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Americans across political divides are uniting in opposition to Flock Safety's automated license plate reader cameras, citing privacy concerns and fears of mass government surveillance, with critics highlighting the network effect business model that incentivizes data collection.
The ACLU of Massachusetts is releasing an online toolkit for criminal defense attorneys to force prosecutors to disclose whether police used surveillance technologies like facial recognition, license plate readers, and stingrays against defendants, aiming to expose secret state surveillance in court.
The Los Angeles Police Department is ending its contract with surveillance company Flock Safety over serious privacy and civil liberties concerns, marking a major setback for automated license plate reader surveillance in the U.S.
The article reports that ICE's Office of Professional Responsibility has opened over 100 investigations into online critics of Trump's immigration policies, sending agents to people's homes and issuing warnings for speech that may not be illegal. The practice raises First Amendment concerns and involves subpoenas to tech companies for user identities.
A new report from activist groups documents the rapid expansion of surveillance infrastructure through partnerships between tech companies and federal agencies, including facial recognition, social media scraping, and deportation tools, raising concerns about authoritarian control and democratic erosion.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation outlines its approach to AI, emphasizing civil liberties, surveillance risks, regulation of use rather than technology, and the need for competition and privacy protections.
EFF Senior Policy Analyst Dr. Matthew Guariglia testified before Congress about AI-powered mass surveillance threatening constitutional rights and government secrecy preventing accountability for AI errors. EFF called for clear safeguards around governmental use of AI to protect privacy and transparency.
A tweet raises concerns about Canadian bill C-22, which would expand surveillance powers, mandate data retention and backdoors for tech companies, and lower legal thresholds for accessing personal information across the entire population, potentially forcing some tech firms to leave Canada.