Hawley Calls Surveillance Camera CEOs to Senate Hearing
Hawley Calls Surveillance Camera CEOs to Senate Hearing
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Sen. Josh Hawley is summoning the heads of the country's biggest AI surveillance camera companies to Capitol Hill, saying Americans keep their privacy rights when they get in a car.
The Missouri Republican, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, said Friday on social media that he has invited the CEOs of Flock Safety, Axon, Motorola and Verkada to testify before his panel.
The hearing is set for Wednesday and will focus on automated license plate readers — the cameras that scan and store the movements of passing vehicles — and the vast amounts of data the systems collect.
Timeline
Hawley announces on social media that he has invited the CEOs of Flock Safety, Axon, Motorola and Verkada to appear before the Crime and Counterterrorism subcommittee. The Washington Times reports the hearing will put the heads of the top surveillance camera networks in front of a panel led by one of the technology's loudest critics in the Senate.
The Daily Signal reports that West Virginia state lawmakers are pressing Flock Safety for more answers, accusing the company of an alleged "history" of contradictions. Flock is the nation's largest maker of automated license plate readers.
The subcommittee hearing on the cameras is scheduled.
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Hawley framed the hearing as a defense of ordinary drivers. "Americans do not surrender their privacy rights when they drive to work, drop their kids off at school, or go to church," he said.
Roll Call reported that Flock's cameras are under new scrutiny in the Senate as the privacy backlash against the law enforcement technology grows — a fight that has drawn in both right-leaning outlets and tech press that rarely agree on anything.
What's Next
The subcommittee meets Wednesday. The invitations are just that — invitations — so the first question is which of the four CEOs actually shows up.
Expect the questioning to center on how long the companies keep license plate data, who gets to search it, and what Congress should do about it.
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Who Was Invited
Flock Safety, Axon, Motorola and Verkada — four of the most prominent makers of AI-powered surveillance cameras sold to police departments and local governments.
Flock, the largest of them, is also the one already answering questions from state legislators in West Virginia.
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