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The Foilies 2026: Flock Safety Receives Transparency 'Award'

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Beryl Lipton, Dave Maass, Aaron Mackey · March 15, 2026

EFF and MuckRock's annual Sunshine Week awards singled out Flock Safety for using bogus trademark claims against DeFlock.me and hiring a takedown company to remove HaveIBeenFlocked.com from the internet. Taunton PD charged ACLU $1.8 million for audit logs. The awards highlight Flock's pattern of using legal intimidation to silence critics and suppress public accountability tools.

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