Flock Cameras Draw Bipartisan Concerns at Senate Hearing
Witnesses said the AI-powered cameras can track drivers without warrants and have contributed to wrongful arrests, raising civil-liberties concerns.
- On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism held a hearing on AI-powered license plate readers, with Subcommittee Chairman Josh Hawley stating, "If you haven't heard of Flock, Flock has probably heard of you."
- An extensive InvestigateTV investigation prompted the hearing after uncovering at least 19 instances in Georgia alone where law enforcement officers were arrested or relieved of duty for misusing Flock Safety's database to track estranged partners and stalk fellow officers.
- Lindsey Isaacs, a Florida resident, testified she spent 13 days in jail after a Flock camera wrongly matched her black Dodge Durango to a maroon vehicle involved in a fatal crash three miles away, before prosecutors dropped charges.
- Senators Katie Britt and Raphael Warnock sent a letter to the Justice Department earlier this week expressing concern about misuse and calling for safeguards, while witness Alasdair Whitney urged Congress to require search warrants before accessing historical location data.
- House members have introduced at least four bills restricting federal surveillance funding, while the Institute for Justice released revised model legislation this month requiring warrants for historical data access and limiting retention and sharing.
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St. Clair Shores’ Flock Cameras Part of Growing National Debate
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Flock cameras raise constitutional questions, bipartisan U.S. senators say - The Daily Chronicle
WASHINGTON — A vast and growing network of artificial intelligence-driven Flock cameras could violate constitutional privacy rights, U.S. senators on a Judiciary Committee subcommittee said during a Wednesday hearing. GOP Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, the chair of the Crime and Counterterrorism Subcommittee, said the point of the hearing was to find out “what is going on with the expanding surveillance network that appears to be going coast to c…
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Flock surveillance cameras raise constitutional questions, bipartisan US senators say • Kentucky Lantern
WASHINGTON — A vast and growing network of artificial intelligence-driven Flock cameras could violate constitutional privacy rights, U.S. senators on a Judiciary Committee subcommittee said during a Wednesday hearing. GOP Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, the chair of the Crime and Counterterrorism Subcommittee, said the point of the hearing was to find out “what is […]
The vibes are bad for Flock in Washington
Flock is in the hot seat in Washington, even if its CEO declined to actually face senators at a hearing about its "AI Surveillance Network" on Wednesday. "There's many players in this industry, but there's one name that really stands out above the rest, and that is Flock," Senate Judiciary crime and counterterrorism subcommittee chair […]
Always Watching: Congress Begins Investigating Flock Cameras
As Americans grow increasingly concerned about the privately-owned surveillance cameras, powered by artificial intelligence, spreading across the country by the thousands, senators are investigating whether they want to act. While the cameras were initially meant to provide safety, there are concerns from both parties that surveillance has surpassed safety. “This hearing is about a simple...
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