The Government Is Monitoring Anti-Flock TikTok and Instagram Accounts
The Government Is Monitoring Anti-Flock TikTok and Instagram Accounts
政府正在监控反 Flock 的 TikTok 和 Instagram 账号
Government surveillance centers are monitoring viral anti-Flock Instagram posts, warning local police about upcoming DeFlock events including one scheduled to start next week, and have told cops to “increase patrols around ALPR [automatic license plate readers]” as backlash to Flock grows, according to government intelligence bulletins obtained using public records requests. The documents also warn about devices “that could be used to identify the locations of Flock cameras.”
根据通过公共记录请求获得的政府情报简报显示，政府监控中心正在密切关注社交媒体上病毒式传播的反 Flock（Flock Safety 公司）Instagram 帖子。这些简报警告当地警方注意即将举行的 DeFlock 活动（包括定于下周开始的一场活动），并指示警察随着针对 Flock 的抵制情绪高涨，“加强对 ALPR（自动车牌识别系统）周边的巡逻”。文件还警告称，存在“可能被用于识别 Flock 摄像头位置”的设备。
Investigative journalist Dan Boguslaw first published several fusion center bulletins about DeFlock, a crowdsourced map of ALPR cameras. 404 Media has now obtained four more recent law enforcement briefings warning police to surveil or beef up patrols of areas where Flock cameras are located (the documents are embedded below). These briefings document instances of Flock vandalism and warn, specifically, about the DeFlock “National Week of Action Against Automated License Plate Readers,” which is essentially a series of public meetings and protests about the dangers of mass surveillance.
调查记者 Dan Boguslaw 最先发布了几份关于 DeFlock（一个 ALPR 摄像头的众包地图项目）的融合中心简报。404 Media 目前又获得了四份更近期的执法部门简报，警告警方对 Flock 摄像头所在的区域进行监控或加强巡逻（文件附在下方）。这些简报记录了 Flock 摄像头遭到破坏的案例，并特别警告了 DeFlock 发起的“反对自动车牌识别系统全国行动周”，这本质上是一系列关于大规模监控危害的公开会议和抗议活动。
In sum, the documents show that local, state, and federal law enforcement are monitoring anti-Flock activists and are trying to tie together people who politically oppose mass surveillance with vigilantes who destroy Flock cameras. 404 Media obtained the documents through a public records act request.
总之，这些文件表明，地方、州和联邦执法部门正在监控反 Flock 的活动人士，并试图将那些在政治上反对大规模监控的人与破坏 Flock 摄像头的治安维持者（私刑者）联系起来。404 Media 是通过公共记录法请求获得这些文件的。
Fusion centers are information-sharing partnerships between local, state, and federal government law enforcement agencies. The documents Boguslaw and 404 Media obtained are “intelligence bulletins,” which are briefings to law enforcement about specific threats. The data is compiled by individual fusion centers in a state and then shared more widely. Many of the documents are marked “Law Enforcement Sensitive.”
融合中心是地方、州和联邦政府执法机构之间的信息共享伙伴关系。Boguslaw 和 404 Media 获得的文件是“情报简报”，即向执法部门通报特定威胁的简报。这些数据由州内的各个融合中心汇编，然后进行更广泛的共享。许多文件被标记为“执法敏感”。
A new fusion center warning from the Colorado Information Analysis Center notes “people have begun utilizing the [DeFlock] app to locate and then destroy or disable the ALPRs. Multiple public accounts are posting videos of individuals vandalizing these cameras, adding momentum to the online discourse and influencing others to do the same.” That bulletin highlights a specific Instagrammer, called Nomark.Project, that is “posting daily videos of himself taking down/disabling Flock Security cameras ‘until they’re all gone.’ Comments on these videos show support for this individual’s actions.”
科罗拉多州信息分析中心的一份新融合中心警告指出：“人们已经开始利用 [DeFlock] 应用程序定位并随后破坏或禁用 ALPR。多个公共账号正在发布个人破坏这些摄像头的视频，这增加了在线讨论的势头，并影响其他人效仿。”该简报特别提到了一个名为 Nomark.Project 的 Instagram 用户，他“每天发布自己拆除/禁用 Flock 安全摄像头的视频，声称‘直到它们全部消失为止’。这些视频下的评论显示了对该个人行为的支持。”
That same bulletin also says neo-Nazi accelerationists encouraged the destruction of Flock cameras, but the call to action seems to have quickly dissipated: “Over the past two months, the neo-Nazi accelerations group Private Aryan Resistance began recruiting members on neo-Nazi forum Fash Front to sabotage Flock cameras. The group has since lost traction, but it shows that domestic violent extremist threat actors are also pursuing DeFlock efforts.” There is no indication in the document that neo-Nazis actually did target Flock cameras.
