Mike Lee mocks Flock cameras asking for privacy
Mike LeeU.S. senator for Utah, posting on his personal X account.
Mike Lee mocked Flock cameras asking to be left alone. His comment quoted Chip Roy's description of mass surveillance asking for privacy.
“Flock cameras just “want to be left alone” 🤔”
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Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
Networked automated license-plate readers record passing vehicles and let agencies search or share travel records across locations. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to prohibit these networks, keep them with legal limits, or defend their use for investigations. This tracker records attributable positions on that choice, including proposals that would affect only public funding or data access.
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Mike Lee's personal X account comments on a post by Chip Roy describing Flock cameras as mass surveillance asking for privacy. Lee's own comment specifies no policy remedy.
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Lee quoted Chip Roy's comment, "Mass surveillance is asking for privacy..." Roy was responding to a report that Flock had sought removal of a public camera map.
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Lee added a thinking-face emoji to his comment. The post contains no further explanation of a preferred surveillance policy.
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Why this label?
Lee's sarcastic comment criticizes the contrast between Flock surveillance and a request for privacy. He specifies no ban, warrant requirement or other policy remedy.
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