STOP FLOCK
FLOCK IS COLLECTING OUR DATA. DOES ICE HAVE ACCESS?
Flock Safety's AI-powered surveillance cameras and automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) track anyone in view. Across the country, including in the Bay Area, data from these cameras has been used by ICE to target immigrants and support mass deportations.
Recently, in our neighboring cities of San Francisco and Oakland, police illegally funneled data from these cameras to ICE-- despite being established sanctuary cities since the 1980s.
Although Berkeley is also a sanctuary city, our city has not publicly promised to protect our data from ICE or other federal agencies. Amidst this anti-immigrant regime, we must urgently oppose the mass surveillance of our communities.
With little-to-no transparency, Flock's collection of our data threatens our privacy.
FLOCK IS JEOPARDIZING OUR RIGHT TO ABORTION
As reported by 404 Media, Texas police searched over 83,000 Flock cameras across the country to track a person who allegedly self-administered an abortion-- including through states where abortion is legal. Searches included phrases such as "had an abortion, search for female."
In Illinois, where many of the searched cameras were located, it is illegal for out-of-state cops to access Flock's database if they're using the data to enforce abortion or immigration laws. Texas police illegally accessed Flock's Illinois database anyway. Flock let them.
Roe v. Wade found that the right to abortion was protected by the 14th Amendment's right to privacy. Even though the Roe v. Wade ruling was overturned, this connection holds true.
We can stand up for the reproductive rights of people across the country by saying NO to Flock cameras in our communities.