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Flock Seeks Takedown of Map Showing Its 300,000 Surveillance Cameras
Original: Flock (YC 2017) Wants Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken Offline
Surveillance company Flock, a Y Combinator alum from 2017, is pushing to have an online map taken offline that charts the roughly 300,000 automated license plate reader cameras it operates across the United States. The map, published by The Intercept, shows the scale of Flock's camera network in detail. Critics view the takedown effort as an attempt to hide the extent of public-space surveillance, while the company argues it raises safety risks.
Why now: The tension between transparency about mass surveillance and corporate claims of safety has reignited debate over Flock's expanding camera network.
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