Emma Vigeland calls Flock a sliver of the mass surveillance network
Emma VigelandCo-host of The Majority Report
On The Majority Report, Emma Vigeland calls Flock a sliver of the country's mass surveillance network and says people can show up to city council meetings to protest its cameras.
“Flock is just a sliver of the mass surveillance network in this country you can show up to your city council meeting and protest it”
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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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The Majority Report live-streamed this segment on August 20, 2026, and published it on YouTube on August 21.
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In a segment live-streamed on August 20, 2026, Vigeland opens a discussion of Flock cameras by placing them within the wider surveillance state.
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She then points to reporting that police have used the technology to track and stalk former romantic partners and family members.
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Relative to whether Flock-style license-plate networks should exist, Vigeland criticizes Flock as part of a mass surveillance network and urges people to protest it at city council meetings, without proposing a specific remedy.
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