Flock is starting to feel the heat — or at least its PR team is.
Last week, its CEO Garrett Langley offered a simpering public apology for abuses of its mass surveillance network after a Washington Post investigation found at least 50 cases of police officers allegedly using Flock’s AI-powered cameras to stalk women.
Then in an interview with Vanity Fair days later, Langley insultingly suggested that his cameras would have solved the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie — a comment that came as more cities across the country are cancelling their Flock contracts amid mounting public backlash against the company.
Media outlets would sure like to know what Flock’s thinking is about all this and more, but it’s not playing ball. Rather than respond to questions, its communications team, as of Wednesday, is telling reporters that it’s taking a well-timed “break” — with a bizarre attempt at levity thrown in for good measure.
