Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced legislation Friday that would prohibit the federal government from using Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader cameras and cut off federal funding for state and local governments that use the technology.

The legislation, dubbed the Ban Flock Act, would bar federal agencies from using or accessing data collected by automated license plate readers, or ALPRs. It would also prohibit federal grants from going to state and local governments that use the technology.

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