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Story: Bernie Sanders Moves to Halt Flock Safety’s 120,000-Camera Surveillance Network

By Jean-Luc Maracon

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Bipartisan Pushback Builds Fast. Sanders isn't alone here. Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie has said he wants to propose legislation…

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Flock's Expansion Keeps Going Anyway. None of the backlash has slowed Flock down much. The company, which started in 2017, has been…

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Sen. Bernie Sanders wants to kill Flock Safety's surveillance operation before it gets any bigger.

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And the numbers behind that urgency are genuinely staggering. Flock Safety, backed by Marc Andreessen and Peter Thiel, has planted over 120,000 cameras across more than 6,000…

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Sanders isn't alone here. Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie has said he wants to propose legislation that would cut federal funds to any agency still running Flock's cameras.

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Local governments aren't waiting for Congress either. Los Angeles pulled back. Monroe County, Indiana, did too.

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Atlanta-based Flock pushes back hard on the scariest accusations. The company says its cameras don't use facial recognition. It says footage is retained for only 30 days.

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The Uber partnership is worth sitting with for a second. It's not just police cruisers or fixed intersections anymore.

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Langley has tried to frame all of this as a public safety story. More cameras catch more criminals, the argument goes. Some local law enforcement agencies agree.

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Sanders hasn't given a date for when he'll actually file his bill. That's a real problem for anyone hoping for quick federal action.

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What's not uncertain is that Flock's model is under more pressure than it's ever faced. Local cancellations, bipartisan legislative threats, public protests, and a CEO who had to…

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Flock Safety's 120,000 cameras captured 20 billion vehicle scans last month alone.

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