Surveillance Technology Oversight Project

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US communities cancel contracts with Flock surveillance cameras●🕵️ Latest from # Surveillance # Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) # NYC “'From small towns to cities as large as LMmastodon Technology45 d ago
The Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy advocacy group, reports that communities from small towns to cities as large as Los Angeles are canceling their contracts with Flock Safety and condemning mass surveillance. The group says the cancellations reflect growing public opposition to the company's network of automated license plate readers and the broader expansion of surveillance infrastructure across the United States.
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Questions raised over NYPD's use of Flock surveillance cameras●🕵️ Latest from # Surveillance # Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) # NYC “'The outstanding question is, was the NYPMmastodon Technology43 d ago
The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project is questioning the New York Police Department's relationship with Flock, the automated license plate reader company. In a new update, the group says newly obtained data suggests the NYPD may have been knowingly using Flock equipment, contrary to earlier assumptions, and that the exact nature of the partnership remains unclear. Privacy advocates are pressing for disclosure and oversight of how the department deploys the cameras across the city.
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Civil rights group warns of spyware boom under Trump●🕵️ Latest from # Surveillance # Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) # NYC “'Surveillance is booming with the Trump aMmastodon Technology21 d ago
The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, a New York-based civil rights organization, reports that surveillance is booming under the Trump administration, citing unprecedented federal spending on spyware. The group says this spending has triggered a surge of spyware firms seeking to profit from what it describes as an erosion of civil rights. Privacy advocates are amplifying the warning, framing expanding government surveillance procurement as a growing threat to civil liberties in the United States.