Flock Safety

Flock Safety is a company that manufactures and deploys cameras using artificial intelligence to read and track vehicle registration plates, aiming to enhance public safety.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to significant pushback from conservative officials over privacy concerns and government overreach, leading to policy changes and public scrutiny.

Latest on Flock Safety

• Flock Safety cuts data retention to seven days after dozens of police abuse cases
• Watch Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley discuss the future of surveillance at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
• Flock says its cameras make US safer - so why are they being sabotaged? ↗
• Florida and Texas both moved against Flock cameras in a single week ↗
• The company, which uses artificial intelligence to read and track vehicle registration plates, has faced pushback from conservative officials who cite privacy concerns and government overreach.
• Republican governors in multiple US states have moved to restrict or ban Flock Safety, a licence-plate-reading surveillance company backed by Trump donors.
• The surveillance firm Flock Safety has told the public for years that its cameras
• Flock's rapidly expanding AI surveillance network facing growing backlash in US
• AI surveillance startup Flock Safety to cut several hundred jobs amid backlash
• Exclusive-AI surveillance startup Flock Safety to cut several hundred jobs amid backlash, sources say

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