Primary documents
- LPR for Researchers
Document
Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, George Mason University
George Mason University's research index on plate readers, noting there are only a few rigorous studies of whether the technology reduces crime.
- Maine 10 M.R.S. §1500-LL — Automated license plate recognition systems in parking facilities
Government Record · 2025
Maine Legislature
Maine's 2025 law extending its plate reader ban to publicly accessible parking lots.
- Making America Safe Again: DOJ to Award $300 Million for Model Cities Dedicated to Restoring Law and Order
Government Record · 2026
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Justice Department, June 2026: nearly $300 million for two to four "Model Cities," with license plate readers, real-time crime centers, AI and drones listed as…
- Man who admitted to destroying Flock cameras in New Mexico back in court
News Report · 2026
KRQE
KRQE, October 2026: the New Mexico man faces ten charges with a pretrial hearing in April 2027.
- Many cameras. Little focus. Blurry results.
News Report · 2024
Chicago Tribune / Illinois Answers Project
Chicago Tribune and Illinois Answers Project, September 2024: Chicago police have roughly 4,400 core cameras plus permitted access to about 35,000 more owned by the CTA,…
- Measuring the Cost-Effectiveness of New Technologies in Policing: The Case of Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPR)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2025
Journal of Experimental Criminology
Peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Experimental Criminology (2025) finding the evidence on plate reader effectiveness equivocal, and warning that efficiency is not proof of effectiveness.
- Media and Young Minds
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2016
Council on Communications and Media, American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics' 2016 policy on media for children under 5: it reviews the possible benefits and the health concerns, and says the research…
- Meet Flock, the $8 billion startup facing growing backlash against surveillance capitalism
News Report · 2026
Catherina Gioino
Fortune's August 2026 profile of Flock. The company told Fortune it raised $500 million at an $8.3 billion valuation in 2026, about $1.2 billion in total.…
- Meta State AGs Consent Judgment
Court Filing · 2026
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; MDL No. 3047
The entered judgment resolves the states’ claims and incorporates conduct provisions, audits, age assurance, teen limits, parental tools, and payments. It was entered without final adjudication…
- Microsoft: Cryptocurrency System Using Body Activity Data (WO2020060606)
Government Record · 2020
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Microsoft's 2020 patent application describes using human body activity, captured by sensors while a user performs a task, in the mining process of a cryptocurrency system.
- Milwaukee PD renews Flock contract as former detective appears in court for misuse
News Report · 2026
Wisconsin Examiner; republished by Milwaukee Courier
Wisconsin Examiner (via Milwaukee Courier), October 2026: Milwaukee renewed its Flock contract while Chapman's case continued. Both Milwaukee cases were reported by victims.
- Mind, Body & Spirit: The Health Benefits of Nature
Document · 2010
National Wildlife Federation
The advocacy fact sheet is the located origin of the 4–7-minute and seven-hour wording.
- Minnesota Statutes § 325M.335, Mental Health Warning Label
Government Record · 2025
State of Minnesota
Minnesota requires a conspicuous warning each time a user accesses a covered platform, mental-health resources and 988 information, and prohibits hiding the warning only in terms…
- Minority Report (2002): release record
Document · 2002
The Numbers
Catalog record: Minority Report released June 21, 2002 by 20th Century Fox.
- Misuse of Flock License Plate Readers
Document · 2026
DeFlock Deer Park
DeFlock Deer Park's page on Flock misuse cases, citing the Institute for Justice's July 2026 count of at least 28 stalking incidents involving plate readers. The…
- Mobile Touches: dscout’s Inaugural Study on Humans and Their Tech
Document · 2016
dscout
The instrumented study covered 94 participants over 4.5 days, recording 33,090 sessions and 1,120,317 touches. Average users had 2,617 touches and 76 sessions daily; heavy users…
- More Richmond Co. deputies arrested, fired for Flock camera misuse
News Report · 2026
WJBF
WJBF, July 2026: three more Richmond County deputies, John McKenzie, Curtis Hoskins and Joshua Johnson, were arrested and fired, each charged with misuse of license plate…
- Moscow Signals Declassified: Microwaves and the U.S. Embassy (2022)
Document · 2022
National Security Archive
National Security Archive, 2022: declassified records on the Moscow Signal, the Soviet microwave beam aimed at the U.S. Embassy, and the secret Project Pandora experiments that…
- Motion concerning Lightpost Test Pilot Program, Council File 26-1394
Government Record · 2026
Los Angeles City Council; Hugo Soto-Martínez
Los Angeles City Council motion, October 2026, on the police commission's approval of an Axon Lightpost plate reader pilot without council approval.
- Motorola Solutions Acquires VaaS International Holdings, Leader in Data and Image Analytics for Vehicle Location
Document · 2019
Motorola Solutions
Motorola Solutions' 2019 announcement that it paid $445 million for VaaS International, the parent of Vigilant Solutions, which Motorola called the largest shareable database of vehicle…
- Neuralink Corp. Patents (Justia)
Document · 2025
USPTO records reproduced by Justia
Neuralink's granted U.S. patents, including 12,248,629 (March 2025) and 12,369,863 (July 2025), on recording, selecting, amplifying and compressing high-density neural signals.
- Neuralink: A Year of Telepathy (2025)
Document · 2025
Neuralink
Neuralink's own update on its first year of human implants. The first patient, Noland Arbaugh, received the implant in January 2024.
- Neuralink: First Clinical Trial Open for Recruitment (2023)
Document · 2023
Neuralink
Neuralink's 2023 announcement of its PRIME study, after the FDA allowed a clinical investigation in May 2023. The implant records brain signals and sends them wirelessly…
- New AI Video Analytics: 24/7 Coverage, No Extra Staff
Document · 2024
Flock Safety
Flock's 2024 post on AI video analytics: cameras that automatically detect people and vehicles, follow them and zoom in for identifying details.