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One Piece of Flock Camera Data Put This Innocent Woman in Jail for 13 Days
An investigative account of how a single Flock ALPR hit led Palm Beach County deputies to jail Lindsey Isaacs for 13 days despite a mismatched car color and no damage.
6 min · 1,408 words
AI: EU Member States plan “digital expropriation” of Europeans in the interest of AI companies
noyb reports on a leaked Irish Presidency document proposing that AI companies’ commercial interests should override fundamental rights protections for Europeans’ data.
6 min · 1,433 words
The shaky evidence that Flock cameras reduce crime rates
Flock has been promoting a recent study of its cameras' impacts on car theft. But the paper didn't demonstrate a causal effect. Do Flock cameras actually reduce crime? A new analysis by the Institute for Justice casts doubt on Flock Safety's claims that its automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) significantly reduce car theft and increase clearance rates.
2 min · 570 words