Flock CEO Apologizes for Calling Activists 'Terrorists'
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley has apologized for labeling activist group DeFlock as a 'terroristic organization.' The company is facing increasing public scrutiny over its massive surveillance network and privacy concerns.
Why it matters
It highlights the growing tension between private surveillance technology companies and civil liberty advocates regarding public privacy and corporate accountability.
Cybersecurity Editors' Pick Flock CEO Apologizes For Calling Activists ‘Terrorists’ As a movement against $8.3 billion Flock Safety’s license plate readers gathers momentum, company CEO Garrett Langley tells Forbes he shouldn’t have called non-violent activists “terroristic” organizations. By Thomas Brewster ,
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley is contrite over failures of communication, telling Forbes, "I'd love to be perfect, but I'm still human." Jamel Toppin for Forbes For the last two years, Will Freeman has been advocating against Flock Safety, an $8.3 billion surveillance company that tracks vehicles with a network of over 80,000 cameras. His organization, DeFlock, crowdsourced a map that shows where the company’s cameras are located, and helps local grassroots movements organize against Flock deployments.
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