Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers.
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Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers.
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Sanders’ announcement says that one reason for the legislation is Flock has shared state information with federal officials. In May 2025, 404 Media revealed local cops were doing lookups in Flock for ICE. After that report, Flock made dramatic changes to its product.
404 Media also reveaeled that California cops investigated an “immigration protest” using Flock lookups, and, using data from the @eff.org, that cops used Flock to monitor No Kings protests around the country. We also recently reported Flock itself taught cops how to surveil No Kings protesters.
The Ban Flock Act, introduced by Sens. Bernie Sanders and Jeff Merkley and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers.
Can they throw in banning the cameras on USPS vehicles too? @aoc.bsky.social