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Aug 19, 2025

I’m Hearing About More Pushback Against Flock, Fueled by Concern Over Anti-Immigrant Uses

Immigrants' Rights

Policymakers are beginning to recognize that the boundaries between local surveillance and the Trump Administration are hard to maintain.

Policymakers are beginning to recognize that the boundaries between local surveillance and the Trump Administration are hard to maintain.

Police being grilled on Flock at Austin City Council meeting
Police being grilled on Flock at Austin City Council meeting
Aug 18, 2025

New Detention Camp at Fort Bliss Marks Dangerous Expansion of Militarized Immigration Enforcement

Immigrants' Rights
As the Trump administration expands immigration enforcement, a new detention site at Fort Bliss raises alarm over secrecy, scale, and the use of military resources.
As the Trump administration expands immigration enforcement, a new detention site at Fort Bliss raises alarm over secrecy, scale, and the use of military resources.
A demonstrator holding a sign that says "Protect Immigrants."
A demonstrator holding a sign that says "Protect Immigrants."
Aug 16, 2025

Flock’s Aggressive Expansions Go Far Beyond Simple Driver Surveillance

Privacy

Build it (an authoritarian tracking infrastructure) and they (expanded uses) will come.

Build it (an authoritarian tracking infrastructure) and they (expanded uses) will come.

Vintage car driving on a road
Vintage car driving on a road
Aug 9, 2025

Trump's Birthright Citizenship Executive Order: What Happens Next

Immigrants' Rights

We were the first to sue to protect birthright citizenship, and our cases continue. Find out where things stand in Maine and around the nation.

We were the first to sue to protect birthright citizenship, and our cases continue. Find out where things stand in Maine and around the nation.

A demonstrator looks up at her sign (which reads "Citizenship is a Birthright") during a rally outside the Supreme court building demanding the court uphold the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
A demonstrator looks up at her sign (which reads "Citizenship is a Birthright") during a rally outside the Supreme court building demanding the court uphold the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Aug 7, 2025

Surveillance Company Flock Now Using AI to Report Us to Police if it Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are “Suspicious”

Privacy

The company is crossing a dangerous line by using AI to determine if a person freely moving about town is "suspicious."

The company is crossing a dangerous line by using AI to determine if a person freely moving about town is "suspicious."

Free Future Blog 1
Free Future Blog 1
Aug 4, 2025

The Voting Rights Act at 60: A Legacy in Jeopardy, a Democracy at Risk

Voting Rights

As the Voting Rights Act turns 60, its legacy is under siege – from courts, lawmakers, and a government retreating from enforcement. The battle to preserve it is now a fight for the future of democracy...

As the Voting Rights Act turns 60, its legacy is under siege – from courts, lawmakers, and a government retreating from enforcement. The battle to preserve it is now a fight for the future of democracy...

Protesters with signs at march on Washington, D.C. for Jobs and Freedom, carrying signs that read "WE DEMAND VOTING RIGHTS NOW!" and WE DEMAND AN END O POLICE BRUTALITY NOW!" on August 28, 1963.
Protesters with signs at march on Washington, D.C. for Jobs and Freedom, carrying signs that read "WE DEMAND VOTING RIGHTS NOW!" and WE DEMAND AN END O POLICE BRUTALITY NOW!" on August 28, 1963.