Federal judge calls Flock ‘indiscriminate mass surveillance’

A federal judge in Oklahoma ruled that warrantless searches using AI-powered surveillance data from Flock Safety may violate the Fourth Amendment. The court determined that a sheriff's deputy infringed upon a woman's rights by searching for her license plate without a warrant. The judge characterized the technology as indiscriminate mass surveillance, stating that citizens have a reasonable expectation of freedom from persistent, dragnet-style surveillance while in public spaces without adequate probable cause for such searches.