Two recent statements from the surveillance company reveal a troubling pattern: when confronted by evidence of widespread abuse, Flock Safety has blamed users, downplayed harms, and doubled down on the very systems that enabled the violations in the first place.
It’s not the angry or upset postings on socials that you need to be worried about. It’s the people who’ve fallen off social media, those whose behavior has changed, those who are being attacked by tyranny, corruption, and growing police state. Take a moment to reach out to them, join them, listen to them, really hear them adb the pain, bring them back into the fold or dont be surprised at the damage.
While MAGA praises their BBB, it’s the growing silence and brewing storm we need to be worried about. I guarantee you’ve not seen anything like what’s to come. It may be Independence Day here in the US, but let’s remember why it’s Independance Day. We rejected the monarchy, the oppressive tyranny, defective administration, duties (tarrifs) on goods, Lord North’s Measures (which had soldiers marching thru the streets, much like ICE), amongst many other oppressive measures.
“Remember, remember!
The fifth of November,
The Gunpowder treason and plot;
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!…”
[Excerpt from The Fifth of November (Guy Fawkes Night Poem)]