Why Communities Are Telling The Surveillance State To Flock Off
The short version: Robert Reich spotlights Flock's Big Tech backers and the growing local backlash, echoing what we've tracked for months: people are done asking permission to be watched.
Our Take
Robert Reich putting Flock Safety in front of his audience is a big deal. When a mainstream political commentator starts connecting the dots between Silicon Valley money and a camera network quietly blanketing American streets, it means the conversation is finally breaking out of the privacy-advocate bubble and into the rooms where policy actually gets made.
The framing matters too. This isn't just a story about one company's cameras — it's about who funds the infrastructure of surveillance and why they're so eager to normalize it. Communities pushing back against Flock contracts aren't being paranoid; they're doing the due diligence their city councils skipped. Reich's video is a good entry point, but the real fight happens locally, at council meetings and in public records requests.
If this video got you wondering whether there's a reader near you, check our camera map to see what's already been installed in your area. And if you're ready to do more than wonder, our take-action page has the tools to push back before the next contract gets signed.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Robert Reich, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.