Primary documents
- People of the State of California et al. v. Meta Platforms, Inc., Complaint
Court Filing · 2023
Attorneys general of California and other plaintiff states
The 233-page complaint alleges that Meta maximized young users’ attention, used manipulative features, misrepresented safety, downplayed harms, and violated COPPA.
- Perry Amendment No. 221 to H.R. 8870
Government Record · 2026
Rep. Scott Perry
Rep. Scott Perry's amendment to limit plate readers paid for with federal highway money to tolling only.
- Planning Outline for the Construction of a Social Credit System (2014–2020)
Government Record · 2014
State Council of the People’s Republic of China; Rogier Creemers translation
China's State Council plan to build a social credit system (2014 to 2020): records of trustworthiness with rewards for trust and penalties for broken trust. Translation…
- Police Audit Logs Show How ALPR Surveillance Is Out of Control
Document · 2025
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU, October 2025: police audit logs are full of vague or reused reasons, so they do little to prevent abuse. Flock's own spokesman said "it is…
- Police Have Reportedly Used License Plate Readers to Stalk Romantic Interests Dozens of Times in Recent Years
Document · 2026
Institute for Justice
Institute for Justice, September 2026: police used plate readers to stalk romantic interests dozens of times. Most cases came out only after victims reported them, not…
- Police Observation Device (POD) Cameras
Government Record
Chicago Police Department
Chicago Police Department history of its blue-light POD cameras: 30 at the July 2003 pilot, 80 by December 2003.
- Police Use of Technology
Government Record
City of Champaign Police Department
Champaign Police Department's technology page: it adopted Flock's Raven gunshot detection in 2021 and asked to discontinue it in 2023 for lack of comparable results, then…
- Predictions put into practice: a quasi-experimental evaluation of Chicago’s predictive policing pilot
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2016
Jessica Saunders; Priscillia Hunt; John S. Hollywood
RAND's evaluation of Chicago's predictive list: people on it were no less likely to be shot, but were more likely to be arrested for a shooting.
- PRIME Study: Precise Robotically Implanted Brain-Computer Interface (NCT06429735)
Government Record · 2024
Neuralink Corp.; ClinicalTrials.gov sponsor record
The federal clinical trial registry entry for Neuralink's PRIME study.
- Privacy Impact Assessment Update for the Acquisition and Use of License Plate Reader Data from a Commercial Service, DHS/ICE/PIA-039(a)
Government Record · 2017
U.S. Department of Homeland Security / U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
DHS privacy assessment confirming that ICE contracted for access to a commercial license plate reader database for its deportation and investigations divisions.
- Private Sector Camera Initiative
Government Record
City of Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications
Chicago OEMC's Private Sector Camera Initiative, which lets businesses link their cameras into the city's surveillance network.
- Profusa Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 (2026)
Corporate Filing · 2026
Profusa, Inc.
Profusa's 2026 securities filing, which states the company does not have U.S. regulatory approval to sell any of its products.
- Profusa Awarded $1.75M NIH Grant (2016)
Document · 2016
Profusa
Profusa's announcement of a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grant for its implantable biosensor.
- Profusa Awarded $7.5M DARPA Grant (2016)
Document · 2016
Profusa
Profusa's announcement of a $7.5 million DARPA grant to develop implantable biosensors.
- Proposition on November Ballot Regarding City’s Use of Flock Cameras
Government Record · 2026
City of League City, Texas
League City, Texas, August 2026: the council put a nonbinding proposition on the November 3, 2026 ballot about the city's use of Flock cameras.
- Prosper PD Launches Texas’s First Drone First Responder
Document · 2025
Flock Safety
Flock's announcement of Texas's first drone-as-first-responder program in Prosper. The drones launch automatically from docks and fly at up to 400 feet.
- Protecting Kids Online: Facebook, Instagram, and Mental Health Harm
Transcript · 2021
U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
S. Hrg. 117-719 records questioning of Antigone Davis. Senators alleged concealment and growth-over-safety priorities; Davis disputed those characterizations and emphasized research limitations and results favorable to…
- Protecting Kids Online: Instagram and Reforms for Young Users
Transcript · 2021
U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Adam Mosseri, witness
Mosseri defended Instagram’s potential benefits and called for industry-wide standards while senators questioned internal research and teen safety.
- Protecting Kids Online: Testimony from a Facebook Whistleblower
Transcript · 2021
U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Frances Haugen testified that Facebook’s products harmed children and that leadership knew how to make them safer. Later questioning characterized the internal research as finding body-image…
- Public Act 104-0018 — Tamara Clayton Expressway Camera Act amendments (605 ILCS 140)
Government Record · 2025
Illinois General Assembly
Illinois Public Act 104-0018 (2025): expressway camera images may be used only for listed serious crimes and highway safety, exported images must be deleted within 120…
- RAND: The Internet of Bodies, Opportunities, Risks, and Governance (2020)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2020
Mary Lee, Benjamin Boudreaux, Ritika Chaturvedi, Sasha Romanosky, and Bryce Downing
RAND's 2020 report defines Internet of Bodies devices as connected devices that collect health or biometric data or can alter how the body functions, from wearables…
- RCSO deputy arrested, terminated for alleged misuse of department equipment
News Report · 2026
WJBF
WJBF, June 2026: Richmond County, Georgia deputy Jaquarius Yarbrough was arrested, fired and charged with violating his oath of office and keeping plate reader data, over…
- Recess physical activity and school-related social factors in Finnish primary and lower secondary schools: cross-sectional associations
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2014
Henri L. Haapala et al.
The Finnish field study reports usually two to four recesses of 10–15 minutes after 45–90-minute lessons, but expressly says recess length is not nationally regulated.
- Records Reveal ICE Using Mass Surveillance Database to Track People With Aid of Local Law Enforcement
Document · 2019
ACLU of Northern California
ACLU of Northern California, 2019: records obtained through a FOIA lawsuit show more than 9,000 ICE agents had access to Vigilant Solutions' plate database under a…