Ban Warrantless Mass Surveillance — Dismantle Flock and Systems Like It

Ban Flock Safety cameras and any comparable mass surveillance system operating without a warrant. The Fourth Amendment doesn't have a private-company loophole. When police use license plate readers, facial recognition, or drone networks to track citizens without probable cause, that's an unlawful search — it doesn't matter whether Flock built the tool or the government did. The Washington Post identified 46 cases where officers used Flock technology to stalk their wives, girlfriends, and exes. Flock's own CEO admitted on CBS News that the technology was abused, then turned around and called his company the first to "shine a light" on police misconduct. That's not accountability — that's a PR strategy. Reducing default data retention from 30 days to seven, while keeping an override called "Evidence Mode," is not a fix. Three House Republicans already introduced legislation to prohibit federal purchase of these systems. That bill deserves your support and expansion. The constitutional principle here is simple: mass, warrantless collection of location data on people who have committed no crime is an unlawful search. No compromise with a surveillance company CEO should change that. Dismantle these systems now.