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# Browse by topic

Every article in the index is tagged along four axes: the technology involved, who it affects, what went wrong, and how governments and courts responded. Combine tags on the [main index](https://flock-truth.com/articles) to narrow further.

## Media type

  [Article 95 Written reporting, the default format for most of the index.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/article) [Video 6 A video, e.g. a YouTube news segment, rather than a written article.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/video)

## Where

  [National 81 National reporting or another state.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/national) [Our County 13 Directly about our county or a neighboring jurisdiction.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/local) [Statewide 7 Elsewhere in our state.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/state)

## Technology

  [AI video analytics 5 Automated behavior detection, "suspicious activity" scoring, video search by description.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/ai-analytics) [Facial recognition 1 Face matching and identification systems.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/facial-recognition) [Flock Safety 96 The vendor Flock Safety specifically: its cameras, contracts, or conduct.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/flock-safety) [License plate readers 101 Automated license plate recognition generally, any vendor.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/alpr)

## Who it affects

  [Children & minors 2 Data collected on people under 18.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/children) [Immigration enforcement 13 ICE, CBP, or 287(g) access to local surveillance data.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/immigration) [Protest & speech 1 Surveillance of demonstrations, journalists, or political activity.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/protesters) [Reproductive health 5 Tracking related to abortion access or clinic visits.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/reproductive-health) [Schools 1 Surveillance on or around school campuses.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/schools) [Stalking & domestic violence 8 Surveillance tools used to locate or stalk individuals, including by insiders.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/domestic-violence)

## What went wrong

  [Abuse & misuse 33 Documented cases of officers or agencies searching the system improperly.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/abuse-misuse) [Data breaches 3 Leaks, hacks, or unsecured access to collected data.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/data-breach) [Data retention 22 How long records are kept, and what happens when policy says otherwise.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/retention) [Data sharing 33 Local data flowing to other agencies, states, federal partners, or private firms.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/data-sharing) [False hits 9 Wrong-car and wrong-person stops caused by bad reads or stale data.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/false-positives) [Warrantless searches 12 Access to location history without judicial oversight.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/no-warrant)

## Governance

  [Community pushback 50 Residents, councils, and campaigns opposing or removing systems.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/community-response) [Contracts & cost 26 Procurement, pricing, renewals, and what taxpayers are paying.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/contracts-cost) [Courts & lawsuits 9 Litigation, rulings, and constitutional challenges.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/legal) [Does it work? 6 Evidence on whether these systems actually reduce crime.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/effectiveness) [Laws & policy 23 Bills, ordinances, moratoriums, and regulation.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/legislation) [Privacy 24 General privacy analysis and civil liberties commentary.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/privacy) [Transparency & records 32 Public records fights, audit findings, disclosure failures.](https://flock-truth.com/topic/transparency)

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