Surveillance company Flock cuts staff as privacy backlash grows
Flock would not say if CEO Garrett Langley would take a pay cut following the reduction in workforce.
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Trading platform Webull's China ties create national security risk, congressional panel finds; stock drops 18%
A congressional committee says trading platform Webull is not the ordinary U.S. company it claims, but exposes customer data to Chinese surveillance risk.
Commodities
'Mike Rogers Is Watching You': New Ad Blitz From Abdul El-Sayed Attacks Surveillance Support
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is leaning into one of the major complaints about surveillance from voters this election cycle.
Federal Judge Rules Warrantless Flock Search Violated 4th Amendment Rights
'A type of indiscriminate mass surveillance'
Federal judge calls Flock 'indiscriminate mass surveillance'
A federal judge ruled that a sheriff's deputy violated a woman's Fourth Amendment rights when using Flock to search for her license plate without a warrant.
Macro
AOC, Bernie Sanders Introduce Bill To Ban Feds From Using Flock Cameras
'Cannot allow America to become a surveillance state'
EXCLUSIVE: Florida Congressman Looks To Crack Down On Warrantless Flock Surveillance
EXCLUSIVE: GOP Lawmaker Looks To Crack Down On Warrantless Flock Surveillance
Industrials
With Denmark, Saildrone logs first flag registration for naval surveillance drone
U.S. naval drone maker Saildrone seeks to expand its footprint in Europe, with Denmark a key customer in the contested Baltic and North seas.
Why licence-plate readers are angering Americans
Surveillance cameras are becoming the new data centres
Autos
Surveillance video shows ICE chase with lights and sirens before Austin migrant shooting
Surveillance footage captures federal vehicles chasing Venezuelan migrant Wilber Garces Perez through Austin before an ICE officer-involved shooting.
Industrials
Massachusetts Responds To Lindsay Clancy Failure By Expanding Home Surveillance Of New Moms
'Postpartum depression'
Victims say Home Office attempt to curtail spycops inquiry will result in a 'cover-up'
Shabana Mahmood is concerned about length and £144m cost of inquiry into intrusive police surveillance. Victims of intrusive police surveillance have accused t…
Josh Hawley Asks Surveillance CEOs To Testify As Industry Faces Heat Over Privacy
'Americans deserve answers'
Surveillance Patent Shows Flock Spying Way Worse Than Advertised
"face recognition data points"
Technology
A Warning From Britain: I Was Nearly Groomed At 11. Surveillance Won't Save Girls Like Me
When I was eleven years old, an older man tried to groom me online. I didn't tell my parents, and I didn't report it. Instead, driven by the confused, often da…
AI
House Ditching Capitol Hill Early Without Touching AI, Debt Or Mass Surveillance
House Ditching Capitol Hill Early Without Touching AI, Debt Or Mass Surveillance
EXCLUSIVE: Congressman Wants Surveillance Cameras To 'Get The Flock Out' Of His District
'like 702 on steroids'
Industrials
Leaks, data breaches, and ransom notes: The worst hacks of 2026 so far
From the massive DOGE data breach and the compromise of critical infrastructure to the hack of federal surveillance systems, here are the most damaging securit…
Consumer
A Brooklyn bodega cat was stolen - and a community has rallied to try to find him
Two people appeared to take three-month-old Jabal the kitten in plain view of a surveillance camera. Owners of a New York City bodega on Monday were holding ou…
GA man wanted after being filmed 'intensely interacting' with rubber duck in stranger's hot tub: 'Infatuated'
Surveillance video captures a man trespassing into a stranger's hot tub and spending over 10 minutes "intensely interacting" with a rubber duck.
AI
Anthropic says Claude used for cyberattacks and surveillance
A Russian-speaking operator targeted more than 20 organizations, while a Mali consultant used Claude to build a mass-surveillance platform.
'Dr Doom' shows support for surveillance cameras at city council meeting in Seattle - video
A man dressed as the Marvel supervillain addressed the Seattle city council on 8 September to champion the expansion of the city's surveillance network Continu…
AI
Anthropic says it blocked misuse of AI that could have supported biological weapons
Anthropic says it has blocked efforts by bad actors to use its artificial intelligence models for malicious activity such as cyberattacks, surveillance and res…
Transport
Anti-Flock Livestreamer Tears Down Truckload Of Surveillance Cameras, Drives Them To Sheriff's Office
'Before turning someone into a hero, look beyond the livestream and examine the facts'
Consumer
Why Americans Are Unplugging Flock's New Wave Of Surveillance
We all know we are being watched all the time. The cellphone in our pocket tracks our every movement. The CCTV at Starbucks captures my coffee order. The "For…
Autos
Cheap Chinese 'Surveillance Machines' Cannot Flood US Car Market At All Costs
'cheap, Chinese surveillance machines on our streets'
DUKE: We Already Know Who The Criminals Are - So Why Are Conservatives Embracing Mass Surveillance?
The shoddy case for Flock
US lawmakers demand investigation into Trump administration's secret surveillance of Americans
Exclusive: Two congressmembers respond to revelations of government snooping on journalists, non-profits and unions. Two congressional Democrats asked a govern…
BOEBERT: Surveillance On Every Corner Is Not Freedom
'Protect public safety without surrendering the right to live unmonitored lives'
