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Flock Safety's AI-powered surveillance systems are expanding faster than existing laws can regulate them. Legal frameworks designed for older surveillance technologies are struggling to address the capabilities and reach of Flock's tools.
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A Texas city has set a $2 million price tag on public records requests seeking information about local police use of Flock Safety's license plate surveillance system. The move comes as public resistance to Flock's expanding network of cameras grows across the country.
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The Supreme Court is set to hear Salazar v. Paramount Global, a privacy case brought under the Video Privacy Protection Act. Legal analysts are looking to existing pixel tracking litigation under ECPA and CIPA as potential frameworks that could shape how the Court approaches online tracking and surveillance questions.
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has contacted Flock Safety, a license plate reader and surveillance technology company, seeking information about how the company uses AI and handles personal data collected through its systems.
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The San Francisco Police Department is using camera surveillance technology that was previously deployed by Israeli forces to monitor Palestinians, according to reporting by the San Francisco Standard. Critics have described the department's broader approach to surveillance as 'surveillance maximalism.'
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Norway is preparing to propose a temporary ban on AI-equipped smart glasses in certain public spaces. The move signals growing concern among regulators about the surveillance risks these devices pose to people in everyday settings.
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A federal judge has ruled that a search conducted using Flock, a license plate reader network, constituted indiscriminate mass surveillance and violated constitutional protections. The decision challenges how law enforcement has been using the widespread camera system to track vehicle movements.
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A federal judge in New York allowed a lawsuit brought by three labor unions, including the United Automobile Workers, to proceed against the Departments of State and Homeland Security. The unions allege that federal agencies engaged in viewpoint-based surveillance and suppression of protected online speech.
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St. Lucie County, Florida found roughly a dozen Flock license plate cameras installed without county permission and with no identifiable owner. The origin of the cameras remains unknown, raising concerns about who is collecting surveillance data and under what authority.
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Italy has activated a real-time facial recognition system, while the European Union is separately assessing the risks such technology poses to fundamental rights. The move comes as the EU AI Act's rules on biometric surveillance are still being interpreted and applied across member states.
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Police in Cambridge are set to deploy live facial recognition technology for the first time, marking an expansion of the surveillance tool into another UK city.
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Researchers from Northeastern University and Consumer Reports reviewed privacy policies and filings from 15 major automakers to assess how much data modern connected cars collect on drivers and how that data flows to third parties, including insurance technology companies and data brokers.
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A report profiles the early pioneers credited with developing facial recognition technology, framing them as the foundational figures behind a surveillance tool now embedded in law enforcement, commerce, and public life.
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A city is set to deploy live facial recognition technology for the first time, marking a significant expansion of real-time biometric surveillance in public spaces.
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Cambridgeshire Constabulary is set to deploy live facial recognition technology in Cambridge city centre. The move brings real-time biometric surveillance to one of the UK's most visited urban areas.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of laws restricting how employers can use AI against workers, including bans on using biometric data to infer emotional states, AI-driven termination decisions, and requirements to notify workers when AI triggers mass layoffs.
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A California appeals court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the former CEO of surveillance data company Premise Data against journalist Jack Poulson, who had reported on the CEO's felony domestic violence arrest. The court rejected the attempt to use litigation to suppress the story.
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Senator Ed Markey has introduced legislation that would prohibit federal government use of facial recognition and other biometric surveillance technologies. The bill represents one of the more sweeping proposed federal restrictions on government biometric data collection to date.
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An AI surveillance company is pushing to integrate facial recognition technology into Flock, a license plate reader network already widely used by law enforcement agencies across the United States. The move would combine two powerful identification tools into a single searchable platform.
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Advocates are calling on EU member states to adopt stronger national protections against surveillance than what the EU AI Act requires, arguing the legislation's baseline does not go far enough to shield people from abusive monitoring.
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San Francisco has decided to keep its automated license plate reader surveillance program in place, announcing new policies that critics say fall well short of meaningful protection. Civil liberties advocates argue the safeguards leave residents exposed to wrongful stops, officer misuse, and data sharing with federal immigration authorities.
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Flock Safety, a company that sells license plate reader cameras widely used by law enforcement, has communicated to police that it intends to add facial recognition capability to its camera network.
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A podcast episode featuring Cindy Cohn, following her 26-year tenure at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, traces the history of digital privacy activism — from early internet cypherpunks to today's battles against license plate readers, facial recognition, and behavioral advertising.
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A report from 404 Media examines how surveillance persists or adapts despite legal, technical, or policy barriers meant to limit it.
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