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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Michigan, Wisconsin and Utah all tried to pass VPN restrictions this past year. We should expect even more this year: I'm already hearing about new bills being planned in other states, including one that would make it a felony to bypass age-verification using VPN. This isn't about protecting kids.
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BD the Toon Dog @bdtoonzone.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For those planning to call Gavin Newsom about the Paramount merger, he's also considering gutting the state's Net Neutrality laws as well so go call him to protect the rules as well!
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web3privacy.info @web3privacy.info · 25/09/2026
We join @fightforthefuture.org Defend VPNs Day ✊ VPNs are providing critical access to information, adding extra layer of security and data privacy. Digital rights activists around the world works on new VPNs to ensure that both privacy & access to internet is a human right. www.defendvpns.com
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vp.net @vpnet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's @fightforthefuture.org's Defend VPNs Day of Action. Age-verification laws create piles of government IDs, and 52 breaches on record have already spilled licenses or passports. VPNs are how people opt out. Defend VPNs & digital privacy! Sign: DefendVPNs.com Our take: s.vp.net/IHOsT
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GothSavageBowserX, CΛS-MPSE (King of Logo/Titles,SFX/VO & Gamer) @gothsavagebowserx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's GO Time!! Today is the Defend VPNs Day of Action!! www.defendvpns.com Thanks to: @fightforthefuture.org @theactionnetwork.bsky.social and others... !!
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Defend VPNs from government bans!
VPNs make it safer to use the Internet. Governments are trying to ban them. Sign to renew your commitment and tell world leaders: using the Internet safely and privately is a human right. Don’t ban VP...
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RaidPanda @raidpanda.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
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vp.net @vpnet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today is @fightforthefuture.org's Defend VPNs Day of Action. The pattern: an age-verification law passes, people turn to VPNs, then lawmakers try to restrict the VPNs. Utah already requires sites to restrict suspected VPN traffic. Sign the letter at DefendVPNs.com
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Defend VPNs from government bans!
VPNs make it safer to use the Internet. Governments are trying to ban them. Sign to renew your commitment and tell world leaders: using the Internet safely and privately is a human right. Don’t ban VP...
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
VPN bans are a direct response to age-verification. Legislators are frustrated that people are getting around their surveillance, but rather than rethink their strategy, they're doubling down and banning VPNs. Fight the Flock-ing of the internet.
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 25/09/2026
VPNs make it safer to use the Internet. Governments are trying to ban them. With the continued global rise of social media bans and “age verification” bills, threats against VPNs have only escalated. Read the letter & take action @ DefendVPNS.com for our 2nd annual Defend VPNs Day of Action!
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 22/09/2026
Trump is coming for net neutrality in California through $1.4 billion in broadband funding, with a HUGE asterisk. To get the money, the state must agree to a rollback of net neutrality protections, with a fast-approaching deadline. calmatters.org/economy/tech...
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California is poised to get $1.4 billion for broadband. But there’s a huge catch
California is about to accept $1.4 billion in federal broadband funding. But it must give up net neutrality and other internet rules.
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 22/09/2026
The community organizing against Flock shows us that people actually give a damn about their privacy and are willing to reclaim it when shown a viable path forward. Want to learn more? Read the latest op-ed in The @nytimes.com by digital rights activist @evangreer.bsky.social at fftf.link/nyt
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"Flock cameras have become an especially enticing target for activists because they have given the mass surveillance state material form and given people a way to channel their generalized anxiety about loss of privacy into concrete action that gets results." Evan Greer (she/her) Digital Rights Activist and Director of Fight for the Future
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Keith Chu @keithchu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
read the op-ed by @evangreer.bsky.social @fightforthefuture.org here - www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/o...
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Opinion | Why People Are Sabotaging Flock Surveillance Cameras
The campaign against Flock shows that fighting to protect personal privacy isn’t a lost cause.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New: we are starting to get data showing what cops are using Axon's license plate cameras for, which are replacing Flock around the country. But we need your help: is your city using Axon? We have written the request you need to get this data yourself. Get it here: www.404media.co/is-your-city...
