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Axon is being sued over its AI license plate reading cameras.

The Verge •
November 04, 2026 • 06:44 PM
• By Terrence O'Brien
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LA recently decided to move forward with installing hundreds of Axon’s ALPRs after it cut ties with the scandal-plagued Flock. Now Axon is facing a class action suit, suggesting people’s problem is less with Flock specifically and more with the AI-powered surveillance state in general. According to Reuters: > The lawsuit, ​filed on Tuesday in federal court in San Francisco ​by law firms Hausfeld and Gibbs Mura, alleges Axon ⁠has failed to comply with a California privacy provision by ​not disclosing how it collects, uses and shares plate data gathered ​through its camera systems. “Axon has created a mass-surveillance infrastructure that is practically impossible to avoid,” the lawsuit said.

Axon is being sued over its AI license plate reading cameras.

The fight over Flock and other ALPRs

LA recently decided to move forward with installing hundreds of Axon’s ALPRs after it cut ties with the scandal-plagued Flock. Now Axon is facing a class action suit, suggesting people’s problem is less with Flock specifically and more with the AI-powered surveillance state in general. According to Reuters :

The lawsuit, ​filed on Tuesday in federal court in San Francisco ​by law firms Hausfeld and Gibbs Mura, alleges Axon ⁠has failed to comply with a California privacy provision by ​not disclosing how it collects, uses and shares plate data gathered ​through its camera systems. “Axon has created a mass-surveillance infrastructure that is practically impossible to avoid,” the lawsuit said.

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