Amanda Janoo is a Vermont economist and the Democratic nominee for governor in 2026. Raised in South Strafford, she works on industrial policy and economic systems that prioritize public wellbeing. She has worked with the United Nations and international development organizations and is economics and policy lead for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance. Janoo co-founded the Wellbeing Economy Alliance of Vermont and has been a board member of the ACLU of Vermont and Rights & Democracy Vermont. She earned an MPhil in development studies from the University of Cambridge and received a Fulbright Scholarship for research with India's Self-Employed Women's Association.
Role at the time: Democratic nominee for governor of Vermont, writing in her campaign platform.
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Statement summary
Amanda Janoo's campaign platform calls for banning surveillance technologies such as Flock cameras. The Vermont gubernatorial candidate places the proposal among broader privacy and digital-rights protections. The platform is undated; September 30 is the date this passage was observed.
“Protect Vermonters from mass surveillance by prohibiting the sale of sensitive personal information, banning surveillance technologies such as Flock cameras”
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Why we used this label
Janoo opposes mass surveillance and expressly proposes banning Flock cameras. Her remedy would end their use.
Networked automated license-plate cameras can assemble searchable records of vehicle movements. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to ban the systems, keep them with limits, or defend them as investigative tools. This tracker separates outright bans from narrower restrictions.
