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Flock adds new guardrails after public backlash and allegations of police misuse
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Extra Extra has grouped 11 reports on this story from 11 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 5 left-leaning, 4 center, and 2 right-leaning sources.
With a coverage-diversity score of 94 out of 100, this is one of the more evenly reported stories in our index right now — left, center, and right outlets are all giving it attention.
On reliability, 9 of the 11 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B) and 2 outlets fall into our mixed or lower-reliability tier (C or D). Ratings are drawn from independent assessments and are meant to help you weigh each report, not to tell you which to trust.
Coverage of this story has developed over roughly 31 hours, so the perspectives below capture how the framing shifted as the story matured.
Below, the same story is laid out side by side as left, center, and right outlets reported it. Read across the columns and watch what changes: the headline emphasis, which facts lead, the adjectives, and what each side leaves out. The story itself rarely changes — the framing almost always does.
Outlets covering this story: Business Insider, NBC News, Anchorage Daily News, The 19th, The Minnesota Star Tribune, The Hill, The Dispatch, UPI, Courthouse News, Fox Business, Washington Examiner.
Left(5)
Business InsiderBAug 13, 2:23 PM
Flock adds new guardrails after public backlash and allegations of police misuse
Flock's updates include changes in the retention period and new search requirements for police. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Flock Safety is introducing new privacy, accountability, and security upda
NBC NewsBAug 13, 1:00 PM
Surveillance company Flock moves to increase oversight after police misuse
Flock Safety, the police tech company that tracks Americans’ vehicle movements through a line of cameras, announced Thursday that it would implement several new safeguards to its products.
Anchorage Daily NewsBAug 13, 4:40 PM
Flock unveils changes after report on police misuse of vast camera network
The license-plate-reader firm said it will require stricter oversight after a Washington Post investigation found dozens of officers had misused its cameras to spy on their exes and romantic interests
The 19thBAug 12, 10:00 AM
Flock is just the latest example of using surveillance to stalk women
Flock Safety claims over 5,000 law enforcement agencies use its license plate readers to help locate missing persons, catch thieves and identify suspicious vehicles. The company is most known for its
The Minnesota Star TribuneAAug 13, 3:09 PM
Flock making changes in communities across Minnesota after nationwide backlash
Flock cameras have been stolen or vandalized in at least seven cities across Minnesota. Duluth and several other jurisdictions are dropping the technology.
Center(4)
The HillBAug 13, 3:09 PM
Flock will add privacy guardrails to camera systems amid backlash
Flock Safety will implement new privacy and data retention policies as pressure grows on the automated license plate operator to prevent its technology from being abused or used to conduct mass survei
The DispatchAAug 13, 10:26 AM
Is Flock Worth the Privacy Trade-Off?
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UPIBAug 13, 3:25 PM
Flock says it will address police misuse of surveillance systems
Surveillance technology company Flock Safety announced new measures to safeguard the use of its technology on after reports of police officer misuse.
Courthouse NewsAAug 13, 4:02 PM
Amid public backlash, surveillance tech company Flock announces platform changes
Critics of the company reacted skeptically to the changes.
Right(2)
Fox BusinessCAug 13, 1:08 PM
Flock Safety instituting new privacy measures in response to backlash
Facing backlash over mass surveillance and police misuse, AI camera firm Flock Safety is overhauling its system by cutting data retention from 30 days to seven and enforcing strict new anti-abuse cont
Washington ExaminerCAug 13, 4:11 PM
Three former Georgia police officers charged with using Flock cameras for stalking
Three former police officers in Macon, Georgia, were arrested this week for allegedly using Flock cameras to track people illegally while in uniform. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office arrested the offi
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