Federal judge calls Flock 'indiscriminate mass surveillance'
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- A federal judge ruled that a Tulsa sheriff's deputy violated the Fourth Amendment by searching Flock Safety's license plate database without a warrant.
- The judge ordered all evidence obtained after the warrantless search suppressed as 'fruit of a poisonous tree,' including 91 pounds of meth found later.
- The judge criticized Flock's indiscriminate mass surveillance, noting it tracks all vehicles continuously and makes data available to law enforcement on demand.
- Opposition to Flock is growing across the political spectrum, with states like Florida and Texas stopping use, and Senator Bernie Sanders introducing the Block Flock Act.
- Flock CEO Garrett Langley has apologized for stalking incidents involving officers using the system and offered voluntary employee buyouts to shrink the workforce.