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  "id": 4866679,
  "title": "Florida blocks Flock cams on state highways",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/florida-blocks-flock-cams-on-state-highways",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-01T13:17:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/987353/florida-flock-cam-ban-state-highways"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Florida is banning Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers across state highways, as reported earlier by NBC News and local news outlet WUSF. In a memo on Monday, Florida's Department of Transportation says it's revoking permits for all license plate readers, adding that they must be removed from state highways within 30 days. […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Texas Gov. Greg Abbott orders state agencies to pause funding for Flock cameras; an investigation found an agency allocating $30M+ to build Texas' Flock network (Ayden Runnels/The Texas Tribune)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/texas-gov-greg-abbott-orders-state-agencies-to-pause-funding-for",
        "published": "2026-08-29T00:55:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Digital Trends",
        "title": "$1 is all it took for Texas to litter the state with Flock surveillance cameras from drivers’ pockets",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/1-is-all-it-took-for-texas-to-litter-the-state-with-flock",
        "published": "2026-08-30T18:56:57.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Florida says it is revoking permits for Flock cameras and similar license-plate readers on state roads and no longer intends to issue such permits (Ryan Gillespie/Orlando Sentinel)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/florida-says-it-is-revoking-permits-for-flock-cameras-and-similar",
        "published": "2026-08-31T21:55:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "Florida and Texas move to block Flock cameras over privacy concerns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/florida-and-texas-move-to-block-flock-cameras-over-privacy-concerns",
        "published": "2026-09-01T15:00:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}