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Flock Safety cuts 270 jobs amid privacy backlash

Original: Surveillance company Flock cuts staff as privacy backlash grows Flock is reducing its staff by 18%, or around 270 employ

Surveillance company Flock Safety is cutting roughly 270 employees, about 18% of its workforce, through a voluntary buyout program with departures set for the end of October. The layoffs come as the license-plate-reading firm faces mounting criticism from privacy advocates and communities questioning its surveillance networks. Observers see the cuts as a sign of growing pressure on the company's business model.

Why now: The company's mass layoffs coincide with a rising public and political backlash over its surveillance practices.

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• Surveillance company Flock cuts staff as privacy backlash grows Flock is reducing its staff by 18%, or around 270 employees, across the board. The publication said the employees are leaving at the end of October following a voluntary buyout program. # business # flocksafety #… · gtbarry · 3

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