众议员亚历山德拉·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯（纽约州民主党人）和参议员伯尼·桑德斯（佛蒙特州独立人士）及杰夫·默克利（俄勒冈州民主党人）于周五发布了立法文本，旨在禁止使用 Flock 监控摄像头和其他车牌识别器。
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sens.
在有报道称警察滥用该技术追踪女性后，Flock 面临公众对该监控技术的强烈抨击，且其拥有全美最大的车牌识别器网络。
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) on Friday released text of legislation intended to ban the use of Flock surveillance cameras and other license plate readers.
参议员乔什·霍利（密苏里州共和党人）和迪克·德宾（伊利诺伊州民主党人）上月举行听证会调查其潜在滥用行为，但该公司首席执行官加勒特·兰利未出席。
Flock has faced severe public backlash against the surveillance technology following reports that police officers misused the technology to track women, and it has the largest network of license plate readers across the U.S. Sens.
周五公布的最新法案名为《禁止 Flock 法案》，将禁止联邦机构使用自动车牌识别器或获取该技术的数据，并阻止联邦拨款资助使用自动车牌识别器的州和地方政府。
Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) hosted a hearing last month probing its potential misuses, although the company’s CEO Garrett Langley did not appear.
桑德斯在声明中表示：“在人们对人工智能不受约束的力量日益担忧之际，Flock 未经社区同意就在全美各地安装数万个摄像头，正在彻底摧毁隐私的概念。”桑德斯已将自己定位为人工智能技术领域的主要进步派声音。
The latest bill, unveiled Friday and named the Ban Flock Act, would bar federal agencies from using automated license plate readers or accessing data from the technology and prevent federal grants from funding states and local governments that use automated license plate readers. “At a time of growing concern about the unchecked power of artificial intelligence, Flock is eviscerating the very notion of privacy by installing tens of thousands of cameras in communities across America without their consent,” Sanders, who has positioned himself as a leading progressive voice on AI technology, said in a statement.
“我们不能允许美国变成一个监控国家，少数 AI 寡头通过赋予政府追踪我们的一举一动的权力而获利。”
“We cannot allow America to become a surveillance state where a handful of AI oligarchs profit by giving the government the power to track our every movement.”
奥卡西奥-科尔特斯同样谴责了该技术的监控能力，并表示该法案将“维护我们的宪法隐私权，保护美国人免受企业和政府的监控。”
Ocasio-Cortez similarly condemned the surveillance capabilities of the technology and said the bill would “enforce our constitutional right to privacy and protect Americans from both corporate and government surveillance.”
默克利补充道：“任何人都不应拥有这种触手可及的不受约束的监控权力。”
“No one should have this unchecked surveillance power at their fingertips,” Merkley added.
共和党人也提出了类似的监管车牌识别器的努力，例如霍利的《制止 Flock 滥用法案》，该法案将要求审计并限制未经授权的搜查。Flock 未立即回应置评请求。
Republicans have introduced similar efforts to regulate license plate readers, such as Hawley’s Stop Flock Abuse Act, which would require audits and limits on unauthorized searches. Flock did not immediately respond to a request for comment.