Surveillance Cameras Are All Over America ... and Cops Are Misusing Them, Feat. Joseph Cox

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If you love What Next: TBD, join Slate Plus at https://slate.com/youtubeplus?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=link&utm_content=TBD&utm_campaign=show_description&tpcc=youtube-link-show_description-TBD to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Cities across the United States are revolting against the installation of Flock safety cameras on their streets. The automated license plate readers (or ALPRs for short) have contracts with more than 7,000 organizations across the country. Police departments are the biggest share of the $8.4 billion company’s customers, but they’re not the only institutions who have turned to Flock. The A.I.-informed cameras are also being purchased by universities and homeowners associations. Now, Americans are fighting back: demanding transparency about the way the cameras track people (not just license plates), shouting at local electeds who have made deals with Flock Safety, and sometimes lit

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