Privacy & Surveillance

20+ hour, 13+ min ago   (947+ words) During a regularly scheduled Woodland City Council meeting earlier this month, the Woodland Police Department shared successes and addressed community concerns about the use of Flock Safety, a company that provides automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras to police and…...

1+ hour, 44+ min ago   (769+ words) Citizens Can Record Officers But… – Police Clarifies CATA: FG Releases Eight-Month Allowance To Tertiary Institutions NAFDAC Seeks Death Sentence For Counterfeiters Presidency Fires Back Over US FOIA Case, Says ‘It Is Not a Criminal Trial’ INEC Sounds Alarm Over AI…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (568+ words) Sunday September 13, 2026 The draft Cyber Security (Amendment) Act, 2026 could create an environment of "unchecked surveillance, impunity and repression" in Bangladesh's cyberspace and pose serious risks to freedom of speech and expression, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) said today (11 September). The anti-graft…...

2+ hour, 16+ min ago   (628+ words) 97.5 Glory FM Recent audits and investigations have revealed misuse of Flock license plate reader systems by officers in several Georgia agencies and the latest information shows the Hall County Sheriff’s Office is number two on the list of agencies with…...

23+ hour, 57+ min ago   (956+ words) Although the Milwaukee Police Department halted its use of facial recognition technology in February, there are still cases being prosecuted in Milwaukee County in which the technology was used at some point in the investigation. This means concerns about the…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago   (602+ words) A man who committed a crime 'almost 10 years ago' was pulled aside by police after new AI-powered facial recognition cameras spotted him on the street. Western Australia Police have been trialling the new software in several areas around Perth and…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1713+ words) The new headlines seem to pop up daily. The Flock cameras were allegedly used by a former sheriff’s deputy in Wisconsin’s Kenosha County to stalk his then-girlfriend, who also worked as a deputy sheriff. In McHenry County, a police chief…...

3+ hour, 11+ min ago   (1164+ words) Tired of hearing about Flock? So are we. But the debate now needs to move past whether people like the technology. There’s a bigger question now, and it really matters: Who had the authority to suspend it? That question hasn’t…...

3+ hour, 8+ min ago   (563+ words) Almost overnight, the debate about automated license plate readers (ALPR), or what many simply know as “Flock cameras,” has exploded. For those living under a rock, Flock cameras capture the license plates and other identifying characteristics of vehicles that pass…...

3+ hour, 15+ min ago   (319+ words) Published Sep 13, 2026 6:01 AM EDT In case you thought the extreme backlash against automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) was excessive, a veteran police investigator was just arrested after conducting over 4,000 unauthorized searches using the software provided by Flock Safety. According to…...