{
  "id": 881395,
  "title": "Why we love to hate Flock",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/why-we-love-to-hate-flock",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-14T14:19:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fast Company",
    "slug": "fast-company",
    "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91590083/why-we-love-to-hate-flock"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The surveillance state has crept up around us, but in at least one instance, its integration into society has prompted a backlash. Flock Safety has managed to make automated license plate readers (ALPRs), cameras that record the license plate and other characteristics of every vehicle that passes them, a hot-button issue across the United States. More than 50 agencies or jurisdictions have…",
  "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."
}