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Flock Safety pushed cybersecurity researcher Joshua Michael to shut down FlockSurveillance.org via a trademark infringement complaint and a takedown letter, and the site was offline as of Monday, September 28, 2026.
Flock publicly claims 120,000 cameras across 49 states, while DeFlock estimates closer to 143,000, and Michael's map was built from Flock's own exposed system data.
A security key exposed publicly on Flock's systems in late 2025 granted full access to FlockOS, including live drone telemetry, police car locations and officer locations via body cameras.
Michael reported the exposure three times and was effectively dismissed; Flock only patched the issue after he published a detailed blog post, around which time Flock published a post stating it had never been hacked.

DT Editorial Team·Sep 29, 2026·via jalopnik.com

Advocates say the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program lacks proactive public reporting.
CMS plans annual state progress reports but is not proactively publishing individual state submissions.
Critics warn limited transparency could hinder fraud prevention and obscure which projects are working.

DT Editorial Team·Sep 4, 2026·via medicalxpress.com

Habeas Dockets publishes immigration habeas filings that are difficult to access online.
The project was built to work around a 2007 court rule that limits online access to these records.
About 400 volunteers have contributed documents, according to the project’s founder.
The archive is creating new transparency around detention and deportation cases.

DT Editorial Team·Aug 25, 2026·via 404media.co

FCC proposes to allow ISPs to aggregate passthrough fees instead of itemizing them.
Telecom industry spent $114 million on lobbying in 2025.
Other changes include conversational label presentation, no label on order page, and removal of machine-readable data requirements.
Critics argue the changes reduce transparency and help ISPs hide fees.

DT Editorial Team·Jul 7, 2026·via engadget.com

The Atlantic made four AI music-training datasets searchable through its AI Watchdog project.
Two of the datasets contain about 12 million and 9 million tracks, with two smaller sets exceeding 100,000 songs each.
The Verge reports that Google and Stability have confirmed use of the datasets in research papers.
The database intensifies questions about licensing, terms-of-service compliance, and AI training transparency.

DT Editorial Team·Jun 20, 2026·via theverge.com

STAT is tracking RFK Jr.'s health-policy promises, according to the candidate excerpt.
The extracted source text says RFK Jr. claims his calendar is public.
STAT says it has been trying to obtain that calendar for a year.
The access issue complicates efforts to evaluate policy promises and priorities.

DT Editorial Team·Jun 12, 2026·via statnews.com

Trump said everything checked out perfectly after a three-hour Walter Reed visit on May 26.
The exam revived scrutiny tied to age and stamina concerns.
The lasting issue is the absence of a clear standard for presidential health disclosure.

DT Editorial Team·May 26, 2026·via statnews.com