Reposted by KWUEyes Off ALX @eyesoffalx.org · 23/09/2026Alert: Eyes Off ALX needs your help tmrw (9/24)! APD’s delayed clarifications on its ALPR policy do NOT acknowledge tech risks/harms. We need folks to show up and demand real accountability. Meet us tmrw, 9/24 @ 5:30pm Pork Barrel, then come w/ us to APD’s 6:30pm public session @ Duncan Library! 174
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 09/09/20261st they killed a right to privacy. I said nothing b/c I’m no criminal. 2nd they stopped freedom from tracking. I said nothing b/c I’m no criminal. 3rd they penalized seeking knowledge. I said nothing b/c I’m no criminal. Finally, they labeled me capable of crime. No one was left to defend me. 020
Reposted by KWUEyes Off ALX @eyesoffalx.org · 08/09/2026APD: Don’t worry about our mass surveillance tech! We have a policy we self-govern. Just trust us. LOCAL NEWS: APD not clearly answering tech Qs. APD policy was ignored. APD pushing back on data limits. ALX: Maybe we should have a public process to verify police tech need, use, etc… ACLU: 👍👏😉 0101
Reposted by KWUPeter Carlson @peterdcarlson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026287 paid subscribers is not enough, get with the program ALX. 292
Reposted by KWU🎃 Decorative Gourd Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Fun fact, you do not actually have to use 9/11 to frame discussion about every single Muslim American in 2026. You can simply choose to treat them as different unrelated topics, because they are. Hope this helps, media! 731856291
Reposted by KWUCake or Death @johngcole.bsky.social · 30/08/2026btwe I have warned you motherfuckers for what feels like 20 years that no fucking good was going to come from those MIT robo dogs but none of you fucking listened just stop it with this shit science and leave the mummy crypts the fuck alone, too www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...the-independent.comICE plans to spend up to $2M on robot dogsThe four-legged robots are equipped with cameras and Wi-Fi connectivity and can travel at speeds of up to about 5 feet per second 2217939
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Y’all - Age Verification Will NOT Solve Parents’ Internet/Social Media Woes! Sure, there are minor wins in the Meta settlement. But the “age assurance” demand gives MORE power to the entities devising digital harms w/o changing their incentives to improve products (for kids and adults alike). Grr.static.klipy.comALT: 060
Reposted by KWUTechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 26/08/2026Meta’s $18B child-safety deal hinges on age verification tech that doesn’t work welltechcrunch.comMeta’s $18B child-safety deal hinges on age verification tech that doesn’t work wellThe historic settlement reignites ongoing concern around how age-verification technology puts privacy at risk. 5398
Reposted by KWUMatt @itsmatt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The NYT is going to invent a new verb tense before they write a headline implying the Trump administration is responsible for anything 1165
Reposted by KWUWIRED @wired.com · 24/08/2026Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plates.wired.comFlock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its CodeFlock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license… 11333182
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Local police are increasingly doing to work of lobbying to boost Axon tech. Wouldn’t it be nice if, instead, there was robust public input, risk/benefit analysis, and meaningful (not performative) public policies surrounding such tech?! Maybe let’s push for better city gov oversight… just sayin’ 050
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 22/08/2026For every city getting rid of Flock ALPRs, beware the uninformed bait and switch with Axon… 020
Reposted by KWUKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/08/2026There are going to be Democrats who say we shouldn’t rip it all out — it’s already built, we have other priorities — but removing the visible signs of Trumpism is absolutely necessary. 43898982091
Reposted by KWU404 Media @404media.co · 20/08/2026Ypsilanti Township in Michigan passed a six month moratorium on “major electric utility infrastructure” as a delaying tactic, the latest in the Township’s long fight to stop the construction of a $1.2 billion data center. @mjgault.bsky.social reports. Read more: www.404media.co/township-fig... 12465144
Reposted by KWUJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 20/08/2026The subtext here is that they expect US-born workers to soon be so desperate for employment (whether because of AI-hype-fueled or DOGE-type downsizing) that they'll be eager to take the kinds of jobs that, historically, only immigrants were willing to do. 57023
Reposted by KWUAlan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 19/08/2026“we’re witnessing the growth of a massive public-private bureaucracy that’s metastasizing in unnerving new directions. It now appears to entail extensive domestic surveillance operations as well.” Essential from @gregsargent.bsky.social This is what the next Dem admin must dismantle 521378
Reposted by KWUBrennan Center @brennancenter.org · 19/08/2026As the midterms approach, we tested AI chatbots on election disinformation. Our research found they can challenge conspiracy theories — but they also enable users to generate deceptive election content. Here’s what we found: bit.ly/3TSPbV6 brennancenter.orgDoes AI Fight or Fuel Election Disinformation?As the midterms approach, our tests reveal that popular chatbots challenge conspiracy theories. Still, they offer users the ability to create deceitful images, audio, and video. 01815
Reposted by KWUS.T.O.P.—Surveillance Technology Oversight Project @stopspyingny.bsky.social · 19/08/2026BREAKING: S.T.O.P. Condemns New Flock AI Tools, Calls Company Safeguards "Crisis PR Stunt" "Flock isn't fixing a broken system, it's building an even worse one." - STOP Executive Director Michelle Dahl #Flock #AI #ALPRs www.stopspying.org/content-inpu...stopspying.orgS.T.O.P. - The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project 1229
