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Surveillance and Smart Cities

AI-enabled CCTV analytics can track individuals across camera networks, flag behaviour classified as anomalous, and integrate with wider smart city infrastructure. This section covers deployment, the Investigatory Powers Act framework, and the growing overlap between municipal, commercial and police-operated camera networks.

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Surprise, surprise: CBP officers are misusing surveillance tech

US Customs and Border Protection officers have misused surveillance databases to spy on family members, pursue dates and pass intelligence to drug traffickers. Freedom of…

Engadget·13 Aug 2026
SC to test legality of Delhi Police use of facial recognition of protesters

The Supreme Court agreed on Thursday to examine whether the Delhi Police have legal backing to use facial recognition technology. The court will look into the force's use of…

Bing News·12 Aug 2026
Supreme Court to hear Delhi Police Jantar Mantar surveillance plea

The Supreme Court will examine the legality of Delhi Police using facial recognition and biometric surveillance against protesters. The court cited potential privacy violations.

Bing News·12 Aug 2026
Metro Detroit Flock camera vandalism continues; surveillance complaints persist

Licence plate readers such as Flock cameras are being targeted for vandalism around Metro Detroit. The devices use artificial intelligence to snap photos of all passing vehicles.…

Bing News·12 Aug 2026
70% error rate: Are police AI cameras flagging wrong drivers?

Flock AI surveillance cameras misread licence plates more than 70 per cent of the time, according to a new study. The errors lead to false police alerts involving innocent drivers.

Bing News·11 Aug 2026
‘Surveillance without a need for a warrant’: WA Police AI facial recognition trial slammed by lawyers, academics

Western Australia Police started a five-month trial in June using marked vans mounted with cameras. The vehicles scanned people's faces in real time. The police then matched the…

Bing News·11 Aug 2026
First Came the Flock Cameras. Now Local Cops Want Autonomous Drones.

Local police are pushing to use autonomous drones. The move comes amid viral resistance to mass surveillance from licence plate-reading cameras. Residents across the country are…

Bing News·10 Aug 2026
Passenger safety and drug trafficking combat efforts enhanced by AI and surveillance technology on Western Railway

Western Railway plans to use artificial intelligence, CCTV and NATGRID in Gujarat to improve passenger safety. The technology will help speed up e-FIRs. It will also help combat…

Bing News·9 Aug 2026
Can your clothes really break AI surveillance? How hackers are outsmarting facial recognition

A hacker has revealed that printing "adversarial patterns" on everyday clothing can poison facial recognition algorithms. The method was presented at Black Hat. It achieves this…

Bing News·7 Aug 2026
Think Of The Children! Flock Uses Emotional Blackmail To Sell Mass Surveillance

Flock Safety is using emotional stories about automatic licence plate readers helping to rescue children to promote its technology. This comes as concerns grow about the dangers…

Bing News·4 Aug 2026
Flock’s AI Cameras May Have Misread Over 70% of License Plates, Creating New Headaches for Cities

The police department of Roseville, California, has found that AI surveillance cameras misread licence plate numbers in 71 per cent of cases. An analysis of nearly 1,500 reports…

Bing News·3 Aug 2026
3,000 cameras, drones, and AI technology deployed to monitor Kanwar pilgrimage routes

Gautam Budh Nagar is using AI-enabled CCTV to monitor Kanwariyas during the Kanwar Yatra. The technology is supported by 3,000 cameras, drones, and traffic restrictions.

Bing News·3 Aug 2026
AI surveillance is already here. Urban governance isn’t.

Four out of five World Cup host cities use or plan to use artificial intelligence surveillance tools, according to a new study. However, fewer than a third of these cities have…

Bing News·2 Aug 2026
Kansas lawsuit challenges Wichita Police license plate cameras as unconstitutional

A legal challenge has been filed alleging that Wichita's use of artificial intelligence-powered licence plate readers violates the Kansas Constitution. The lawsuit characterises…

Bing News·1 Aug 2026
👁️ Facial recognition in your NHS pharmacy

Facewatch, a private facial recognition company, is pitching to install its technology in British pharmacies. Campaign group Big Brother Watch has written to the Health and Social…

Big Brother Watch·30 Jul 2026
Flock surveillance cameras can pose a crash risk for drivers, US experts say

Roadside safety advocates state that some automated licence plate readers may fail to meet highway safety standards. Flock Safety cameras have been heavily criticised for years…

The Guardian Technology·30 Jul 2026
Did Cape Town’s gunshot detection system work? Why jury is still out on what ShotSpotter achieved

Cape Town’s city council ended the use of the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system in mid-2026. The US-developed technology, described as a form of dragnet surveillance, was first…

Bing News·30 Jul 2026
From the Great Basin to Gaza: How Nevada’s Data Centers Power a Surveillance Pipeline That Ends at Our Doorstep

Local authorities in Reno and Sparks, Nevada, are approving large-scale data centres that power artificial intelligence systems used in military operations abroad while expanding…

Bing News·30 Jul 2026
Kerala MP moves SC over Delhi Police's facial recognition, surveillance at Jantar Mantar

Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament AA Rahim has filed a Public Interest Litigation in the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi Police's use of facial recognition technology and…

Bing News·28 Jul 2026
War machines can run amok with AI in control

Not-for-profit transparency watchdog Airwars has published a report detailing how machine learning and artificial intelligence are used throughout modern warfare. Titled Anatomy…

The Register·28 Jul 2026
18 Flock AI surveillance cameras defunded by Town of Taos Council

The Town of Taos Council has voted to remove $54,000 from the local police budget, ending a contract for 18 AI surveillance cameras. Operated by technology firm Flock Safety, the…

Bing News·28 Jul 2026

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