{"slug": "senator-launches-investigation-into-flock-s-surveillance", "title": "Senator launches investigation into Flock's surveillance", "summary": "Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri has launched an investigation into Flock Safety, the maker of AI-powered Flock cameras, demanding answers about how the company captures and retains data on millions of Americans. With over 120,000 cameras installed across 49 states, Flock faces scrutiny over its surveillance practices.", "body_md": "Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri is [investigating Flock Safety](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28581149-hawley-flock-camera-investigation-letter/), the maker of the now-ubiquitous [AI-powered Flock cameras](https://me.mashable.com/tech/74431/what-are-flock-cameras-and-why-are-they-so-controversial), demanding answers from the company about how it captures and retains data on millions of Americans.\n\nWith over 120,000 cameras in 49 states, Flock has been under scrutiny from the …", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/senator-launches-investigation-into-flock-s-surveillance", "canonical_source": "https://me.mashable.com/tech/75384/senator-launches-investigation-into-flocks-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-08-26 21:53:58+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-27 12:51:09.520946+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Josh Hawley", "Flock Safety", "Flock cameras"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/senator-launches-investigation-into-flock-s-surveillance", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/senator-launches-investigation-into-flock-s-surveillance.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/senator-launches-investigation-into-flock-s-surveillance.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/senator-launches-investigation-into-flock-s-surveillance.jsonld"}}