Flock Safety, the company behind the cameras, obstructs any attempt to establish guardrails, accountability, or transparency. Amazon is no one’s model for corporate responsibility, and even it cut ties with Flock.
With City Council set to introduce its own charter amendment to appear on the November ballot alongside the initiative spearheaded by Our City, Our Say, here’s a look at how we got here and what could be next.
Compared with protests at neighboring colleges, the administrative crackdown on the 2024 pro-Palestine encampment at Ohio State stands out for its severity, causing reverberations that continue to this day.
Residents did not speak at a City Council hearing this week merely to express discomfort with new technology. They presented an evidence-based argument that the current system is inadequately governed, vulnerable to abuse, and capable of uses far beyond the narrow public-safety examples emphasized by its defenders.
In the wake of the overdose catastrophe, more Americans should be aware that addiction is not a moral failing, and that the overdose crisis was generated by policy failures.
Of the 55 Columbus residents who signed up to speak at the hearing, only five voiced support for keeping the cameras in place.
Officials will hold a public hearing at City Hall beginning at 4 p.m. today (Monday, Aug. 10), with anti-Flock protesters planning to stage a 3 p.m. rally ahead of the meeting.
A developer hosted the first open house for a gigantic Ohio project, with no signs of organized resistance.
The ongoing data center construction boom has our columnist asking himself some questions.
The Columbus City Council is seeking public testimony ahead of an early August hearing on the future of Flock, a license-plate-reading surveillance camera system.
