The Algorithm Doesn't Hate You, It's Just Not Built to Love You
Engagement is not affection. It only looks that way from inside the feed.
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Cities Are Dumping Flock’s Surveillance Cameras — Here’s What the Network Was Actually Used For
In August, an American city or county walked away from Flock Safety's camera network roughly every eight hours. Ninety jurisdictions terminated contracts that month alone — a fourfold jump from July, and part of a run of 214 cancellations since 2021, according to the Oakland-based watchdog group Secure