9 October 2026
Senators introduce bill to ban federal license plate reader surveillance
First reported
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- Senators Sanders, Merkley and Ocasio-Cortez introduced a bill that would ban federal use of automatic license plate readers.
- The bill targets cameras that record vehicle plates, which tools like Flock's systems use to track cars.
- Senator Schumer demanded that Flock delete personal data and disclose which federal agencies have access to it.
Our read
Only Transformer, one of the 30 newsletters tracked, covered this bill. The earlier archived story on the same thread is a September 4 item about a Sanders and Casar bill on superintelligent AI, which is a different subject.
Earlier on this story
Written by Newskeryx from which newsletters covered this story and from our own archive.
How it was covered
TransformerShakeel Hashim
Ban Flock Act, federal license plate reader use, Schumer's demands to Flock