WashingtonOne Indiana search’s stated reason: “LMAO.”
Every driver logged by Flock’s 19,000 cameras depends on that box for oversight.
Flock’s defense against misuse is a free-text reason field that nobody reviews, the Electronic Frontier Foundation found.
The audit covers 2023 through late 2025, when Flock changed the reason field.
How each outlet framed it
- 404 Media leans critical
- exposes frivolous search justifications (LMAO, LOL, keyboard mashing) in powerful Flock surveillance system, revealing accountability gaps
Sources: 404 Media