Benn Jordan on Flock, privacy, and the new surveillance backlash
Benn Jordan discusses Senate scrutiny, contract cancellations, and layoffs hitting Flock Safety's license-plate camera network.
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8 articles · newest firstFlock CEO: We haven’t ‘fired’ any police departments as customers
Flock's CEO says the company has not dropped police customers despite officers misusing its plate database.
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Following 404 Media Investigation, Senator Demands Info About White House's License Plate Surveillance Program
Sen. Ron Wyden demands ONDCP release a 2024 MITRE privacy review of HIDTA license plate reader and cell phone surveillance programs.
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Bipartisan backlash to ALPRs grows as two high-profile bills are introduced
Bipartisan bills would restrict AI license-plate cameras from Flock, Motorola, and Axon amid privacy backlash.
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Surveillance Finds a Way
VIDIZMO markets facial recognition, behavior prediction, and demographic analysis for Flock and Axon camera footage, filling the gap Flock refuses to touch.
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Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock Cameras
VIDIZMO pitches police on adding facial recognition, watchlists, and racial/gender analysis to exported Flock camera data, despite Flock's no-facial-recognition pledge.
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One Piece of Flock Camera Data Put This Innocent Woman in Jail for 13 Days
Palm Beach woman Lindsey Isaacs spent 13 days in jail, including solitary, after Flock ALPR data wrongly linked her car to a deadly crash.
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Is Your City Using Axon License Plate Cameras? We Need Your Help
Journalists investigate cities switching to Axon ALPR cameras and seek public records on usage and inter-agency data sharing.
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Appears with
- Flock Safetyorganization · 5
- Motorolaorganization · 3
- Axonvendor · 3
- Flock Safety ALPRproduct · 2
- Flock Safetyvendor · 2
- Flockvendor · 2
- Motorolavendor · 2
- Flockorganization · 2
- VIDIZMOorganization · 2
- HIDTAorganization · 1
- ONDCPorganization · 1
- ACLUorganization · 1
- Lindsey Isaacsorganization · 1
- ICEorganization · 1
- Florida Highway Patrolorganization · 1
- Flock ALPRproduct · 1
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