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Flock Surveillance Cameras Become Midterm Campaign Target as Voters Balk at Tech Companies' Power
Candidates are turning the cameras into a privacy fight, with some backing bans or funding cuts and supporters citing about 1 million crimes solved.
- Candidates across the U.S. are increasingly targeting Flock Safety as a campaign issue, reflecting growing public unease over AI-powered surveillance networks and the influence of powerful technology companies in local governance.
- Atlanta-Based Flock Safety's automated license plate readers operate in 6,000 communities, but the company faces a growing backlash this year as awareness of its sweeping surveillance network expands and litigation over constitutional questions continues.
- While policing groups call the technology "invaluable" for solving crimes, critics argue the pervasiveness of the network amounts to unconstitutional mass surveillance, with activists successfully pushing candidates to support bans or warrant requirements.
- In the Wisconsin governor's race, Democratic nominee David Crowley pledged to "implement strict transparency and accountability laws that ensure Wisconsinites are not spied on," while Republican challenger Tom Tiffany promised to pause state funding and create safeguards against foreign adversaries.
- MoMo Zhou, vice president of communications for Flock Safety, urged officials to engage with the company's record, noting the technology helped solve approximately one million crimes and reunited roughly 10,000 missing people with their families.
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Flock surveillance cameras become midterm campaign target as voters balk at tech companies' power
Across the country and up and down the ballot, candidates from both parties are increasingly on the attack over Flock cameras.
·New York, United States
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