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  "id": 4452591,
  "title": "Texas Governor Abbott blocks funding for more Flock cameras",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/texas-governor-abbott-blocks-funding-for-more-flock-cameras",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-30T15:35:10.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/986541/texas-governor-abbott-flock-cameras"
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  "summary": "As backlash grows over Flock's AI surveillance cameras, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has frozen state spending on them. The move came just ahead of the publication of a Texas Tribune investigation that revealed the state spent over $30 million on Flock cameras. That money was primarily raised by tacking a $1 fee onto insurance policies, […]",
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        "outlet": "Semafor",
        "title": "Politicians criticize Flock cameras ahead of midterms",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/politicians-criticize-flock-cameras-ahead-of-midterms",
        "published": "2026-08-26T17:21:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "Americans are cheering for vigilantes who take down Flock cameras",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/americans-are-cheering-for-vigilantes-who-take-down-flock-cameras",
        "published": "2026-08-27T15:49:47.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Digital Trends",
        "title": "The resistance against Flock surveillance cameras has birthed a vigilante movement in the US",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/the-resistance-against-flock-surveillance-cameras-has-birthed-a",
        "published": "2026-08-28T19:06:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechSpot",
        "title": "Cities are dropping Flock's surveillance cameras at a record pace",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/cities-are-dropping-flocks-surveillance-cameras-at-a-record-pace",
        "published": "2026-08-30T16:28:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
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