{"slug": "hawley-invites-flock-axon-other-surveillance-tech-ceos-to-testify", "title": "Hawley invites Flock, Axon, other surveillance tech CEOs to testify", "summary": "Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, invited the CEOs of Flock Safety, Axon, Motorola and Verkada to testify before the subcommittee next week, he announced Friday on social media. The invitation targets makers of AI-powered surveillance cameras, whose products have drawn scrutiny over privacy and civil-liberties concerns.", "body_md": "Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) invited the CEOs of Flock Safety and other prominent AI-powered surveillance camera manufacturers to testify before the upper chamber’s Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism next week. Hawley, the subcommittee’s chair, wrote on social media Friday that he “invited the CEOs of Flock Safety, Axon, Motorola and Verkada to testify in…", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hawley-invites-flock-axon-other-surveillance-tech-ceos-to-testify", "canonical_source": "https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6099368-hawley-invites-flock-ai-surveillance-ceos/", "published_at": "2026-09-19 00:28:36+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-19 00:53:08.623471+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-ethics", "computer-vision"], "entities": ["Josh Hawley", "Flock Safety", "Axon", "Motorola", "Verkada", "Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hawley-invites-flock-axon-other-surveillance-tech-ceos-to-testify", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hawley-invites-flock-axon-other-surveillance-tech-ceos-to-testify.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hawley-invites-flock-axon-other-surveillance-tech-ceos-to-testify.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hawley-invites-flock-axon-other-surveillance-tech-ceos-to-testify.jsonld"}}