Was for a Missing Person. It Was an Abortion Investigation.

New documents and court records obtained by EFF show that Texas deputies queried Flock Safety's surveillance data in an abortion investigation, contradicting the narrative promoted by the company and ...

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: In May, a Texas police department said they used the powerful Flock surveillance network against a woman who had an abortion "for her safety"

Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime

www.404media.co/police-said-...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

www.404media.co

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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 2d

Another really well put together video discussing the scale and dangers of Flock's dystopian, mass surveillance network.

Contains interviews with Will Freeman, the creator of deflock.me 🤜🤛, and EFF's @maassive.bsky.social.

#deflock #redmond #surveillance #alpr #flocksafety

The police's terrifying new cameras

YouTube video by Christophe

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Dave Maass 🔦 @maassive.bsky.social · 2d

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Nic Anstett @nicanstett.bsky.social · 2d

I had the pleasure of reviewing @mattielubchansky.com’s incredible new graphic novel,“Simplicity,” for @autostraddle.bsky.social!

Mattie Lubchansky’s Folk-Horror Graphic Novel ‘Simplicity’ Is Transcendent

Lubchansky illustrates trans sexuality as sensual and transcendental but also with all the messy awkwardness and vulnerability that comes with human intimacy.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 4d

“The El Cajon Police Department is one of the holdouts, violating state law and recklessly putting Californians at risk by sharing data with many out-of-state agencies, including those in states with abortion bans," EFF’s @Maassive.bsky.social told CBS 8.
www.cbs8.com/article/new...

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Dave Maass 🔦 @maassive.bsky.social · 5d

Both have pretty good bbc audio dramatizations

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Dave Maass 🔦 @maassive.bsky.social · 9d

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Dave Maass 🔦 @maassive.bsky.social · 17d

It’s such a phenomenal film.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17d

California’s S.B. 524, which puts important guardrails on police using AI to write police reports, has passed through the statehouse. Now it’s time for us to tell Governor Newsom to sign it into law. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

California, Tell Governor Newsom: Regulate AI Police Reports and Sign

Californians should urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign S.B. 524: a common-sense bill that takes important first-step reforms to regulate police reports written by generative AI. This is crucial, as

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · 18d

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.

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Dave Maass 🔦 @maassive.bsky.social · 19d

Monster Florence’s Petty Cash is out today and I’ve always known it would be vying for my number one. monsterflorenceband.bandcamp.com/album/petty-...

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Dave Maass 🔦 @maassive.bsky.social · 24d

This is why I donate more to Bagel Radio than I pay to Spotify.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 26d

Did you know that the @archive.org has been archiving TV 24 hours a day since 2000, or that it digitizes about 3,000 books a day? Learn more about how @brewster.kahle.org and the Archive team preserve history on the new episode of “How to Fix the Internet.”

Podcast Episode: Building and Preserving the Library of Everything

All this season, “How to Fix the Internet” has been focusing on the tools and technology of freedom – and one of the most important tools of freedom is a library. Access to knowledge not only creates ...

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Dave Maass 🔦 @maassive.bsky.social · 29d

Nope. Nope. I refuse to believe it.

Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 29d

After 25 years at EFF, Cindy Cohn is stepping down as executive director. In a WIRED interview, she reflects on encryption, AI, and why she’s not ready to quit the battle.

Cindy Cohn Is Leaving the EFF, but Not the Fight for Digital Rights

After 25 years at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Cindy Cohn is stepping down as executive director. In a WIRED interview, she reflects on encryption, AI, and why she’s not ready to quit the battl...

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · Sep 8

“It’s like seeing the eye of Sauron hanging over your city,” EFF’s @maassive.bsky.social told @texasobserver.org of the Torre Centinela surveillance nexus rising over Ciudad Juárez. Will it gather information in violation of US laws and share it with US law enforcement?

Just Beyond the Texas Border, Chihuahua Is Launching a Burgeoning State Surveillance System

The 20-story Torre Centinela looming over Juárez is part of a much larger AI-powered network that won’t stop at the U.S.-Mexico divide.

www.texasobserver.org

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Dave Maass 🔦 @maassive.bsky.social · Sep 5

State Department is going to hire influencers in Ecuador to promote "250 Years of American Excellence" sam.gov/workspace/co...

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Dave Maass 🔦 @maassive.bsky.social · Sep 3

Can’t wait to learn how wage theft and insider trading will be eliminated by drones and surveillance cameras.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Sep 3

Local man embraces fascism.

AI Startup Flock Thinks It Can Eliminate All Crime In America

With more than 80,000 AI-powered cameras across the U.S., Flock Safety has become one of cops’ go-to surveillance tools. Now CEO Garrett Langley has both police tech giant Axon and Chinese drone maker...

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Dave Maass 🔦 @maassive.bsky.social · Sep 2

This was phenomenon even pre-Musk. Had a similar empty account where i was even getting recommended emails full of Coulter, Trump Jr, etc

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · Aug 30

In a victory for transparency, the government contractor Pen-Link agreed to disclose the prices and descriptions of surveillance products that it sold to a local California Sheriff's office. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Victory! Pen-Link's Police Tools Are Not Secret

The records disclosed in the settlement show that in late 2023, the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office paid $180,000 for a two-year subscription to the Tangles “Web Intelligence Platform,” which is

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Alex Harrison @alexhairysun.bsky.social · Aug 26

EVANSTON DEFLOCKS: City just issued a news release announcing that all 19 license plate cameras have been deactivated, and the contract will be fully terminated effective Sept. 26. Story TK.

Evanston Deactivates Flock Cameras and Terminates Contract

On August 26, the City of Evanston and the Evanston Police Department deactivated all 19 Flock Safety ALPR cameras. The City is no longer collecting or providing license plate reader data to the Flock network.

The findings of the Illinois Secretary of State’s audit, combined with Flock’s admission that it failed to establish distinct permissions and protocols to ensure local compliance while running a pilot program with federal users, are deeply troubling. As a result, the City has deactivated the cameras and issued a termination notice to Flock, effective September 26, 2025.

During this interim period until September 26, data collected by other agencies and shared on the Flock network will remain available for Evanston’s investigations into reported crimes. However, Evanston will not collect or share any data itself.

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Dave Maass 🔦 @maassive.bsky.social · Aug 24

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Student Press Law Center @splc.org · Aug 19

⚠️ CENSORSHIP NEWS: Lawrence students say their school is preventing them from covering their recent lawsuit alleging the district's use of AI surveillance tools violates their civil rights. loom.ly/_JIH4kI

Lawrence HS censors student journalists after they sue district - Student Press Law Center

Lawrence High School officials are illegally censoring student journalists and intimidating their adviser in the wake of a recent lawsuit, according to a new court motion.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · Aug 12

Remember Robocop? "The entire concept of policing is now just Axon machinery with a little bit of police officer flesh in there,” EFF’s @maassive.bsky.social told @westword.com: cameras, TASERs, automated license plate readers, drones, report-writing AI, and more.

RoboCop on Patrol: Metro Law Enforcement Adopting AI Police Report Technology

"The AI generates something that it thinks it wants you to have. In a police report, that may be more likely to be inculpating than exculpating."

www.westword.com

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