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Is Your City Using Axon License Plate Cameras? We Need Your Help
404 Media is filing public records requests around the country to find out how cops are using Axon's ALPRs. Here is how you can do that too.
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 21/09/2026
Authoritarian governments are always looking for more ways to control people. They do this via censorship and surveillance to control what we can say, what we learn, and how we act. VPNs allow us to circumvent both of these methods of control online. We need your help to defend these tools!
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Josh Richman @joshrichman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Next up: ❎ Axon ❎ Celebrite ❎ Palantir LFG!
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dark @darkswordsman.com · 20/09/2026
To be clear, this doesn't mean we need to let up our efforts. It means that we need to push harder because it's actually working.
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🔞OnyxNuva || PLUS 🔞 @onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#savespeech #notodigitalID #stopkillinggames In the name of privacy, preservation, & free speech, this bill MUST be defeated & Ursula/Macron OUSTED fightchatcontrol.eu @echo-pbreyer.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy @mgeist.bsky.social @fsc.bsky.social @eff.org @fightforthefuture.org
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Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU
Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.
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404 Media @404media.co · 16/09/2026
NEW: Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, and shared the files with 404 Media and @wired.com, revealing in new detail how exactly Flock Safety’s cameras track the movements of both vehicles and people.
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Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People
While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 20/09/2026
Apparently things are so bad for Flock with contracts getting cancelled that the company has put together a voluntary severance program for its employees. Giddy thinking about detrimental Flock headlines when we get major corporate contracts dropped! www.wired.com/story/flock-...
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Flock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers Flee
As dozens of cities end contracts for its controversial license plate readers, Flock is rolling out a voluntary severance program, WIRED has learned.
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Micah Lee @micahflee.com · 16/09/2026
You can read all the details in my write-up, which also shows exactly where in this public dataset you can find all of this micahflee.com/flock-camera...
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Flock cameras are riddled with security vulnerabilities and hard-coded credentials
This morning, DDoSecrets published an exciting new dataset: Filesystem images of the partitions from an in-use Flock ALPR camera. 404 Media and Wired published a joint investigation into it. I downloa...
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Spelling @spelling.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
ALWAYS true for any initiative - the journey of a thousand miles and all that! Point: DO SOMETHING GOOD TODAY! Don't be impatient - just do the right thing today - and don't be discouraged if you don't see progress right away! You will be making a positive change for the future
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🤘🏼 Christizo Mephizto ❌👑 @alchemicaluproar.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We hear "Privacy is Dead" and "you need to be surveilled to be safe" all the time. The Flock backlash shows that people aren’t apathetic about their privacy. We can fight back against Flock and all abused, oppressive systems of surveillance. Thanks for writing this @fightforthefuture.org #privacy
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Opinion | How Flock Cameras Became the Enemy
The campaign against Flock shows that fighting to protect personal privacy isn’t a lost cause.
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 18/09/2026
"It might seem like Flock cameras & backlash to them sprung up overnight but it’s really the product of years of organizing led by racial justice, immigrant rights & civil liberties organizations" - @evangreer.bsky.social via @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/o...
A square graphic with a lavender-purple background and a large, blurred silhouette of a person in the center. Bright yellow quotation marks appear near the upper left and lower right corners. “NEW YORK TIMES” is displayed in bold yellow text at the top. A large white quotation occupies most of the image, stating that grassroots organizing can help people control technology rather than technology controlling people. Near the bottom, yellow text identifies Evan Greer, and a small rounded portrait shows a person with shoulder-length dark hair wearing a black top, photographed indoors.
