• Amazon’s Ring ends partnership with police surveillance firm Flock Safety amid public backlash. • The decision follows a 30‑second Super Bowl ad featuring a lost dog and camera network. • Ring’s “Search Party” feature in the ad was unrelated to Flock, but the partnership was still canceled. • Planned integration would have let Ring owners share footage with law‑enforcement via Community Requests. • The integration never launched, so no customer videos were sent to Flock. • Flock remains committed to law‑enforcement tools, but paused ICE pilot programs amid scrutiny.
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- Amazon’s smart doorbell maker Ring has terminated a partnership with police surveillance tech company Flock Safety. The announcement follows a backlash that erupted after a 30-second Ring ad that aired during the Super Bowl featuring a lost dog that is found through a network of cameras, sparking fears of a dystopian surveillance society. But that feature, called Search Party, was not related to Flock. And Ring’s announcement doesn’t cite the ad as a reason for the “joint decision” for the cancellation. Ring and Flock said last year they were planning on working together to give Ring camera ow
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