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How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Dave Maass and Rindala Alajaji · November 20, 2025

EFF analysis of 10 months of nationwide Flock search data found more than 50 agencies ran hundreds of searches connected to protest activity. Many searches logged only 'protest' as justification, demonstrating how mass surveillance enables tracking of First Amendment activities without warrants.

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