{
  "id": 15268881,
  "title": "MapQuest's new 'surveillance layer' feature flags Flock cameras on users' routes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/mapquests-new-surveillance-layer-feature-flags-flock-cameras-on-users",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T19:49:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/business/6156038-mapquest-adds-surveillance-layer/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "MapQuest added a new feature to its mobile app Thursday that allows users to turn on a “surveillance layer” to find known license plate readers in their route. “The Roads Have Eyes!,” MapQuest said on social platform Bluesky Thursday announcing the new feature. “Turn on the Surveillance Layer in Map Options to see known license...",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "An interview with YouTuber Benn Jordan, who recently testified in Congress against license plate readers, on Flock, privacy, the surveillance backlash, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/an-interview-with-youtuber-benn-jordan-who-recently-testified-in",
        "published": "2026-10-17T09:35:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}