Edward J. Markey
Role at the time: U.S. senator from Massachusetts, in a written statement from his office
Statement summary
Markey welcomed Amazon Ring's decision to end its planned partnership with Flock Safety, calling it an important step against the expanding surveillance network, and said Amazon must also end facial recognition in Ring doorbells.
“Amazon's decision to abandon its partnership with Flock is an important step in guarding against the ever-expanding network of surveillance technologies in this country.”
Press release after Ring announced it would end its planned integration with Flock Safety. The integration would have let police departments working with Flock retrieve Ring customer videos. It never launched.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Markey's statement criticizes the expansion of surveillance networks and praises a company's withdrawal from integration with Flock, but it names no remedy for license-plate networks themselves, so it is placed with critical statements that do not name a remedy.