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A woman was arrested and forcibly removed from a city council meeting after attempting to speak about Flock surveillance cameras during public comment time. The council denied residents the right to address the issue, prompting a heated confrontation captured on video. The incident has drawn attention to police surveillance technology and local officials' handling of public input.

A trial of live facial recognition cameras at London railway stations scanned around half a million faces and produced no arrests, with a single false positive match. The results, reported by the Guardian, are drawing criticism from privacy advocates and civil liberties groups, who question the effectiveness and cost of mass biometric surveillance in public spaces, while reigniting debate over police use of the technology.

A surveillance company is pitching facial recognition software that would run on Flock Safety's camera networks, telling police it wants to 'close the gap' left by Flock, which does not itself offer the capability. The move has drawn attention from privacy advocates who warn it would dramatically expand mass surveillance of public spaces without residents' consent, as the cameras are already widely deployed in neighbourhoods across the United States.

The CEO of surveillance company Flock said the firm wants to add facial recognition to its network of license plate reading cameras, calling it "the way the world will have to be." Critics are warning the move would dramatically expand mass surveillance, since Flock cameras are already deployed across thousands of US neighborhoods and police departments, and argue the technology enables tracking of people rather than just vehicles.

A driver who was wrongfully stopped says their city has now banned Flock automatic license plate reader technology following the incident, which drew national attention. The story, shared widely on Hacker News, reignites debate over surveillance cameras, data sharing, and how errors in automated policing systems can lead to innocent people being detained.

A prosecutor has offered plea deals after abuse at Choate Developmental Center, a state-run facility for people with developmental disabilities in southern Illinois, was caught on camera. The offers follow footage documenting mistreatment of residents, raising questions about accountability, oversight at the institution, and whether the proposed deals are adequate given the recorded evidence.