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Anyone sounding the AI alarm should get smart on each choke point of the AI stack layer (and the related issues). Consumer-output harms raise the loudest mass opposition, but unsexy, inherent risks of the structure underneath are also deeply in need of guardrails. Worth a read… 001
Reposted by KWUEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Wow this is huge. Rhode Island's Governor just became the first (I believe?) in the nation to call for a moratorium on installation of Flock cameras and other ALPRs www.wpri.com/news/politic...wpri.comMcKee calls for statewide pause on installing automated license plate readersOn Tuesday, Gov. Dan McKee announced that he had directed Rhode Island State Police and the Department of Public Safety to conduct a 60-day “comprehensive review” of ALPR systems. 433394
Reposted by KWUDaphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Paying to examine every detail of a business’s death spiral has kind of the same vibes as the torturer in the Princess Bride asking Westley to explain his pain in detail, for inclusion in a scientific study of pain. Or maybe Lector savoring Clarice Starling’s descriptions of childhood trauma.viewfromthewing.comGoogle Buys Spirit Airlines’ Emails, Files And Flight Records For $10 Million — So Gemini Can Learn From BankruptcyGoogle won a bankruptcy auction for Spirit Airlines’ internal data, paying $10 million for emails, Teams messages, code repositories, operating records, pricing data, maintenance history, and disrupti... 43915
Reposted by KWUData & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 18/08/2026New surveillance technologies are always appropriated to inflict intimate partner violence. While systems like smart cameras are sold as ways to increase safety, there are few, if any, guardrails to prevent them from becoming tools of domestic violence. 19thnews.org/2026/08/floc...19thnews.orgFlock is just the latest example of using surveillance to stalk womenThe technology is under fire for how police officers have abused it. But it’s only the symptom of a larger problem. 033
Reposted by KWUHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 18/08/2026But their CEO said they would zero out crime, so it’s hard to know what to believe.jalopnik.com5,000 Flock Cameras Cover Atlanta, Yet The Police Are Resolving Fewer Crimes - JalopnikFlock cameras are all around Atlanta, but the rates at which crimes are getting solved or "cleared" have actually gone down in the last few years. 29027
Reposted by KWUSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17/08/2026There should be an emergency meeting among Dem leadership tonight and the entire Dem delegation should be on the Capitol steps tomorrow morning denouncing this and describing steps they’ll take in light of this latest dangerous insanity. 1252278749
Reposted by KWUElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17/08/2026Without real consequences for police abuse, Flock Safety's reforms are "just a fig leaf for Flock,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @techcrunch.com. "The best way to ensure accountability is to pass laws constraining the use of this technology and requiring a warrant for its use.”techcrunch.comFlock says its new tool will help identify police abuse, but hasn’t explained how it works | TechCrunchThe surveillance company announced it's making a tool called "Audit Assistance" mandatory for all customers, claiming it's already helped catch abuse. But the company has yet to explain how the tool w... 1624090
Reposted by KWUJonathan Larsen @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026In 2025, about a month after the US strikes on Iran, Speaker Mike Johnson met with Israeli PM Netanyahu. Johnson issued a public statement about the meeting. But I just found out more about it... 19346147
Reposted by KWUKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026You do not, under any circumstances, have to hand it to Karoline Leavitt and her team. JFC 842295227
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Awaiting comments from elected officials who loved emphasizing talking points that longer data retention periods were both necessary and privacy protective… With Flock shortening retention, those officials are, at best, under-informed (or not factoring true data risks under any retention length). 110
Reposted by KWUDara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 13/08/2026It's really hard to overstate how hugely ending Salvadorian TPS would hit economically and socially -- in a very different way from Haiti. These are folks who have had TPS for LONGER THAN DHS has existed. The Great Delegalization continues apace. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...newyorker.comThese Immigrants Lived in the U.S. Legally. Now Trump Is Changing Their Status.More than a million immigrants are seeing protections that granted them safe lives in the U.S. suddenly swept away. 14428
Reposted by KWUAmy Spitalnick @amyspitalnick.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I also want to be very clear: Heidi has been a tireless ally and partner to the Jewish community in fighting antisemitism. If we can’t stand up for her now, I don’t know what we’re doing. 321476
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I’ve talked with folks across the spectrum of surveillance tech awareness: absolute abolitionists & the actively uninformed. Moral absolutism v. relativism tendencies are a very strong predictor of conversation flow, regardless prior topic knowledge. Worth a read: m.facebook.com/story.php?st...m.facebook.comLog in or sign up to viewSee posts, photos and more on Facebook. 010
Reposted by KWU404 Media @404media.co · 12/08/2026NEW: ICE plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on buying specialized gloves that pulse with electrical energy, which make it easier for agents to subdue people. 404 Media read the manual that says the gloves may even contribute to “sudden death.”404media.coHere's the Manual for ICE's Electric Shock GlovesICE plans to spends tens of millions of dollars on the gloves, which are supposed to incapacitate people. A manual 404 Media found says the gloves may even contribute to “sudden death.” 118480311
