Flock AI surveillance cameras face US and UK backlash

A social‑media trend has emerged in the United States, with videos showing activists cutting, smashing or painting over Flock AI surveillance cameras that employ license‑plate readers and GPS‑tracking. The cameras, installed at parks, schools, bike paths and other public sites, are defended by law‑enforcement as crime‑prevention tools, but critics label them an "Orwellian" intrusion on privacy.

Republican Representative Lauren Boebert (CO) called the devices unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment, while acknowledging she does not condone property damage. Flock Safety’s public‑relations manager argued that destroying the equipment harms public‑safety investigations. In Virginia, Jeffrey Sovern was arrested for dismantling 13 cameras. Similar destruction videos have also appeared from the United Kingdom.