404 Media is a topic tracked in our intelligence system with 5 linked articles.
LAPD lets its contract with Flock Safety expire amid serious concerns about civil liberties and privacy, highlighting ongoing regulatory and public-safety scrutiny of large-scale surveillance networks.
Headway Therapy will require biometric facial scans for identity verification with no opt-out beyond leaving the platform, raising privacy and regulatory concerns.
A bipartisan amendment to bar police LPR funding nationwide was killed in a House committee, signaling rising political backlash against Flock and expanding lobbying activity in the space.
The FBI seeks near real-time, nationwide access to license plate reader data, with procurement records signaling multimillion-dollar spending, while lawmakers push (and propose) regulatory limits on ALPR usage.
A Texas dumpster haul claimed to contain Yu-Gi-Oh uncut sheets valued up to roughly $1M, raising provenance, regulatory, and market-control concerns around Konami and the secondary collectible market.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed AB 105, which would have required age verification for porn sites, illustrating ongoing regulatory momentum but blocking Wisconsin from joining related laws.
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