Flock's rapidly expanding AI surveillance network facing growing backlash in US
The private company Flock is rapidly expanding its network of AI-powered license plate readers across the United States. This growth has triggered significant privacy concerns and public protests regarding law enforcement surveillance.
Why it matters
It highlights the tension between public safety initiatives and individual privacy rights in an era of increasing automated surveillance.
Flock's rapidly expanding AI surveillance network facing growing backlash in US Close A network of AI licence plate readers run by a private company called Flock is rapidly expanding across the US.
There are now about 130,000 across the country, mostly used by law enforcement agencies.
The expansion has led to privacy concerns and protests.
BBC Verify examines Flock's system and the growing backlash against it - as Jake Horton reports.
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