'Get the Flock Out': Nationwide Backlash Grows Against AI-Powered Surveillance Tech

Growing surveillance state under Trump admin sparks nationwide backlash

Resistance is mounting across the United States against the increasing use of surveillance tech company Flock Safety’s cameras, with a growing number of cities canceling contracts as the artificial intelligence-powered license plate readers are quietly being installed in thousands of locations nationwide.State and local police departments first used the Atlanta-based company’s automated license plate reader (ALPR) systems for standard law enforc…

'Get the Flock Out': Nationwide Backlash Grows Against AI-Powered Surveillance Tech

Since 2021, 82 Flock contracts have been canceled across 28 US states—39 of them during the first five months of this year alone.