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Kate Ruane @kateruane.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"... community-level organizing is ... showing it’s possible to challenge the rapid creep of technology that’s often forced upon us without our consent... People do care about their privacy. They just need to be shown a viable path toward reclaiming it." Amen @evangreer.bsky.social
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 18/09/2026
NEW THIS MORNING: our director @evangreer.bsky.social in the New York Times detailing how Flock became Public Enemy No.1 and what we can learn about how to fight back against the surveillance tech that permeates our lives through grassroots organizing. Read it @ FFTF.link/NYT
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Opinion | How Flock Cameras Became the Enemy
The campaign against Flock shows that fighting to protect personal privacy isn’t a lost cause.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NEW: I wrote for the @nytimes.com about the growing rebellion against Flock cameras, and what it can teach us about how to take back control of the technology that dictates our lives Please share widely and follow @fightforthefuture.org's campaigns to end AI surveillance.
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Opinion | How Flock Cameras Became the Enemy
The campaign against Flock shows that fighting to protect personal privacy isn’t a lost cause.
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 18/09/2026
Last year, nearly 20,000 VPN users mobilized with us to demand safe and private browsing but the threat against VPNs is escalating with the global rise of social media bans & “age verification” bills. Either we win against online censorship bills & VPN bans, or we lose our right to anonymity online.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I think there is a good chance that if Democrats sweep Congress one of the first things they'll do is try to pass an Australia-style social media ban for under 16s. We need to start organizing against this right now. Ron Wyden can't be the only Senator who will understand this is terrible.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Great intercept deep dive into "Neighbors for Strong Communities" astroturfing for Flock
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Facing Outraged Residents, Flock Got Help From Group That Uses AI to Rally Public Support
As Knoxville residents soured on Flock, the company got help from Neighbors for Strong Communities, a group accused of “astroturfing.”
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 17/09/2026
Remember when we told you about that astroturfing campaign being used to prop up fake public support for the Paramount deal that’ll put even more power in Trumps hands to censor media? Well here’s a good deep dive into their connection with Flock. theintercept.com/2026/09/17/f...
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Facing Outraged Residents, Flock Got Help From Group That Uses AI to Rally Public Support
As Knoxville residents soured on Flock, the company got help from Neighbors for Strong Communities, a group accused of “astroturfing.”
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 17/09/2026
30 advocacy groups that focus on access to technology are urging California’s state leaders to defend their net neutrality law. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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California may gut state net neutrality law to comply with Trump admin demand
Trump admin broadband grants forbid states from enforcing net neutrality laws.
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 17/09/2026
CALIFORNIANS: this is your reminder to blast Gov Newsom with calls before he signs away the right to accessible internet for rural, native & low income communities tomorrow to appease Trump.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge has barred DHS from threatening to prosecute a man who harshly criticized ICE’s acting director following the fatal shootings in Minnesota. It violates his free speech, Judge Contreras ruled. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 15/09/2026
🚨NET NEUTRALITY RED ALERT- The federal government has inserted a provision into a funding deal with the state of California that would make the state abandon its gold standard net neutrality law, broadband affordability regulations, and public safety protections. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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California: Tell the Governor to Stand Up for Net Neutrality, Affordability, and Public Safety
The federal government has inserted a provision into a funding deal with the state of California that would make the state abandon its gold standard net neutrality law, broadband affordability laws, a...
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Cut Off the Spigot @cutoffthespigot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We creators are teaming up to fight back against #Flock surveillance in #HomeDepot and #Lowes stores! Send your own letter and tell them: DROP FLOCK! app.chilli.club/a/dac3163a-a...
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chilli | stop hardware store surveillance and ice collaboration
Force Lowe’s and Home Depot to end mass surveillance and stop enabling immigration enforcement.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I really want people to think more like organizers. I'm seeing endless debate, and more than a little conspiracy theorizing, about the motivations behind the big companies' warnings about the danger of AI. And almost no discussion about how we seize this moment to demand the policies we want.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Here's @fightforthefuture.org's take on the current AI "doom" news cycle. We can't trust a single fucking word these self-interested AI bro billionaires say. But we should take the danger of AI, both current and future, very very seriously. www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-09...