同一份简报还称，新纳粹加速主义者曾鼓励破坏 Flock 摄像头，但这一行动号召似乎很快就消散了：“在过去两个月里，新纳粹加速主义组织‘私人雅利安抵抗’（Private Aryan Resistance）开始在新纳粹论坛 Fash Front 上招募成员来破坏 Flock 摄像头。该组织此后失去了影响力，但这表明国内暴力极端主义威胁行为者也在关注 DeFlock 的行动。”文件中没有任何迹象表明新纳粹分子确实针对了 Flock 摄像头。
Another bulletin, from the Wisconsin Statewide Intelligence Center via the Northeast Florida Fusion Center, notes, “there is extensive and ongoing chatter on social media platforms such as Facebook and TikTok regarding various methods to interfere with or physically destroy Flock LPR cameras or compromise their connectivity.” In particular, it adds that “On June 25th, 2026 University of South Florida Police Department located a device during a traffic stop that could be used to identify the locations of Flock cameras. Additional investigation determined that the driver is actively involved in the DeFlock movement and has written software, that was made available on the internet, to scan and locate vulnerabilities in internet connected devices.”
另一份来自威斯康星州全州情报中心（经由佛罗里达州东北部融合中心转达）的简报指出：“在 Facebook 和 TikTok 等社交媒体平台上，关于干扰或物理破坏 Flock LPR 摄像头，以及破坏其连接性的各种方法的讨论非常广泛且持续不断。”简报特别补充道：“2026 年 6 月 25 日，南佛罗里达大学警察局在一次交通拦截中发现了一个可用于识别 Flock 摄像头位置的设备。进一步调查确定，该司机积极参与了 DeFlock 运动，并编写了可在互联网上获取的软件，用于扫描和定位联网设备中的漏洞。”
DeFlock is an open source, crowdsourced map of ALPR cameras created by a man named Will Freeman. DeFlock was created to show how widespread ALPR cameras are in the United States, and the “DeFlock movement” is a very loose term for a series of local community activists who have educated themselves about Flock surveillance and have asked their local politicians to consider ending their contracts with Flock. DeFlock has organized a “National Week of Action Against Automated License Plate Readers” for August 16-22. This Week of Action is political in nature, and includes information sessions, marches, and talking points for people who are asking their local communities to consider ending surveillance contracts.
DeFlock 是由 Will Freeman 创建的一个 ALPR 摄像头开源众包地图。DeFlock 的创建旨在展示 ALPR 摄像头在美国的普及程度，“DeFlock 运动”是一个非常宽泛的术语，指代一系列当地社区活动人士，他们通过学习了解了 Flock 的监控机制，并要求当地政客考虑终止与 Flock 的合同。DeFlock 组织了 8 月 16 日至 22 日的“反对自动车牌识别系统全国行动周”。这次行动周具有政治性质，包括信息发布会、游行以及为那些要求当地社区考虑终止监控合同的人提供讨论要点。
DeFlock describes the event as “a variety of public meetings, townhalls, and other events intended to raise awareness about the use of ALPRs in their communities, the harms of these cameras, and how we can work together to end their use.”
DeFlock 将此次活动描述为“一系列旨在提高人们对社区内 ALPR 使用情况、这些摄像头的危害以及我们如何共同努力终止其使用等问题的认识的公开会议、市政厅会议和其他活动。”
The fusion center documents also list specific cities that have signed up for the DeFlock Week of Action; for example, a July 28 bulletin from the North Florida Fusion eXchange notes 11 cities in Florida that “have already signed up to participate.” “In addition to DeFlock’s call to action, other online groups and individuals are encouraging the destruction of ALPRs and are sharing tactics and techniques through social media by providing detailed instructions on how to damage or disable ALPR cameras, poles, and solar panels,” the bulletin reads. Freeman told 404 Media that DeFlock has never called for vandalism of Flock cameras.
融合中心的文件还列出了报名参加 DeFlock 行动周的具体城市；例如，北佛罗里达融合交流中心 7 月 28 日的一份简报指出，佛罗里达州有 11 个城市“已经报名参加”。简报写道：“除了 DeFlock 的行动号召外，其他在线团体和个人也在鼓励破坏 ALPR，并通过社交媒体分享策略和技术，提供有关如何损坏或禁用 ALPR 摄像头、杆子和太阳能电池板的详细说明。”Freeman 告诉 404 Media，DeFlock 从未呼吁破坏 Flock 摄像头。
“DeFlock has never called for disabling cameras or covering license plates, contrary to what recent law enforcement bulletins claim. DeFlock is a grassroots project that started in 2024, focused on maintaining a public map of surveillance infrastructure and encouraging civic engagement such as contacting local representatives, hosting public awareness events like scavenger hunts, and educational outreach. This has worked for nearly 2 years, with over 100 contracts canceled through legitimate public engagement,” Freeman said. “Some of the activity referenced in these bulletins originates from accounts using the DeFlock name without our authorization.”
“与近期执法部门简报所声称的相反，DeFlock 从未呼吁禁用摄像头或遮挡车牌。DeFlock 是一个始于 2024 年的草根项目，专注于维护监控基础设施的公共地图，并鼓励公民参与，例如联系当地代表、举办寻宝游戏等公众意识活动以及教育推广。这在近两年里行之有效，通过合法的公众参与，已有 100 多份合同被取消，”Freeman 说。“这些简报中提到的一些活动源自未经我们授权而使用 DeFlock 名称的账号。”
Vandalizing Flock cameras “wasn’t much of a thing until like a month [ago].”
破坏 Flock 摄像头的行为“直到大约一个月前才开始变得普遍。”