Primary documents
- Carpenter v. United States, No. 16-402
Court Filing · 2018
Supreme Court of the United States
Carpenter v. United States (2018): the Supreme Court held that getting seven days of a person's cell phone location history is a search that requires a…
- CBP Had Access to More than 80,000 Flock AI Cameras Nationwide
News Report · 2025
404 Media
404 Media, August 2025: data from three police departments showed Customs and Border Protection regularly searched more than 80,000 Flock cameras nationwide. One department said it…
- Changes in American Children’s Time, 1997–2003
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2009
Sandra L. Hofferth
For 1997–2003, Hofferth reports declines in outdoor participation and time, but playing participation for ages 6–8 was 93% in 1997 and 94% in 2003.
- Chatrie v. United States, No. 25-112
Court Filing · 2026
Supreme Court of the United States
Chatrie v. United States (Supreme Court, June 2026): the Court held that police getting a person's Google location data is a Fourth Amendment search, and sent…
- Chicago Man Was Charged With Murder Based on ShotSpotter Alert. Now City Will Pay Him $500K
News Report · 2026
WTTW News
WTTW, March 2026: Chicago agreed to pay Michael Williams $500,000 through an offer of judgment, with no finding of liability.
- Chief says Flock audit system exposed 5 APD officers who allegedly misused license plate cameras
News Report · 2026
WALB News
WALB, July 2026: Albany's police chief says the Flock audit system flagged the five officers, and the department added weekly audits.
- Chile Law 21.383: Neurorights Constitutional Amendment (2021)
Government Record · 2021
Republic of Chile
Chile amended its constitution in 2021 to protect brain activity and the information derived from it.
- Church Committee Book III: COINTELPRO (1976)
Government Record · 1976
U.S. Senate Select Committee; AARC Library reproduction
Senate Church Committee, 1976: COINTELPRO was a set of secret FBI programs against domestic groups meant to "disrupt" and "neutralize" targets. It found many methods would…
- Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans (1976)
Government Record · 1976
Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities (Church Committee)
Book II of the Church Committee's final report: its findings on domestic intelligence abuses, including the FBI's COINTELPRO program and the Bureau's campaign against Dr. Martin…
- Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans (1976)
Government Record · 1976
Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities (Church Committee)
The Church Committee's detailed staff reports on COINTELPRO, the FBI's covert campaign against Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Black Panther Party, CIA mail opening, NSA…
- CIA “Family Jewels” Memorandum (1973)
Government Record · 1973
Central Intelligence Agency
The CIA's internal 1973 compilation of its own activities that may have violated its charter, released in 2007. It records Project MOCKINGBIRD, the 1963 telephone taps…
- CIA Family Jewels: Project MOCKINGBIRD, Telephone Taps of Newspaper Columnists
Government Record · 1963
Central Intelligence Agency / Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
The CIA "Family Jewels" file on Project Mockingbird: the CIA tapped the home and office phones of two Washington newspaper columnists in 1962 to 1963.
- City Council Votes to Terminate Flock Safety ALPR Contract
Government Record · 2026
City of Mountain View, California
City of Mountain View, February 2026: the council voted unanimously to end its Flock contract after a police audit found federal and out-of-state access that broke…
- City of Chicago Statement on ShotSpotter Contract
Government Record · 2024
City of Chicago Office of the Mayor
City of Chicago, February 2024: it did not renew the ShotSpotter contract and shut the system off in September 2024.
- City of Evanston deactivates Flock cameras, issues contract termination notice
Government Record · 2025
City of Evanston
City of Evanston, August 2025: the city shut off all 19 Flock cameras and gave notice it was terminating the contract.
- Civil Liberties & Rights Safeguards
Document
Flock Safety
Flock's "Civil Liberties & Rights Safeguards" page claiming its plate reader does not collect or infer race, religion, gender or ethnicity. Company claims.
- Coalition Letter to Spotify on Emotion-Recognition Technology (2021)
Document · 2021
Access Now and coalition of musicians and human-rights organizations
Musicians and rights groups' May 2021 letter demanding Spotify promise never to use, license or sell its voice-emotion technology.
- Commonwealth v. McCarthy, SJC-12750
Court Filing · 2020
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Commonwealth v. McCarthy (Massachusetts high court, 2020): four cameras on two bridges did not violate privacy, but the court said widespread plate reader use could.
- Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial, Isaacs v. Jateff et al., Case No. 6:26-cv-01263
Court Filing · 2026
Lindsey Brooke Isaacs; Brill & Rinaldi
Lindsey Isaacs's federal lawsuit: she spent 13 days in jail on eight felonies over a fatal crash even though a Flock camera placed her three miles…
- Complaint for Permanent Injunction, Monetary Judgment, and Other Relief, United States v. Ring LLC
Court Filing · 2023
Federal Trade Commission
The complaint alleges overly broad employee and contractor access and security failures, including compromises affecting more than 55,000 U.S. customers.
- Complaint, Brittney Gilliam et al. v. City of Aurora et al.
Court Filing · 2020
Brittney Gilliam et al.
Brittney Gilliam's lawsuit against Aurora describing the 2020 stop, including girls aged 17 and 12 handcuffed behind their backs.
- Compliance Tools
Document · 2026
Flock Safety
Flock's current Compliance Tools page, describing required reason fields and blocks on restricted searches. These are company claims.
- Computer & Communications Industry Association v. Uthmeier, No. 25-11881
Court Filing · 2026
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
The Eleventh Circuit found associational standing, rejected Younger abstention, held HB 3 likely content-neutral and likely to satisfy intermediate scrutiny, and rejected the facial challenge.
- Congressional Record Daily Digest, July 30, 2024
Government Record · 2024
U.S. Congress
The Senate passed the combined S.2073 Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act by 91–3. The measure did not become law. The earlier S.1409 likewise did not…