{"id":70962,"date":"2026-04-06T07:56:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T12:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/creepy-surveillance-why-some-cities-are-shutting-down-flock-cameras-amid-privacy-concerns\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T07:56:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T12:56:41","slug":"creepy-surveillance-why-some-cities-are-shutting-down-flock-cameras-amid-privacy-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/creepy-surveillance-why-some-cities-are-shutting-down-flock-cameras-amid-privacy-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Creepy surveillance\u2019: why some cities are shutting down Flock cameras amid privacy concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some cities are cutting ties with firm that provides license plate reader cameras, others are signing new contracts and many are still looking for their footing <\/p>\n<p>In recent city council meetings in Dunwoody, Georgia, a spokesman for Flock Safety, a Georgia-based firm that provides automated license plate readers, has found himself in the hot seat again.<\/p>\n<p>For two months running, some residents of the affluent north Atlanta suburb in the region\u2019s tech corridor have been demanding an end to the city\u2019s contract with the security firm, which has drawn similar protest from California to New York.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ng-interactive\/2026\/apr\/06\/flock-cameras-privacy-concerns\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some cities are cutting ties with firm that provides license plate reader cameras, others are signing new contracts and many are still looking for their footing In recent city council meetings in Dunwoody, Georgia, a spokesman for Flock Safety, a Georgia-based firm that provides automated license plate readers, has found himself in the hot seat &#8230; <a title=\"\u2018Creepy surveillance\u2019: why some cities are shutting down Flock cameras amid privacy concerns\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/creepy-surveillance-why-some-cities-are-shutting-down-flock-cameras-amid-privacy-concerns\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u2018Creepy surveillance\u2019: why some cities are shutting down Flock cameras amid privacy concerns\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}