The Government is Monitoring Anti-Flock TikTok and Instagram Accounts
The documents also warn about devices “that could be used to identify the locations of Flock cameras.”Investigative journalist Dan Boguslaw first published several fusion center bulletins about DeFlock, a crowdsourced map of ALPR cameras. 404 Media has now obtained four more recent law enforcement briefings warning police to surveil or beef up patrols of areas where Flock cameras are located (the documents are embedded below). 404 Media obtained the documents through a public records act request.Fusion centers are information-sharing partnerships between local, state, and federal government law enforcement agencies.
- ▪The documents also warn about devices “that could be used to identify the locations of Flock cameras.”Investigative journalist Dan Boguslaw first published several fusion center bulletins about DeFlock, a crowdsourced map of ALPR cameras.
- ▪404 Media has now obtained four more recent law enforcement briefings warning police to surveil or beef up patrols of areas where Flock cameras are located (the documents are embedded below).
- ▪404 Media obtained the documents through a public records act request.Fusion centers are information-sharing partnerships between local, state, and federal government law enforcement agencies.
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Government surveillance centers are monitoring viral anti-Flock Instagram posts, warning local police about upcoming DeFlock events including one scheduled to start next week, and have told cops to “increase patrols around ALPR [automatic license plate readers]” as backlash to Flock grows, according to government intelligence bulletins obtained using public records requests. The documents also warn about devices “that could be used to identify the locations of Flock cameras.”Investigative journalist Dan Boguslaw first published several fusion center bulletins about DeFlock, a crowdsourced map of ALPR cameras.
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