Law Professor. Author, “The Rise of Big Data Policing” & “Why Jury Duty Matters” & “The Law of Law School.” Tech and criminal justice.
Washington, DC
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Andrew Guthrie Ferguson says transparency around surveillance technology is essential: “We should not be asking police what technologies are in use, we should know and have approved of them before our tax dollars were used to buy them.”
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Do police need a warrant to access your gmail account? What local laws could restrict data tracking? How do other countries protect data privacy?
Our Q&A with legal expert Andrew Guthrie Ferguson answers these and other questions on police surveillance.
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Andrew G. Ferguson retweeted
“There is nothing you do in a digital world that cannot be obtained with a judicial warrant,” says legal scholar Andrew Guthrie Ferguson. “All of it can be obtained by police seeking to prosecute you.”
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Biggest issue not being discussed are real-time crime centers and police power. Now they are being discussed.
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Andrew G. Ferguson retweeted
Yesterday, the Fifth Circuit heard oral argument in a case about whether using ALPRs (Flock and Motorola) was a Fourth Amendment "search." The gov't says "no" for two reasons. The oral argument shows there are serious problems with both arguments. 🧵
Check out this episode of Morbidly Curious Book Club Podcast! redcircle.com/shows/17f819be… #redcircle
Andrew G. Ferguson retweeted
Federal judge: "Freedom from persistent, dragnet-style surveillance while in public is not a foreign concept in our society & it is a reasonable expectation that society already accepts ...
Why is it the govt's business where everyone goes all the time?"
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Andrew G. Ferguson retweeted
New: a surveillance company is telling cops it wants to add facial recognition to Flock cameras. Flock doesn't do face rec, but that doesn't stop other companies doing it. "This is the way the world is going, the way the world will have to be" 404media.co/surveillance-com…
As I say in my book, facial recognition and emotion/affect sensors are just an upgrade away when you build the architecture of surveillance into your city.
New: a surveillance company is telling cops it wants to add facial recognition to Flock cameras. Flock doesn't do face rec, but that doesn't stop other companies doing it. "This is the way the world is going, the way the world will have to be" 404media.co/surveillance-com…
How AI-powered bungling by Florida cops cost a father his freedom and $45,000 floridatrib.org/2026/09/28/h… via @TheJaxTrib
Another excellent Public Defenseless podcast about the Fourth Amendment and many other things. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
The thing you don’t always know about professional radio is that the producers can make anyone look good (even me).
Interesting and important debate about surveillance and policing.
Enjoyed producing this conversation with @ProfFerguson about flock cameras, the broader surveillance ecosystem being used by law enforcement and what local leaders can do to balance public safety and privacy concerns
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In an era where juries matter more and more for liberty: Happy Constitution Day.
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Andrew G. Ferguson retweeted
An unusual moment in policing is taking shape: police unions, civil rights groups, conservative politicians and grassroots activists find themselves in an unlikely alliance calling for rapidly expanding surveillance tech to be reined in.
A “tipping point,” says @ProfFerguson.
Resistance to Flock has made its way to the DMV. In Washington, the head of the city police union said MPD used the cameras to investigate sworn officers. And officials in Alexandria signaled this week they don’t want Flock in their city.
w/ @conarck
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Andrew G. Ferguson retweeted
If true, and especially if this is becoming routine, very troubling. Curious what lawyers/law profs would do in this situation. SCOTUS has never weighed in on this practice.
Thoughts, @OrinKerr, others?
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Andrew G. Ferguson retweeted
You’ve probably read the headlines about Flock Cameras. But they are just the most visible frontier in an era of AI-powered policing.
Right now, police are adopting AI tools at a staggering rate and using them to build an efficient, centralized surveillance infrastructure.
On this week’s episode of Your Undivided Attention, @tristanharris speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist @garanceburke and law professor @ProfFerguson about how police are using AI today, what we can expect in the near future, and what protections we need to create now, before it's too late.
Check it out:
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Listen - apple.co/4A59Ky3
Read - bit.ly/4xdyKk7
More AI things to worry about.
“Your Data Will Be Used Against You” on “Your Undivided Attention” #podcast. humanetech.com/podcast/flock…
Andrew G. Ferguson retweeted
ANDROMEDA DIAZ AND THE REASONABLE DOUBT IS OUT TODAY!!!
Anywhere you like to buy books, you can buy a copy of this book that is not only a twisty mystery, but will teach your children how to think like public defenders.
Sharp critical thinking, deep empathy.
LFG.
If you are a news outlet/ #book reviewer/ #bookclub and you passed on the book about the summer’s biggest policing surveillance story, I don’t blame you. I, too, am surprised about anti-Flock.
But the issues are harder and more nuanced.
It’s all here.
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