Reposted by KWUSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Flock doesn't just search for cars, it searches for you. "'FreeForm' searches... allow cops to use Flock’s system as though they would use a search engine, with Flock’s AI and image recognition interpreting what footage and which people are relevant to a police officer’s search." @404media.co404media.coHow Cops Use Flock to Track People, Not CarsCops have used Flock's FreeForm search feature to look for people with tattoos and wearing specific sport shirts, and searches sometimes include the target's race, according to data reviewed by 404 Me... 4325168
Reposted by KWUDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 12/08/2026This is why they're upping online surveillance & increasingly threatening prosecution of anti-surveillance, anti-"AI", Anti-Data-Center, and all around anti-Big-Tech sentiment, btw: they know they're losing their base, & the only influences they know how to wield are lying, intimidation, & violence. 119772
Reposted by KWUMatthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Reminder: Skydio & Axon, two biggest police tech/drone companies signaled a potential willingness to arm drones. Companies are rolling out weaponized drones as a solution for school shootings. New Orleans had draft policy to walk back their armed drone ban. It's coming and we need to be proactive.eff.orgLawmakers Must Act Now to Prevent Armed Police DronesThis is not science fiction. It’s not premature. If towns, cities, states, or the federal government want to act to rein in the emergence of armed police drones and robots, we have precious little tim... 1118
Reposted by KWUBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Perfect image of Trump’s disinformation strategy. 15563189
Reposted by KWUWIRED @wired.com · 08/08/2026Plus: A judge rules cell tower dumps unconstitutional, water utility hacks spread to a dozen states, a phishing email opens a missile-parts supplier’s inbox, and a ransomware boss gets 16 years. www.wired.com/story/flocks...wired.comFlock’s Plans for Rideshare Dashcams and Coaching Police, RevealedPlus: A judge rules cell tower dumps unconstitutional, water utility hacks spread to a dozen states, a phishing email opens a missile-parts supplier’s inbox, and a ransomware boss gets 16 years. 413956
Reposted by KWUJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 05/08/2026New: Police in Wisconsin used Flock to create a pretext to search a man's car for weed. Their justification? He drove from Wisconsin to Michigan, a “known source state for marijuana as it is legal there,” and Flock showed he "travels to Michigan frequently." www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...404media.coCops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads. 31827398
Reposted by KWUCenter for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org · 04/08/2026“A new report from CDT warns that government data consolidation can create significant privacy, civil liberties, and cybersecurity risks, whether agencies place information in a single database or use a federated model.”meritalk.comCDT Details Privacy, Security Risks of Government Data ConsolidationA new CDT report warns that government data-sharing initiatives require stronger safeguards regardless of how information is consolidated. 264
Reposted by KWUDaniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Great episode of John Oliver focused on surveillance tech - and it features a shout out to Andrew Ferguson's @profferguson.bsky.social book YOUR DATA CAN BE USED AGAINST YOU www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnBP...youtube.comPolice Surveillance Technology: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)YouTube video by LastWeekTonight 12311
Reposted by KWUJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 04/08/2026New: Police are being told to hide the fact that they're using Flock to pull people over and arrest them in both encounters with citizens but ALSO in their official police reports: www.404media.co/do-not-menti...404media.co‘DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE’: How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock“DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE IN YOUR REPORT OR COMPLAINT." 161176570
Reposted by KWUThe Economist @economist.com · 13/09/2025“A fundamental shift is needed in how we approach the development and deployment of AI agents,” argues Meredith Whittaker. “Basic lessons in privacy and digital security are being discarded,” she warnsecon.stAI agents are coming for your privacy, warns Meredith WhittakerThe Signal Foundation’s president worries they will also blunt competition and undermine cyber-security 4318107
Reposted by KWUElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 03/08/2026"Flock cameras are just one part of a vast ecosystem," @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver warned his audience last night. "Check out resources like the EFF's Atlas of Surveillance, which catalogs each of the technologies used in your area." www.atlasofsurveillance.org/ 6418155
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Companies finding out real fast that the “things” in a “move fast and break things” approach to tech may be more than they bargain for…. 020
KWU @htwdbstto.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Another day, another game of is this the Onion or real life… 010
Reposted by KWUThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I think it's bad that we're led by conspiracy theorists who are attacking an 85-year-old public health expert who tried to save our lives because they think they might go viral 20742163
Reposted by KWUG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 29/07/2026Republicans are trying to make the news cycle about anything other than Donald Trump and his incredibly unpopular domestic and foreign policy agenda. That’s why they set up this Fauci hearing. And everyone is taking the bait 591769543
