AOC, Bernie Sanders Introduce Bill To Ban Feds From Using Flock Cameras
Ocasio-Cortez introduced the Ban Flock Act with Bernie Sanders and said it would protect Americans from surveillance.
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TAP FOR WHYThe Daily Caller News Foundation is an attributed newswire with a byline and an explicit republication policy, but it is a partisan-affiliated outlet rather than a major newspaper of record. The article cites bill text and lawmakers’ statements, though it offers limited independent sourcing.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders introduced the Ban Flock Act, which would bar federal use of automated license plate readers and restrict some federal funding to local governments that use them. The bill also would allow lawsuits over rights violations involving the technology.
The Ban Flock Act would prohibit federal agencies from purchasing, using or possessing automated license plate readers, accessing their data, or using federal funds to buy them. It would also restrict certain federal assistance to state and local governments that use the technology, while allowing an exception for toll enforcement. The bill would permit lawsuits against the federal government for rights violations involving the cameras.
Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders criticized the cameras as threats to privacy and said the bill would protect Americans from surveillance. The article also describes other proposals: bills from Tim Burchett and Thomas Massie that would leave locally funded networks in place, a separate Massie-Boebert bill requiring warrants for certain uses, and Josh Hawley’s proposal to limit data sharing and retention.
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Sponsor of the Protection Against Mass Surveillance Act
Sponsor of the Flock-Off Act and co-introducer of the Surveillance Accountability Act
Co-introducer of the Surveillance Accountability Act
Sponsor of the Stop Flock Abuse Act and investigator of Flock’s data practices
Co-introducer of the Ban Flock Act
Said she planned to introduce a bill banning the cameras
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13 OUTLETSAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders and Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act, which would restrict federal use of license-plate reader cameras and related funding. Left-leaning outlets foreground privacy and surveillance risks, drawing on the sponsors’ criticism. Center outlets mostly explain the bill’s provisions and place it amid scrutiny, with some including company responses or other lawmakers’ proposals. Right-leaning outlets emphasize the proposed limits on federal use and funding, with some contrasting other lawmakers’ approaches.
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