Primary documents
- Supreme People’s Court’s Several Provisions on Restricting High Spending and Related Spending by Persons Subject to Enforcement
Government Record · 2015
Supreme People’s Court; China Law Translate
Translation of China's Supreme People's Court rules (2015): people who ignore court judgments can be barred from flights, soft-sleeper trains and other high spending. Targeted court…
- Suspected Flock camera vandal walks out of court hearing in Sandoval County
News Report · 2026
KRQE
KRQE: a Rio Rancho, New Mexico man charged with destroying three Flock cameras walked out of his court hearing. Charged, not convicted. Protocol Media does not…
- Teens Spend Average of 4.8 Hours on Social Media Per Day
Document · 2023
Gallup
Gallup’s June–July 2023 survey reported 4.8 hours across seven platforms, including 1.9 hours on YouTube and 1.5 on TikTok. Averages ranged from 4.1 hours at age…
- The AI Startup Founder That Wants To End Crime In America
Transcript · 2025
Forbes
The original Forbes video interview with Flock CEO Garrett Langley (September 3, 2025). Its chapter list includes "Citizen Opposition To Flock," the segment where he discussed…
- The Association Between Adolescent Well-Being and Digital Technology Use
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2019
Amy Orben and Andrew K. Przybylski
Specification curve analysis across three large social datasets, total n=355,358, found a small negative association. The analysis is correlational rather than a causal detox experiment.
- The Chicago Police Department’s Use of ShotSpotter Technology
Government Record · 2021
City of Chicago Office of Inspector General
Chicago Inspector General's 2021 ShotSpotter report: only 9.1% of police responses to ShotSpotter alerts turned up evidence of a gun-related crime.
- The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Tweens and Teens, 2021
Document · 2022
Victoria Rideout, Alanna Peebles, Supreet Mann, and Michael B. Robb
Entertainment screen use averaged 5:33 for ages 8–12 and 8:39 for ages 13–18. Social-media time was 18 minutes and 1:27 respectively. YouTube, TikTok, and Twitch were…
- The Cost of Interrupted Work: More Speed and Stress
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2008
Gloria Mark, Daniela Gudith, and Ulrich Klocke
The peer-reviewed experiment found interrupted tasks completed faster without quality loss, but with greater stress, frustration, time pressure, and effort.
- The Education of a Libertarian
Document · 2009
Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel's 2009 essay for Cato Unbound containing the line "I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible." Founders Fund, his firm, is a…
- The effects of social media abstinence on affective well-being and life satisfaction: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2025
Nassen et al.
Ten studies, N=4,674 and 38 effect sizes, produced nonsignificant pooled results: positive affect g=0.03, negative affect g=−0.01, and life satisfaction g=0.03. Interventions were mostly short, adult-only,…
- The High Crime of “LMAO”: How Cops Are Treating Flock’s Mass Surveillance As a Joke
Document · 2026
Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF, September 2026: police logged Flock search reasons like "LOL," "LMAO," "sexy" and "idk," and more than 6,300 searches as just "TBD."
- The Human Toll of ALPR Errors
Document · 2024
Gowri Nayar; Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF, November 2024: Brittney Gilliam and four children, ages 6 to 17, were held at gunpoint in Aurora, Colorado after a plate reader matched her SUV…
- The IJ Database of ALPR Abuse
Document · 2026
Institute for Justice
The Institute for Justice's running database of plate reader abuse and errors, 296 incidents when checked in October 2026. It says the list "may be just…
- The Power of Play: A Pediatric Role in Enhancing Development in Young Children
Document · 2018
Michael Yogman et al.; American Academy of Pediatrics
The report says randomized trials of physical play in 7- to 9-year-olds showed enhanced attentional inhibition, cognitive flexibility, and brain functioning. It also supplies a 25%…
- The Power of the Like in Adolescence: Effects of Peer Influence on Neural and Behavioral Responses to Social Media
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2016
Lauren E. Sherman et al.
The simulated Instagram fMRI experiment found that many versus few Likes influenced adolescents’ behavior and neural responses to photographs.
- The Price of Free LPR: What Vendor Lock-In Really Costs
Document · 2026
Flock Safety
Flock's own June 2026 blog post claiming its network includes more than 120,000 cameras across 49 states.
- The Senior Advisory Group Panel on Commercially Available Information: Declassified Report
Government Record · 2022
ODNI Senior Advisory Group
The report documents intelligence-community acquisition of commercially available personal information, including detailed location-related data, without the process that compelled acquisition might require.
- The Welfare Effects of Social Media
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2020
Hunt Allcott, Luca Braghieri, Sarah Eichmeyer, and Matthew Gentzkow
The randomized experiment found reduced online activity, more offline activity, lower factual news knowledge and polarization, increased subjective well-being, and persistent reduced Facebook use after four…
- Three Men Charged with Stealing Multiple Flock Cameras
Government Record · 2026
DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office
DuPage County State's Attorney, July 2026: three men charged with stealing multiple Flock cameras in Lisle. Charges are not proof of guilt. Protocol Media does not…
- Title 29-A, §2117-A: Use of automated license plate recognition systems
Government Record · 2013
Maine Legislature
Maine law limiting ordinary plate reader data to 21 days, with violations a crime.
- Too Many Interruptions at Work?
News Report · 2006
Gallup Business Journal interview with Gloria Mark
The interview supplies 23 minutes 15 seconds as average elapsed time to resume interrupted work.
- Town of York General and Special Budget Referendum Warrant — November 3, 2026
Government Record · 2026
Town of York, Maine
Town of York, Maine signed warrant for November 3, 2026: Article Five asks voters to enact a citizen-petition ordinance titled "Stop ALPRs."
- Transcript for Marc Andreessen: Trump, Power, Tech, AI, Immigration & Future of America — Lex Fridman Podcast #458
Transcript · 2025
Lex Fridman and Marc Andreessen
Transcript of Lex Fridman's 2025 interview with Marc Andreessen, whose firm led two Flock rounds. Explaining the "Iron Law of Oligarchy," Andreessen says it "basically says…
- Treasury Fact Sheet: The Administration’s Proposed Financial Account Reporting Requirements
Government Record · 2021
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasury expressly rejected individual-transaction reporting and described a revised $10,000 total annual-flow exclusion, with wage/salary earners and federal-program beneficiaries carved out.