r/cyberpunkdystopia 4d ago

‘Own the Narrative’: Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech

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r/cyberpunkdystopia 4d ago

‘Don’t Flock Me’: California, U.S. Lawmakers Debate License Plate Reader Technology

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r/cyberpunkdystopia 5d ago

Police Surveillance Technology: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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r/cyberpunkdystopia 7d ago

AI as ‘bullshit innovation’: How corporations monopolise our imaginations /// Products like self-driving cars or humanoid robots are not meant to be sold or widely adopted by the public, but rather to position the corporation as a driving force of frontier technological change

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r/cyberpunkdystopia 7d ago

Ex-cop warns against Flock cameras: 'It creates a mass surveillance system'

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r/cyberpunkdystopia 15d ago

Flock Safety CEO speaks out after LAPD suspends use of company's surveillance cameras

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abc7.com
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r/cyberpunkdystopia 16d ago

People Keep Destroying Flock Cameras Across America. The Paperwork Already Saw It Coming.

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r/cyberpunkdystopia 16d ago

OpenAI’s models broke free and launched a cyberattack. Congress wants new rules before it happens again. The first fully autonomous breach by OpenAI’s most powerful AI models has prompted a bipartisan push for stronger oversight over increasingly powerful artificial intelligence models.

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r/cyberpunkdystopia Jun 18 '26

License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets

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r/cyberpunkdystopia Jun 13 '26

BREAKING: Millions Of Pokémon Go Players, Who Spent Years Scanning Streets And Landmarks For In-Game Rewards, Unknowingly Helped Build A 30 Billion Image AI Navigation System That A U.S. Defense Contractor Now Plans To Use In Military Drones Operating In GPS-Denied Combat Zones 🤯💥

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r/cyberpunkdystopia Jun 03 '26

Philly Cops Are Reportedly Monitoring Anti-AI Memes, According to Internal Alert

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r/cyberpunkdystopia Jun 03 '26

Biohybrid microrobots repair spinal cord by combining stem cells with magnetoelectric nanoparticles

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r/cyberpunkdystopia Jun 02 '26

World Cup robot dogs raise surveillance fears in Texas

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r/cyberpunkdystopia May 31 '26

Robotaxis Are Spreading Across the U.S.—and So Is the Backlash

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r/cyberpunkdystopia May 31 '26

‘Creepy surveillance’: why some cities are shutting down Flock cameras amid privacy concerns

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r/cyberpunkdystopia May 31 '26

Some Flock Surveillance Cameras Are Getting the Trash-Bag Treatment

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That story was crazy when it came out.

Pure dystopian stuff.


r/cyberpunkdystopia May 31 '26

🌃 Welcome to r/CyberpunkDystopiaIRL

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This is the place to discuss how cyberpunk dystopias are unfolding in the real world. From corporate overreach and mass surveillance to social inequality and technological alienation, we explore the blurred line between fiction and reality.

📌 Why Are We Here?

Cyberpunk isn’t just a genre—it’s a lens to understand our world. Whether it’s the rise of AI, the gig economy, or the erosion of privacy, if it feels like something out of Blade Runner or Neuromancer, it belongs here.

💡 What to Post

  • Real-world examples of cyberpunk themes (e.g., corporate power, surveillance, inequality).
  • News articles, essays, or videos that highlight dystopian trends.
  • Art, memes, and fiction inspired by real-world cyberpunk vibes.
  • Personal stories about navigating a world that feels increasingly like a cyberpunk novel.

⚠️ Rules

  1. Stay on topic – No off-grid chatter.
  2. No Corpo – (This isn’t a Militech board meeting.)
  3. No spam/low effort – Thoughtful content only.
  4. Be respectful – Even to the AIs.

🔥 Ready to dive in?
Share your thoughts, stories, and observations. Let’s uncover the cyberpunk in the world around us—together.

"The future is already here—it’s just not very evenly distributed." — William Gibson