{
  "id": 813509,
  "title": "Flock says its new tool will help identify police abuse, but hasn’t explained how it works",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/flock-says-its-new-tool-will-help-identify-police-abuse-but-hasnt",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-13T22:02:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCrunch",
    "slug": "techcrunch",
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/13/flock-says-its-new-tool-will-help-identify-police-abuse-but-hasnt-explained-how-it-works/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The surveillance company announced it's making a tool called \"Audit Assistance\" mandatory for all customers, claiming it's already helped catch abuse. But the company has yet to explain how the tool works in detail, raising questions about its effectiveness.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}