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Statement: don't trust the AI bros. But take the danger of AI seriously.
AI “doomerism” is going mainstream. This week the heads of major frontier AI companies ratcheted up their rhetoric about how dangerous the technology they are building is, calling for a “pause” on AI ...
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 14/09/2026
AI “doomerism” is becoming more and more mainstream. Here's what we have to say about it. Whether humans use AI to kill each other or AI agent swarms do immense harm, it’s clear that unregulated AI poses an existential threat to human rights and liberty, if not humanity itself. We need AI regulation
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 12/09/2026
New from @businessinsider.com : " As cities, from Austin to Evanston, Illinois, move to end their contracts with Flock, organizations like @fightforthefuture.org are putting similar pressure on retailers." www.businessinsider.com/flock-backla...
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Influencers are urging Home Depot and Lowe's to drop Flock
A group of influencers with a combined following of 46M followers are demanding Lowe's and Home Depot drop their Flock Safety contracts.
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 12/09/2026
NEW: 56 public figures & content creators with a combined follower count of over 46 Million demand that Lowe’s Home Improvement & Home Depot terminate contracts with Flock Safety & remove all ALPR cameras from store locations.
Black graphic with text that reads ‘influencers tell Lowe and Home Depot : drop flock! ‘It is absolutely unacceptable for hardware stores like yours to profit daily off of immigrant day laborers while allowing their data to be shared with hostile organizations that want to cause them harm. The letter reads. There is a blurred bavkground showing a white page with yellow font that’s large above text that says ‘the letter’
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 12/09/2026
ICYMI: ULTA went viral last week after being exposed for their partnership with Flock, the surveillance company that has been used by police to stalk and track their primary customer demographic. We spoke with @businessinsider.com about it. www.businessinsider.com/flock-safety...
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The Flock backlash is coming for retail
Consumers are calling out retailers like Ulta Beauty and Lowe's for having contracts with Flock Safety, which sells automated license-plate readers.
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Facial recognition was used in ICE investigation that included protest photos processed by Clearview AI - our report >
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Talan Cid 🏳️‍🌈 @talancid.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thought police. 1984. George Orwell. We need to act now!
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Phrax @phrax.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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CJ: Ah Shit, Here We Go Again - GTA San Andreas
ALT: CJ: Ah Shit, Here We Go Again - GTA San Andreas
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Be Your Own Light @beyourownlight.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Look, I'm an ADVOCATE for the importance of AI and the importance of developing and deploying AI the right way THIS is the wrong way THIS is DANGEROUS Right up there with giving AI the ability to hold nuclear launch codes and manufacture viruses THIS is MADNESS Heads need to roll at Anthropic
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megasoups.bsky.social @megasoups.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Face/ID verification requirements for internet websites is just Flock cameras but for the internet. Take off your social media panic goggles and face it. #savespeech #censorship #masssurveillance #privacy
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naarna (she/they) @naarna.eurosky.social · 10/09/2026
Age Verification = Identity Verification. This won't protect anyone, and will actually more harm than you think.
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🔞 KurokoiArt (Comms Open) @kurokoiart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Teen until proven adult sounds Epstinian to me
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 10/09/2026
It's no secret that DHS & ICE are deploying surveillance tools, including facial recognition, to punish those exercising their right to free speech and protest. The case of the Minnesota 15 is a prime example.
A document page titled “DHS - ICE - HSI: Clearview AI Face Search Results.” The page contains two versions of the same original search image: a small portrait on the left and a larger photograph of a phone screen on the right. Both show a light-skinned, bearded man wearing a dark knit beanie and a coat, photographed inside a vehicle. His face has noticeable redness and dark discoloration around one eye and cheek. The document includes case and report details near the top, a redacted preparer’s name, and search information beneath the left image. A blue circular search-style logo appears in the upper-right corner.
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Kai Bones 🔜 Gateway Fate @kaibonesart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Reminder to cancel your Nitro. Best way to make them listen is hitting them where it hurts.
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