PRIVACY: DeSantis bans Flock cameras on state roads in Florida.

The move came less than a week after Mr. DeSantis echoed the concerns of Florida residents who complained the cameras, powered by artificial intelligence, go too far in monitoring the public and are being used in some cases for nefarious reasons by rogue police officers and others.

“I’m all about law enforcement having the tools to be able to hold criminals accountable,” Mr. DeSantis said last week during a press conference at Florida International University. “But I don’t want to have this become a surveillance state.”

Mr. DeSantis called for a legislative overhaul of the law governing the use of the cameras, which number in the thousands in Florida.

“I think these cameras, these license plate readers, I think it’s out of control,” he said.

Just yesterday: Responding to Their Customers, Gun Stores Take Down Their Flock Cameras.