Texas freezes Flock camera funding

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott froze state funding for Flock’s AI license-plate cameras after a Texas Tribune investigation found at least $30 million in state-backed spending, including 3,200 cameras and a $1 insurance-policy fee, according to the Tribune’s account of the order. The reversal gives builders a practical privacy signal: the paper’s account of enforcement costs for automated decisions shows why systems that retain sensitive data need a revocation and oversight story before deployment, not after misuse.