When 77-year-old Carl Gunn spotted an AI-powered Flock camera tracking vehicles in his St. Petersburg neighborhood, he grabbed a camping chair and used his pool skimmer to hold up a sign blocking its view: “DOWN WITH FLOCK CAMERAS.”
Not all heroes wear capes. Some carry pool skimmers.
Sen. @HawleyMO is right to investigate other potential violators using AI-powered surveillance. In my hometown in Maine, Verkada cameras were disabled after records showed non-police employees shared 30+ login passwords and unidentified users accessed the system.
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American students are falling behind. Test scores and reading comprehension are down, while children are losing creativity.
CEO @bstein80 joined @foxandfriends to discuss NYC’s K–8 AI ban and why over-reliance on technology is weakening how children learn, think and create.
Get the Flock out of Knox County! My last official act as Mayor was signing this ordinance prohibiting agencies of Knox County government from using fixed ALPRs. Thank you to County Commission for standing strong in defense of Liberty!
1) That is not true. People want to prosper.
2) MAGA is overwhelmingly skeptical of data centers and Big Tech.
3) 70-75% of Americans are opposed to local data centers.
4) The President will come around on this. It might take more time, but he will.
Concerns are local, not theoretical, and they differ by community. Land use, energy costs, noise, and even aesthetics can be legitimate issues. So can tax carveouts and deals cut over residents’ heads. There is no national formula that substitutes for the people who live there.
It is odd to watch some libertarians and classical liberals set aside Hayek’s point about local knowledge the moment they decide a project has broad economic benefits. The president does not know what every town should want.
Communities have many legitimate concerns about data centers. To dismiss millions of Americans as people who just want to be “backwards and poor” shows how out of touch Trump has become.
The Fourth Amendment is not up for “compromise.”
Our Founders did not risk their lives so a CEO could trade our rights for profit and perceived “safety.”
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” — Benjamin Franklin
It’s not silly to complain about AI ads.
Capitalism is a conversation.
We don’t have to accept everything companies do. We can choose to shop elsewhere, or tell businesses we don’t like AI slop, ultrafast fashion, and junk food.
We don’t have to live like this.
We could cancel every Flock contract tomorrow, and the surveillance problem remains, because a competitor takes the contract the next day.
The fix isn't a boycott of one vendor. It's a warrant requirement.
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🚨NEW: A Texas police officer is facing 100 FELONY CHARGES for allegedly misusing Flock’s surveillance network.
Records show the Lufkin, TX officer conducted more than 45,000 searches, including searching one license plate 3,470 times.
Lufkin has now suspended its use of Flock entirely.
This is exactly why unchecked AI surveillance is so dangerous.
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