Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) are quietly turning public roads into surveillance checkpoints. Every passing car gets photographed, logged, and stored, building a record of where the driving public goes and when. You've heard about Flock, but it’s only one of many vendors fueling the rapid ALPR expansion across the country, as both government agencies and private businesses rush to install these surveillance networks.
Join EFF for a livestream, with live Q&A, on where the fight over ALPRs stands and how you can get involved. We will break down how community organizers are pushing back and winning, how we’re fighting back in the courts, and what lawmakers are trying to accomplish with legislation.
EFFecting Change Livestream Series:
So You’ve Heard About Flock. Now What?
Thursday, December 3rd
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Pacific - Check Local Time
Livestream followed by Q&A
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We hope you and your friends can join us live! If you can't make it, we’ll post the recording afterward on YouTube and the Internet Archive!
About the Speakers:
Elizabeth (Lisa) Femia
Lisa Femia is a Senior Staff Attorney on EFF’s civil liberties team. Her work focuses on surveillance, privacy, free speech, and the impact of technology on civil rights and civil liberties. Lisa came to EFF from Hogan Lovells US LLP, where she maintained a robust pro bono practice centered on democracy reform, criminal justice, and civil rights. Prior to joining Hogan, Lisa worked on privacy and government surveillance issues as a clinic student and post-graduate intern at the Brennan Center for Justice. Lisa additionally served as an NYU International Law and Human Rights Fellow while in law school. In that role, she advocated for press freedom and media rights in Kampala, Uganda.
Prior to law school, Lisa worked as the government relations manager of a national nonprofit foundation in Washington, D.C. Lisa holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a bachelor's degree from Princeton University.
Beryl Lipton
Beryl Lipton, Senior Investigative Researcher, focuses her work on government transparency, law enforcement surveillance technology, and other uses of technology by government actors. She has extensive experience using Freedom of Information laws and large-scale public records campaigns in her research.
At EFF, Beryl supports the Atlas of Surveillance, The Foilies, The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance, among other projects. She enjoys teaching others about the strengths and limitations of public records laws and discussing the potential and real harms of the surveillance state.
Prior to her work with EFF in 2020, she spent seven years as a projects editor at MuckRock, where she focused on prison privatization and other public-private partnerships. She is a board member for Spare Change News, the Boston area street newspaper, and contributes to Gannett New York, where she has spearheaded the collection and release of police misconduct records throughout New York state.
