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US Cities Cancel 50+ Flock Surveillance Contracts Amid Public Backlash

townflex.com English

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/50445196

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    At least 54 US cities have canceled or rejected Flock license plate camera contracts in 2026 as privacy concerns and false alerts spark nationwide backlash.
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    • dan1101@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8 hours

      Way too much unethical shit is getting implemented without community involvement.

      • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
        6 hours

        Soon they will start spinning up the corporate owned media to manufacture the appearance of support for having the cameras. Which city councils can then cite when they start the contracts again and accept their bribes.

        • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9 hours

          Watch out for them immediately contracting with Axon instead, which is just as bad.

            • Maeve@kbin.earth
              7 hours

              And nexstar, door dash, uber, probably instacart.

            • Zahille7@lemmy.worldEnglish
              10 hours

              It’s a start

              • kuiskaaja@lemmy.mlEnglish
                9 hours

                no one couldve possibly predicted that capitalist mass surveillance was a bad idea

                  • iopq@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    9 hours

                    It’s actually a good idea? You don’t have expectation of privacy when you’re outside. It’s legal for anyone to install a camera pointing outside.

                      • TransNeko@lemmy.worldEnglish
                        4 hours

                        so you are ok with the police officers who used Flock to stalk and rape people.

                        Got it. when you are a victim of Flock and get raped/killed by a stalker who used Flock. I’ll remember to point out that you were ok with Flock before you were personally affected. typical fucking Republican… you don’t give a shit until it affects you.

                        • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
                          8 hours

                          One camera isnt the problem.

                          A whole network of cameras tracking your every move, logged in a national database that doesn’t require a warrant or oversight is.

                          Police require a warrant to get your phones location data, but they don’t require one to ask Flock for your every move. This has already been abused hundreds of times by police and city employees to stalk their ex partners and more…

                          Here’s one article of many

                            • Maeve@kbin.earth
                              7 hours

                              Unless they’re Intel.

                              https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/trump-congress-fisa-spy-court-fbi-bill/

                        • BassTurd@lemmy.worldEnglish
                          10 hours

                          I was debating someone about this. I said we need for of the pole cutting and destruction while the other person said that’s not okay and we need to go through proper channels. I said we tried and were shut down. Glad to see I was right.

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