After Town Bans Flock, Councilmember Crashes Out, Proposes Internet, Phone Ban
5 hours ago
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- #local government
- #surveillance backlash
- Bandera, Texas city council voted to immediately end its contract with Flock surveillance company due to resident opposition.
- Residents protested by vandalizing camera poles, leading the town to replace them at their own expense.
- Councilmember Jeff Flowers declared a 'Bandera Digital Declaration of Independence,' proposing a ban on all modern technology in retaliation.
- Flowers threatened to propose a ban on smartphones, cameras, internet, and electronic record-keeping.
- He argued that if privacy is the goal, the town should revert to a pre-digital era, akin to 1880.