Federal judge rules warrantless Flock license plate search unconstitutional

A sheriff’s deputy used Flock to look up a woman’s license plate, violating her Fourth Amendment rights, according to TechCrunch. The Washington Post reports that police reconstructed her travels without probable cause. TechSpot identifies the judge as Oklahoma’s Sara Hill and says she compared automatic license plate readers to dragnet searches.

• TechSpot reports that AOC and Bernie Sanders introduced a bill to ban license plate readers.

Covered by 3 publishers within 20 hours of the first report.

• Washington Post: A police search using Flock was a form of ‘mass surveillance,’ judge rules

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WP Washington Post A police search using Flock was a form of ‘mass surveillance,’ judge rules · Drew Harwell 7:37 PM

TS TechSpot Federal judge calls Flock search unconstitutional, as AOC and Bernie Sanders introduce bill to ban license plate readers · Daniel Sims 10:35 AM

TC TechCrunch Federal judge calls Flock ‘indiscriminate mass surveillance’ · Anthony Ha 3:33 PM