AMAZON SCRAPS PARTNERSHIP WITH SURVEILLANCE COMPANY AFTER SUPER BOWL AD BACKLASH

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Ring has canceled a planned integration with Flock Safety after public backlash over a Super Bowl ad featuring AI-powered neighborhood tracking and broader concerns about a “dystopian” surveillance ecosystem. The integration never launched, so no customer footage was shared. The controversy amplified scrutiny of Ring's facial recognition features and Flock's vast license-plate tracking network amid mounting privacy and civil liberties criticism.