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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district; lead sponsor of the DEFIANCE Act

Across the country, Big Tech companies like Flock Safety have built a mass surveillance system to harvest Americans’ private and personal data without their consent. AI-powered cameras are keeping track of our every move and weaponizing this data against working people to make record profits. The widespread integration of this technology into American society is unconscionable. I am proud to introduce the Ban Flock Act with Senator Sanders to enforce our constitutional right to privacy and protect Americans from both corporate and government surveillance.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, quoted in Sen. Bernie Sanders’s official press release, “Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez, Merkley Unveil Ban Flock Act to Protect Americans’ Right to Privacy,” October 2, 2026. The release identifies the Ban Flock Act as prohibiting federal agencies from using automatic license-plate readers; the quoted statement calls AI-powered cameras a mass-surveillance system and backs the bill to protect Americans from government surveillance.

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Ban governments from using AI to conduct mass surveillance of citizens

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AI Verified The quote explicitly identifies AI-powered cameras as a mass-surveillance system and supports the Ban Flock Act to protect Americans from government surveillance. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 8d ago

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AI Verified Ocasio-Cortez supports the Ban Flock Act to protect Americans from government surveillance using AI-powered cameras, matching the recorded for vote. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 8d ago

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AI Verified Sanders's official October 2, 2026 release reproduces the complete wording and attributes it to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 8d ago

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Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance

Across the country, Big Tech companies like Flock Safety have built a mass surveillance system to harvest Americans’ private and personal data without their consent. AI-powered cameras are keeping track of our every move and weaponizing this data aga...

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Governments and labs should build the capability for a global slowdown of frontier AI development in case it's needed

Congress has a moral obligation to stand with the American people and stop the expansion of these data centers until we have a framework to adequately address the existential harm AI poses to our society. We must choose humanity over profit.

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AI poses an existential threat to humanity

Congress has a moral obligation to stand with the American people and stop the expansion of these data centers until we have a framework to adequately address the existential harm AI poses to our society. We must choose humanity over profit.

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