Dont Spy On Me #unconstitutional #flock #flockcameras #surveillance #privacy #police #abuse #safety
The short version: A quick meme-style clip from memetowntees taps into growing public anger at Flock's ALPR network, even if it's mostly a vibe check wrapped around a t-shirt ad.
Our Take
This one's less investigative journalism and more gut-level protest art — memetowntees dropping a punchy "Dont Spy On Me" clip into the Flock conversation, hashtags and all. It's light on specifics, but that's sort of the point: the creator is bottling up a feeling a lot of Americans have when they learn their local PD quietly wired up intersections with license plate cameras that log every car, every day, and keep that data around far longer than most people realize.
We'll say it plainly: merch drops aren't research, and we're not going to pretend a 15-second clip proves anything about Flock's practices. But the fact that "unconstitutional" and "surveillance" are trending alongside Flock's name in casual internet culture — not just ACLU reports — tells you something about how far this issue has traveled. People don't need a white paper to sense that a camera network tracking your movements nationwide, run by a private company with murky retention and sharing policies, feels wrong.
If this clip got your attention, do something with that instinct: check our map to see if Flock cameras are already watching your commute, and head to our take-action page for concrete steps — public records requests, city council scripts, and more — to push back where you live.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of memetowntees, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.