Primary documents
- New Hampshire HB 1059 — Senate Transportation Committee hearing report
Government Record · 2026
New Hampshire General Court
New Hampshire hearing report on HB 1059, which removes the scheduled repeal of the state's strict plate reader law.
- New Hampshire RSA 261:75-b, Automated License Plate Readers
Government Record
New Hampshire General Court
New Hampshire law requiring plate data not being used for a legitimate law enforcement purpose to be purged within 3 minutes.
- New Hanover County Flock public-records production — Request 26-594
Government Record · 2026
New Hanover County, North Carolina (public records production)
The New Hanover County public-records production (June 2026) of Flock audit logs. Native rows show three blocked FreeForm people searches containing race, such as "2 young…
- New Hanover County pulls plug on Flock camera contract
News Report · 2026
WECT
WECT, September 2026: New Hanover County, North Carolina commissioners voted 4-0 to end the county's $219,000 contract for 20 Flock cameras, citing national data sharing, search…
- New National Survey: Public Opinion on License Plate Readers
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2026
National Policing Institute
National Policing Institute survey, September 2026: 54.4% of U.S. adults oppose police plate reader programs in their community, 34.6% support them.
- Ninth Circuit Opinion Dismissing Meta and TikTok Appeals, No. 24-7032
Court Filing · 2026
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
The panel dismissed Meta’s and TikTok’s appeals and plaintiffs’ conditional cross-appeals for lack of appellate jurisdiction. It treated Section 230 as a defense to liability, not…
- No More FOMO: Limiting Social Media Decreases Loneliness and Depression
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2018
Melissa G. Hunt, Rachel Marx, Courtney Lipson, and Jordyn Young
In 143 University of Pennsylvania undergraduates, limiting Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat to ten minutes per platform daily for three weeks reduced loneliness and depression relative to…
- No-contact list expands for cop accused of illegally tracking people using Flock license readers
News Report · 2026
Shaw Local / Northwest Herald
Northwest Herald, July 2026: former Holiday Hills police chief William Copp, indicted on 12 counts, is accused of searching one man's plate 140 times, 86 of…
- Not All License Plate Readers Are Equal: What Happens Next
Document · 2026
Flock Safety
Flock's own February 2026 blog post claiming its network processes more than 20 billion vehicle reads every month.
- NPR: Putin Grants Snowden Russian Citizenship (2022)
News Report · 2022
National Public Radio
NPR, September 2022: Russian President Vladimir Putin granted Edward Snowden Russian citizenship by decree. The decree itself was not opened, so this is a news report…
- NPR: UN Official Calls Manning Treatment Cruel and Inhuman (2012)
News Report · 2012
National Public Radio
NPR, March 2012: reports that UN official Juan Mendez told the Guardian that Manning's 11 months in solitary confinement was at minimum cruel, inhuman and degrading…
- NSBA: Letter to President Biden on Threats to School Officials (2021)
Document · 2021
National School Boards Association
National School Boards Association, September 2021: a letter to President Biden asking for federal help and investigations, saying some threats against school officials could equal domestic…
- NVD — CVE-2025-59403
Government Record · 2025
National Vulnerability Database; CISA-ADP
National Vulnerability Database entry CVE-2025-59403: Flock camera software had administrative functions open with no authentication, with risks up to remote code execution.
- Office of Emergency Management and Communications Public Safety Cameras Audit
Government Record · 2016
City of Chicago Office of Inspector General
Chicago Inspector General's 2016 camera audit: nearly 2,700 city-owned cameras, and a network of more than 27,000 when private businesses and sister agencies are linked in.
- Official Action of the Los Angeles City Council, Council File 26-1394
Government Record · 2026
Los Angeles City Council
Los Angeles City Council action, October 2026, asserting its authority over the Lightpost pilot approval for council review.
- On the Pleasures and Sorrows of Life Without Screens
Document · 2019
Cal Newport
Newport describes a 30-day break from optional technology as a prelude to a simplified digital life. Reader anecdotes are not controlled efficacy evidence. His separate NBC…
- Operational Procedure for Project Pandora Microwave Test Facility (1966)
Government Record · 1966
E. V. Byron
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, 1966: operating rules for the Project Pandora microwave test facility, the Pentagon's response to the Soviet microwave beam at the U.S.…
- Optimizing for Engagement: Understanding the Use of Persuasive Technology on Internet Platforms
Transcript · 2019
U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Tristan Harris, witness
Harris compared pull-to-refresh with a slot machine and discussed infinite scroll’s removal of stopping cues, social validation, autoplay, and algorithmic prediction.
- Order Largely Denying in Part Meta’s Motion to Dismiss and Granting in Part
Court Filing · 2024
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
The court granted in part and denied in part Meta’s motion. Section 230 barred specified content-presentation theories, while other theories—including certain filters, time-restriction obstacles, multiple accounts,…
- Order Modifying Prior Decision and Order, In re Facebook, Inc., Docket No. C-4365
Government Record · 2020
Federal Trade Commission
This FTC order confirms that the district court entered the Facebook stipulated order on April 23, 2020.
- Order on Meta’s Motion for Summary Judgment and AG Plaintiffs’ Cross-Motion
Court Filing · 2026
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
Meta’s summary-judgment motion was denied and the AG plaintiffs’ cross-motion denied in part. The court identified material factual disputes, including COPPA compliance and alleged knowledge, rather…
- Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community
Government Record · 2023
Office of the U.S. Surgeon General
The advisory reports widespread loneliness and discusses how technology may displace interaction, monopolize attention, reduce interaction quality, or foster connection. Its approximately six-hour digital-media figure concerns…
- Palantir Technologies Inc. Form S-1 Registration Statement
Corporate Filing · 2020
Palantir Technologies Inc.
The S-1 identifies Alexander Karp, Stephen Cohen, and Peter Thiel as founders and describes intelligence-community and government work. No occurrence of “In-Q-Tel” was located in the…
- People ex rel. Bonta v. City of El Cajon — Memorandum of Points and Authorities
Court Filing · 2025
California Attorney General Rob Bonta
California Attorney General's 2025 lawsuit against El Cajon, alleging the city kept sharing plate reader data with more than 100 out-of-state agencies. Allegations, not a judgment.