{
  "id": 19576,
  "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91590083/why-we-love-to-hate-flock?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss",
  "title": "Why we love to hate Flock",
  "summary": "The surveillance state has crept up around us, but in at least one instance, its integration into society has prompted a backlash. Flock Safety has managed to make automated license plate readers (ALPRs), cameras that record the license plate and other characteristics of every vehicle that passes them, a hot-button issue across the United States. More than 50 agencies or jurisdictions have canceled, suspended, or rejected Flock contracts, or deactivated its cameras, since the start of 2026. The",
  "authors": "Chris Stokel-Walker",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "privacy-surveillance",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "us",
  "published_at": "2026-08-14T14:19:59.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-15T05:10:17.122Z",
  "source_slug": "x-fast-company-tech",
  "source_name": "Fast Company Tech",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.fastcompany.com/technology",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19576",
  "original_url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91590083/why-we-love-to-hate-flock?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}