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  "id": 2151839,
  "title": "Their cities dropped Flock surveillance cameras. They’re still being watched",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/their-cities-dropped-flock-surveillance-cameras-theyre-still-being-2151839",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-20T13:00:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/20/flock-cameras-surveillance"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Despite policy victories over Flock, Americans are finding themselves under similar monitoring by a new company – or unable to remove the original cameras Activists in Colorado thought they would be celebrating a victory against mass surveillance in December when the Longmont city council decided to let a contract with Flock Safety lapse. But that excitement was cut short only months later when…",
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        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Their cities dropped Flock surveillance cameras. They’re still being watched",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/their-cities-dropped-flock-surveillance-cameras-theyre-still-being",
        "published": "2026-08-20T13:00:53.000Z"
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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."
}