Thomas Massie on Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance

Thomas Massie

The federal government shouldn’t provide 'security' grants to cities and police departments that have gone beyond the pale and turned their communities into a version of 1984. The Flock-Off Act withholds federal money from municipalities and police departments that deploy Flock cameras to surveil law-abiding citizens. Federal taxpayers should not be forced to fund the surveillance state.

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U.S. Representative Thomas Massie, “Reps. Massie, Burlison Introduce the ‘Flock-Off Act’ to Defund Surveillance State Cameras,” official press release, September 2, 2026.

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