Flock surveillance cameras raise constitutional questions, bipartisan US senators say
U.S. senators on a Judiciary Committee subcommittee held a hearing regarding AI-driven Flock surveillance cameras. Lawmakers expressed concerns that the expanding camera network could violate constitutional privacy rights. Senator Josh Hawley stated the hearing aimed to investigate the scope and impact of the technology.
WASHINGTON — A vast and growing network of artificial intelligence-driven Flock cameras could violate constitutional privacy rights, U.S. senators on a Judiciary Committee subcommittee said during a Wednesday hearing. GOP Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, the chair of the Crime and Counterterrorism Subcommittee, said the point of the hearing was to find out “what is […]
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