Aaron Jones
Role at the time: Democratic candidate for Ohio House District 88
Mixed or conditional
Statement summary
Aaron Jones said the government should not keep tabs on everywhere law-abiding people go and that the law needs to catch up with Flock and other AI-powered surveillance.
“I’ve got a pretty simple view on this: if you haven’t done anything wrong, the government shouldn’t be keeping tabs on everywhere you go, Flock is one example, but AI-powered surveillance is spreading fast, and the law needs to catch up,”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Aaron Jones seeks bipartisan limits on Flock cameras in OhioOpening paragraphs quoting his campaign statement
Why we used this label
The reference point is whether networked license-plate cameras such as Flock should exist and be used. Jones says the government should not track where law-abiding people go and pledges legislation to limit surveillance, but TiffinOhio.net reports he has not said whether that would ban the cameras or regulate them. An unresolved choice between limits and a ban is Mixed or conditional.