Flock CEO Apologizes For Calling Activists ‘Terrorists’

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    "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/07/17/flock-ceo-sorry-for-labelling-activists-terrorists/",
    "title": "Flock CEO Apologizes For Calling Activists ‘Terrorists’",
    "author": "Thomas Brewster, Forbes Staff",
    "excerpt": "By Thomas Brewster , Forbes Staff. For the last two years, Will Freeman has been advocating against Flock Safety, an $8.3 billion surveillance company that tracks vehicles with a network of over 80,000 cameras. His organization, DeFlock, crowdsourced a map that shows where the company’s cameras are located, and helps local grassroots movements organize against Flock deployments. In an interview with Forbes last year, Flock CEO Garrett Langley described DeFlock as a “terroristic organization.” But now, as Flock faces an increasingly vitriolic public backlash, Langley says he regrets that label. “My comments were a mistake and I apologize,” he says. “There are groups today that have real valid criticisms of the business, and I think what's changed for us is, as we've listened to them and heard them out, what we're trying to do is find this balance. We believe in a world where we can have safety and privacy.” The anti-Flock movement has picked up steam recently thanks to reports of ICE’s access to the company’s cameras, a brief partnership with Amazon’s Ring that ended after a public outcry about an especially creepy Superbowl ad , and recent stories of cops using Flock to stalk women . Even celebrities are starting to speak out. UFC fighter Sean Strickland posted earlier this month on X, “To the legends out there destroying Flock cameras, I just want you to know America salutes...",
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    "article_sentence": "The anti-Flock movement has picked up steam recently thanks to reports of ICE’s access to the company’s cameras, a brief partnership with Amazon’s Ring that ended after a public outcry about an especially creepy Superbowl ad , and recent stories of cops using Flock to stalk women .",
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