Flock Tightens Its Surveillance Rules Under Growing Pressure
MIT Technology Review·medium signal
MIT Technology Review's Download newsletter on 2026-08-14 reported that automated license-plate-reader company Flock is tightening its own usage rules in response to a growing backlash over how its camera network data has been accessed and shared. Flock is one of the largest deployed AI-vision surveillance networks in the US, so self-imposed policy changes there set a de facto standard ahead of any regulation. The pattern — vendor-authored restrictions arriving before legislation — is likely to repeat across AI surveillance categories.