Lawmakers Introduce Multiple Laws to Curb Flock After 404 Media Coverage
We cannot allow America to become a surveillance state where a handful of AI oligarchs profit by giving the government the power to track our every movement.”💡Do you know anything else about Flock? Using a non-work device, you can message me securely on Signal at joseph.404 or send me an email at [email protected] said, “AI-powered cameras are keeping track of our every move and weaponizing this data against working people to make record profits. In May 2025, 404 Media revealed local cops were doing lookups in Flock for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
- ▪We cannot allow America to become a surveillance state where a handful of AI oligarchs profit by giving the government the power to track our every movement.”💡Do you know anything else about Flock?
- ▪Using a non-work device, you can message me securely on Signal at joseph.404 or send me an email at [email protected] said, “AI-powered cameras are keeping track of our every move and weaponizing this data against working peo
- ▪In May 2025, 404 Media revealed local cops were doing lookups in Flock for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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| Publication time | Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:55:11 +0000 |
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Multiple Democrat, Republican, and Independent lawmakers have introduced new pieces of legislation that, if passed, would dramatically curb federal agencies’ access to Flock cameras, with the lawmakers referencing reporting by 404 Media in their explanations for why the legislation is needed.On Friday Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) announced the Ban Flock Act, which would prohibit federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) and block federal funding from state and local governments that use the cameras.
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