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Flock surveillance spreads across the South as red-state lawmakers seek to axe '1984'-style tracking tools

State lawmakers in West Virginia's Freedom Caucus are seeking to ban AI-powered Flock surveillance cameras statewide, arguing the technology violates citizens' Fourth Amendment right to privacy."The West Virginia Freedom Caucus strongly opposes the unchecked expansion of automated surveillance technologies, including Flock Safety camera systems, automated license plate readers (ALPRs), AI-powered facial recognition, multimodal vehicle recognition, and emerging 'gun detection' software that claims to identify armed citizens based on body shape or movement," West Virginia Delegate Chris Anders,...