Primary documents
- VIZIO to Pay $2.2 Million to FTC, State of New Jersey to Settle Charges It Collected Viewing Histories on 11 Million Smart Televisions without Users’ Consent
Government Record · 2017
Federal Trade Commission; New Jersey Attorney General
FTC, 2017: smart TV maker Vizio paid $2.2 million to settle charges it tracked what 11 million TVs watched, second by second, and sold the data…
- Voters in Maine and Texas to decide local Flock camera measures on Nov. 3
News Report · 2026
Ballotpedia News
Ballotpedia, October 2026: voters in York, Maine and League City, Texas will decide local Flock measures on November 3.
- Washington bill history — ESSB 6002
Government Record · 2026
Washington State Legislature
Washington Legislature's record confirming ESSB 6002 became law in March 2026.
- WEF: Shaping the Future of the Internet of Bodies (2020)
Document · 2020
World Economic Forum in collaboration with McGill University
The World Economic Forum's 2020 paper describes an unprecedented number of sensors attached to, implanted in or swallowed into human bodies to monitor, analyze and even…
- What Our Research Really Says About Teen Well-Being and Instagram
Document · 2021
Meta Platforms
Meta says 22% of girls already reporting body-image problems said Instagram made them better and 45.5% reported no impact. It says the research did not measure…
- Why Flock Safety turned to ClickHouse for real-time vehicle traffic analytics
Document · 2025
ClickHouse; Leon Kozlowski, Flock Safety data engineering manager
A ClickHouse case study with Flock's data engineering manager: Flock's traffic analytics handle more than 1 billion machine-learning predictions per day.
- Williams et al. v. City of Chicago et al., Civil Rights Class Action Complaint
Court Filing · 2022
Michael Williams, Lucy Parsons Labs and Daniel Ortiz
Williams et al. v. City of Chicago, the federal class action over ShotSpotter-based policing. Allegations at filing.
- Williams v. City of Chicago
Document · 2026
MacArthur Justice Center
MacArthur Justice Center's case page on Williams. Its study of police data found 89% of ShotSpotter deployments turned up no gun-related crime. MJC is Williams's legal…
- Working Paper: Automated License Plate Readers, Vehicle Theft, and Clearance
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2026
Mourtgos; Adams
A 2026 working paper (not peer-reviewed) on plate readers and car theft. It reports some drop in theft and higher clearance rates, but the clearance increase…
- World Bank: Identification for Development (ID4D) Strategic Framework
Government Record · 2016
World Bank Group
The World Bank's plan for national ID systems, launched in 2014. It lists the risks itself: privacy, surveillance, function creep, exclusion and cybersecurity.
- Written Testimony of Arturo Bejar
Transcript · 2023
Arturo Bejar
Bejar reported that 13% of Instagram users aged 13–15 self-reported unwanted sexual advances in the preceding seven days and said he communicated safety concerns directly to…
- Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Summary & Trends Report: 2011–2021
Government Record · 2023
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Persistent sadness/hopelessness rose from 28% in 2011 to 42% in 2021; seriously considering suicide rose from 16% to 22%, making a plan from 13% to 18%,…
- Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Summary & Trends Report: 2023
Government Record · 2024
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC reported 16% electronic bullying in 2023 using a previous-12-month question. This is narrower than Pew’s six-behavior lifetime/personal-experience measure.
- Yuval Noah Harari: Davos Speech (WEF, 2020)
Document · 2020
Yuval Noah Harari / World Economic Forum
At Davos in 2020, Harari said corporations and governments will soon be able to systematically hack all the people, and that humans should get used to…