Jon Ossoff
Role at the time: U.S. senator from Georgia and Democratic Senate candidate, speaking at the debate
Defended or excused
Response to this claim
The federal government should set privacy guardrails for Flock cameras.
“We urgently need a federal privacy law”
Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Atlanta News First transcript of the Ossoff-Collins Senate debateFirst-segment stewardship-of-tax-dollars exchange; second-segment federal privacy question
The broadcaster's transcript records Collins's denial, Ossoff's accusation about office payments and Ossoff's separate proposal for federal Flock privacy rules.
Why we used this label
The fixed proposal is federal Flock privacy guardrails. Ossoff expressly supports a federal law and includes improperly accessed Flock cameras among the uses it should address.