Flock is tightening its rules in response to a growing surveillance backlash

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Flock is tightening its officers’ access to its nationwide license plate reader network in response to backlash over mass surveillance and police abuses. The tech firm aims to address concerns and recover lost contracts by implementing these changes.

The police-tech giant Flock is announcing today that it will change officers’ access to its nationwide network of license plate readers, in an apparent effort to quell a growing backlash and win back contracts lost amid concerns about mass surveillance and police abuse. Several changes aim directly at a problem that has made recent headlines:…