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Flock taught police how to surveil protests, report says

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Flock, a company that provides surveillance technology, reportedly conducted a webinar for law enforcement agencies on how to monitor protests. The webinar, which took place last year, detailed methods for surveilling events like the 'No Kings' protests and even small parades. This information was brought to light by 404 Media. AI

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Flock taught police how to surveil protests, report says

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 Flock Offered Webinar Teaching Cops How to Surveil 'No Kings' Protesters Thursday 404 Media reported that Flock taught America's cops "how they could surveil

    📰 Flock Offered Webinar Teaching Cops How to Surveil 'No Kings' Protesters Thursday 404 Media reported that Flock taught America's cops "how they could surveil the No Kings protests" against President Trump (as well as "small parades") in a webinar last year that describe... 📰 So…

    LINKS yro.slashdot.org/…/flock-offered-webinar-…

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