1984 has arrived, and fed-up Americans are now fighting back

'Get the Flock Out': 1984 has arrived, and fed-up Americans are now fighting back

Francis Kapper

A new battlefront has opened in the American war against robot surveillance.

An increasingly popular social media trend is to post videos on social media showing the destruction of Flock AI (artificial intelligence) surveillance cameras. The cameras have attracted the ire of Americans and legislators who are concerned about privacy and civil liberties.

The cameras have been illegally used by law enforcement to stalk estranged wives and ex-girlfriends, as well as in the dissemination of wrongful criminal accusations.

The Flock cameras are poles that contain AI-powered cameras and sensors, which allow law enforcement to track and monitor the movement of people and vehicles on foot and in traffic in American cities. The purpose of this surveillance technology is allegedly to prevent crime, but critics have argued that this is an intensification of the American surveillance state.

The videos on social media depict vigilantes cutting down the cameras with angle grinders, smashing them and throwing them in the garbage.

The American vigilantes are not alone in their fight against the technology, which has increasingly been characterized as Orwellian. Videos on social media from the United Kingdom depict similar scenes of the AI-powered surveillance devices being smashed, cut down or covered in paint.

Flock cameras are often placed on bike paths, nature trails, public parks, wilderness areas, community pools, reproductive clinics, schools, state park entrances, gyms and even in a children's gymnastics room, according to an X post from Free Thought Project reporter Jason Bassler.

In Colorado, Police Sgt. Jamie Milliman used a Flock camera to make a false accusation against a woman, claiming she stole a $25 package, the Colorado Sun reported on Nov. 11, 2025.

The opposition to Flock cameras extends beyond public outrage. Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie openly expressed their concerns surrounding AI-powered surveillance devices.

"If you want to spy on Americans, get a warrant," Boebert said in an X post on April 23.

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