Primary documents
- Reduced gray matter volume in smartphone addiction: A voxel-based morphometry study
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2020
J. Horvath et al.
The cross-sectional MRI study compared 22 adults identified with smartphone addiction with 26 controls. Participants were aged 18–30.
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1183: European Digital Identity Framework
Government Record · 2024
European Parliament and Council of the European Union
The EU law creating the European Digital Identity Wallet. It says use of the wallet shall be voluntary and nonusers must not be disadvantaged.
- Report on the Surveillance Program Operated Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Government Record · 2014
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
PCLOB describes compelled directives to providers for communications associated with tasked selectors, not unrestricted government access directly into company servers. Section 702 does not require individualized…
- Report on the Surveillance Program Operated Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (PCLOB, 2014)
Government Record · 2014
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board's review of NSA surveillance under Section 702 of FISA, the authority behind PRISM. The Board found the program valuable…
- Report on the Telephone Records Program Conducted under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act (PCLOB, 2014)
Government Record · 2014
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board's review of the NSA's bulk collection of Americans' telephone records. It found the program lacked a viable legal foundation…
- Report on the Telephone Records Program Conducted under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act and on the Operations of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Government Record · 2014
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
PCLOB recommended ending the Section 215 bulk telephone-records program, while two members did not favor discontinuation before an adequate alternative existed.
- Report to the Director of National Intelligence on Commercially Available Information
Government Record · 2022
ODNI Senior Advisory Group Panel on Commercially Available Information
Declassified report to the Director of National Intelligence (2022): location data on millions of Americans is for sale, and intelligence agencies can buy it as "publicly…
- Report to the President by the Commission on CIA Activities Within the United States (Rockefeller Commission, 1975)
Government Record · 1975
Commission on CIA Activities Within the United States
The 1975 presidential commission report on CIA domestic activities. It found that some were plainly unlawful, including parts of Operation CHAOS, the CIA's program of collecting…
- Review of Selected Los Angeles Police Department Data-Driven Policing Strategies
Government Record · 2019
Los Angeles Police Commission, Office of the Inspector General
The Inspector General describes Palantir as an integration and visualization platform in a critical review of LAPD data-driven policing. It cautions against strong causal conclusions from…
- Richmond County deputy charged with illegal license plate camera use
News Report · 2026
Augusta Chronicle
Augusta Chronicle, June 2026: Richmond County, Georgia deputy Jaquarius Yarbrough was fired and charged after making personal Flock searches with "no authorized law enforcement need."
- Richmond County sheriff tightens Flock access after 6 deputies charged
News Report · 2026
Augusta Chronicle
Augusta Chronicle, September 2026: six Richmond County Sheriff's Office employees lost their jobs and were charged since June, and the sheriff tightened access to the Flock…
- Ring and Flock Cancel Partnership
Document · 2026
Ring
Ring's February 2026 statement that the Flock integration was cancelled and never launched, and that no Ring customer videos were sent to Flock.
- Ring Expands Community Requests to Additional Community Safety Partners
Document · 2025
Ring
Ring's October 2025 announcement that police using Flock's systems would be able to request Ring doorbell video through its Community Requests feature.
- SB26-070 — Ban Government Access Historical Location Information Database
Government Record · 2026
Colorado General Assembly
Colorado SB26-070, a bill to ban government access to historical location databases. It failed.
- SB2712 — Immigration Enforcement Act, Synopsis As Introduced
Government Record · 2025
Illinois General Assembly / Sen. Laura Fine
Illinois SB2712, the proposed Immigration Enforcement Act, which would add plate reader limits and fines up to $25,000 per violation. Introduced.
- SB3816 — Automated License Plate Recognition System Act, Synopsis As Introduced
Government Record · 2026
Illinois General Assembly / Sen. Celina Villanueva
Illinois SB3816 (2026), the Senate version of the plate reader act. Introduced; not enacted as of August 2026.
- Schmidt v. City of Norfolk, district-court docket
Court Filing · 2024
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Court docket for Schmidt v. City of Norfolk, the federal lawsuit challenging Norfolk's network of Flock cameras.
- Schmidt v. City of Norfolk, Document 191
Court Filing · 2026
Chief Judge Mark S. Davis, E.D. Va.
Schmidt v. Norfolk, January 2026: after discovery, the judge ruled for Norfolk on summary judgment, finding the evidence did not show the cameras captured the whole…
- Schmidt v. City of Norfolk, Document 29
Court Filing · 2025
Chief Judge Mark S. Davis, E.D. Va.
Schmidt v. Norfolk, February 2025: the judge refused to dismiss the case, ruling the Fourth Amendment claims were plausible enough to go forward.
- Schmidt v. City of Norfolk, Document 66 (Flock intervention)
Court Filing · 2025
Chief Judge Mark S. Davis, E.D. Va.
Schmidt v. Norfolk, May 2025: the judge denied Flock's request to join the case. The ruling notes Flock owns Norfolk's cameras under a contract worth up…
- Sean Parker unloads on Facebook: “God only knows what it’s doing to our children’s brains”
News Report · 2017
Mike Allen / Axios
Parker retrospectively described maximizing attention and said creators understood the psychological mechanism consciously. He also said, “God only knows what it's doing to our children's brains.”
- SEC Form D — Flock Group Inc. (2018-08-29)
Corporate Filing · 2018
Flock Group Inc.
Flock's first SEC Form D notice (August 2018): $9.59 million sold to 20 investors. The filing lists Flock as a Delaware corporation organized in 2017 with…
- SEC Form D — Flock Group Inc. (2018-11-21)
Corporate Filing · 2018
Flock Group Inc.
Flock's SEC Form D notice from November 2018: about $10 million sold to 8 investors, signed by Garrett Langley as CEO.
- SEC Form D — Flock Group Inc. (2020-04-06)
Corporate Filing · 2020
Flock Group Inc.
Flock's SEC Form D notice from April 2020: $15.9 million sold to 13 investors.