{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-to-introduce-stop-flock-abuse-act-establishing-safeguards-for-ai-powered-cameras/", "Hawley to Introduce\u00a0Stop Flock Abuse Act, Establishing Safeguards for AI-Powered Cameras", "2026-09-30", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced he will introduce the Stop Flock Abuse Act to establish basic safeguards for AI-powered cameras to ensure these nationwide surveillance networks protect Americans\u2019 constitutional rights. This bill comes after Senator Hawley launched an investigation into AI-powered surveillance cameras and chaired a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism hearing on Flock cameras and the threat they pose to privacy and national security.\n\nThough their CEO declined to testify at the hearing, Flock Safety did provide some answers in a written letter to Senator Hawley, agreeing that Congress needs to create a federal framework to regulate this technology. Flock also admitted to instituting some guardrails on their products after coming under public scrutiny.\n\n\u201cAI-powered cameras produced by Flock and its competitors are tracking and creating digital footprints of everyday Americans \u2014 a nightmare for individual liberties unless Congress enacts meaningful rules and accountability. Last week, my hearing on Flock brought to light the threat that these AI-powered cameras pose to national security and the privacy of everyday Americans,\u201d said Senator Hawley. \u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m introducing the Stop Flock Abuse Act to establish basic safeguards for AI-powered cameras and protect Americans\u2019 fundamental constitutional rights. Law-abiding Americans should not be treated like criminals.\u201d\n\nThe Stop Flock Abuse Act would establish the following commonsense guardrails:", 1, "2026-10-01T11:23:28Z", "2026-10-01T11:25:15Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-to-introduce-stop-flock-abuse-act-establishing-safeguards-for-ai-powered-cameras/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8387588895857334, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}