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Questions raised over NYPD's use of Flock surveillance cameras
Original: 🕵️ Latest from # Surveillance # Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) # NYC “'The outstanding question is, was the NYP
The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project is questioning the New York Police Department's relationship with Flock, the automated license plate reader company. In a new update, the group says newly obtained data suggests the NYPD may have been knowingly using Flock equipment, contrary to earlier assumptions, and that the exact nature of the partnership remains unclear. Privacy advocates are pressing for disclosure and oversight of how the department deploys the cameras across the city.
Why now: Newly surfaced data suggests the NYPD's relationship with Flock may differ from what was previously assumed, raising accountability concerns.
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- 🕵️ Latest from # Surveillance # Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) # NYC “'The outstanding question is, was the NYPD knowingly using Flock?․․․ It’s just completely unclear what the NYPD relationship with Flock is and we had assumed, until we saw this data, that it simply… · yaleprivacylab@privacysafe.social · 4
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