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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
00Aaron@social.coop wrote:
It took a ton of work but we got our city to end the contract with #Flock, one of the creepiest and most dishonest #surveillance companies, on Wednesday!
If you're working on something of this sort, you can DM if you need more info.
One of the biggest obstacles was the threat of actually good programs being de-funded because of the way Hochul/ NYS bundles mass surveillance with other programs in grant allocations.
This threat ended up not being real, but it almost torpedoed the whole thing last minute.
https://ithacavoice.org/2026/03/city-ends-use-of-ai-powered-license-plate-cameras/