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Pembroke Pines, FL quietly built a surveillance machine over 10 years. $1.3 million. 160+ cameras. Facial recognition. FBI database access. Audio capture. A nationwide plate database with 4 billion+ reads. The City Commission voted on it 13 times. Never once debated it. Every claim here is from public records. 🧵

#SurveillanceState #ALPR #PembrokePines #Broward #FlockSafety #FacialRecognition #PublicRecords #Florida

N-gated Hacker News Mar 14

🌟🚨LWN.net bravely delves into the thrilling world of public records and IRS filings to uncover the sinister masterminds behind age-verification bills. 😱 Spoiler: It's not the Illuminati; it's just some corporate lobbyists trying to make a buck. 🤑 Readers are left on the edge of their seats—if only they hadn't fallen asleep first. 😴
https://lwn.net/Articles/1062779/ #LWNnet #AgeVerification #CorporateLobbyists #PublicRecords #IRSfilings #ThrillingStory #HackerNews #ngated

An investigation of the forces behind the age-verification bills

Reddit user 'Ok_Lingonberry3296' has posted the results of an extensive investigation into the [...]

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True Signal Media Mar 11

TSM by the numbers:

→ 180+ FOIA requests filed
→ 20+ investigations
→ 30+ active appeals against obstruction
→ Thousands of pages processed

This is systematic accountability journalism when it's not waiting for leaks.

Every FOIA costs money. Every appeal takes time. Every investigation requires infrastructure.

Founding Members fund this—500 slots at locked rates.

https://zurl.co/ATGgK

#InvestigativeJournalism #FOIA #DataJournalism #PublicRecords

ResearchBuzz: Firehose Mar 3

VT Digger: Corporate requests for public records are weighing down already burdened town officials in Vermont . “The town is spending more and more time fielding requests from companies that aren’t based in Vermont but that collect and sell its public information for a profit, she said. There’s little or nothing illegal, Marshall acknowledged, about what those companies are doing. But she […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/03/vt-digger-corporate-requests-for-public-records-are-weighing-down-already-burdened-town-officials-in-vermont/

VT Digger: Corporate requests for public records are weighing down already burdened town officials in Vermont

VT Digger: Corporate requests for public records are weighing down already burdened town officials in Vermont . “The town is spending more and more time fielding requests from companies that …

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Deflock Broward Feb 28

A redesign before we even have followers? Bold strategy.

The site looks much better now. More importantly, it's easier to actually read what's going on with license plate surveillance in Broward: what's installed, what it collects, and what nobody officially wants to talk about.

https://deflockbroward.org

#ALPR #Privacy #CivilLiberties #Surveillance #PublicRecords #Florida #Broward #FlockSafety #infosec

Deflock Broward — ALPR Surveillance in Broward County, FL

Deflock Broward uses public records to document how automated license plate reader systems operate in Broward County, Florida — and makes the case for their removal.

Deflock Broward

Deflock Broward Feb 24

Hello Mastodon! Deflock Broward here. We use public records to track license plate reader (ALPR) surveillance, then publish sources + plain-English explainers.

Starting with Weston: https://deflockbroward.org/weston

#DeflockBroward #Deflock #WestonFL #Broward #SouthFlorida #Florida #PublicRecords #SunshineLaw #OpenGovernment #Privacy #Surveillance #ALPR #LicensePlateReaders #FlockSafety

Weston | Deflock Broward

What the public record shows about Weston’s fixed ALPR (license plate reader) system — what happened, what it does, what’s unclear, and what residents can ask for.

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Betty C. Jung Feb 5

Many names appear due to contacts, testimonies, travel logs, or third-party mentions. The goal here is information, transparency, and discussion—not judgment. Always check verified sources and legal outcomes before forming conclusions. #EpsteinFiles #PublicRecords #Transparency

True Signal Media Jan 20

TSM by the numbers:

→ 180+ FOIA requests filed
→ 20+ investigations
→ 30+ active appeals against obstruction
→ Thousands of pages processed

This is systematic accountability journalism when it's not waiting for leaks.

Every FOIA costs money. Every appeal takes time. Every investigation requires infrastructure.

Founding Members fund this—500 slots at locked rates.

https://zurl.co/Bbu0p

#InvestigativeJournalism #FOIA #DataJournalism #PublicRecords

PrivacyDigest Jan 14

Police Unmask Millions of #Surveillance Targets Because of #Flock #Redaction Error

A handful of police depts that use Flock have unwittingly leaked details of millions of surveillance targets & a large number of active police investigations around the country because they have failed to redact license plates info in public records releases. Flock responded…by threatening a site that exposed it by limiting the info the public can get via #publicRecords requests
#privacy

https://www.404media.co/police-unmask-millions-of-surveillance-targets-because-of-flock-redaction-error/