The backlash against license plate readers comes amid a wave of police abuses of surveillance cameras.
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8:57 AM PDT · August 28, 2026
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The growing backlash against surveillance companies like Flock may have reached a tipping point. A new survey has found that more Americans oppose these surveillance cameras than support it.
More than 100 cities have turned off their Flock cameras after outcry from locals
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Opponents are outraged at what they say is a dangerous tool that can be used to infringe on American privacy and civil liberties.
They're the next big target of populist anti-tech.
"This national display of public unity on this issue is very inspiring and refreshing," an ACLU lawyer told Military.com.
Reported misuse of the surveillance cameras by law enforcement officers — and public distrust of the license plate readers — have…
Flock Cameras, a popular brand of license plate reader cameras, are having a bad week.
Dozens of cities have canceled their contracts with Flock. Some are switching to other companies, but privacy experts say they're…
