The Department of Homeland Security stated that using DeepSeek may result in the transfer of sensitive data belonging to U.S. government employees or vendors to the Chinese government.

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Flock Safety's FreeForm feature allows users to perform plain-language natural language searches across a national network of cameras spanning multiple states.

Flock Safety's Condor cameras can detect, track, and zoom in on individual people in live video feeds without using facial recognition.

Civil liberties groups including the ACLU, EFF, and Institute for Justice are litigating whether blanket ALPR camera surveillance requires a Fourth Amendment warrant.

President Donald Trump stated on September 13, 2026, that he supports Flock cameras for law enforcement crime prevention despite civil rights infringement concerns.

Southeast Michigan communities including Eastpointe, Milford, Madison Heights, and Bedford Township canceled their contracts with Flock Safety over privacy and misuse concerns.

Inkster Mayor Byron Nolen announced a 10-year contract expanding Flock technology in Inkster, Michigan, to include 20 plate readers, 5 video cameras, 48 gunshot detectors, and a drone.

Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley stated at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on October 14, 2026, that privacy risks are a necessary trade-off for accountability and crime reduction.

Flock Safety cameras automatically scan and record license plates, vehicle brand, color, model, and physical characteristics such as dents and bumper stickers.

A third-party company called VIDIZMO has offered software to add facial recognition capabilities to Flock Safety cameras.

Local police officers used Flock camera searches to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to track a woman who self-administered an abortion in Texas.

Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley stated that ALPR surveillance technology helps police departments address severe staffing shortages and uncompleted job positions.

Flock Safety conducted staff layoffs following growing national privacy backlash and canceled municipal contracts.

An August 2026 Washington Post investigation found at least 50 law enforcement officers were accused or charged with misusing license plate readers, with Flock systems involved in 46 cases.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI issued a joint warning on October 16, 2026 regarding artificial intelligence-boosted attempts to steal sensitive data from election officials.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI issued a joint warning on October 16, 2026 regarding artificial intelligence-boosted attempts to steal sensitive election data.

U.S. AI firms Anthropic and OpenAI claimed that Chinese AI firms, including Hangzhou-based startup DeepSeek, essentially copied their AI models.

The Department of Homeland Security warned that DeepSeek models pose multiple threat vectors, could produce actionable intelligence on U.S. persons and agencies, and may contain malware or security vulnerabilities.

White House tech lead Michael Kratsios wrote in an internal memo in 2026 that malicious exploitation of American AI firms had been occurring primarily by competitor firms in China.

Prior to the October 19, 2026 federal directive, the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Navy had already banned DeepSeek on government-issued devices.

In December 2025, the Federal Communications Commission banned imports of all new Chinese drone models and consumer internet routers.