DeSantis Moves To De-Flock State Highways

• • Governor DeSantis ordered the removal of Flock automated license plate readers from state highway rights of way 30 days.* The state will stop approving new camera installations on state roads to prevent a surveillance state.


• • Most of the 7,500 cameras in Florida are locally operated rather than state controlled.

Context
The technology was originally intended for tolling but has expanded into widespread criminal surveillance. DeSantis seeks legislative guardrails to prevent ad hoc local expansion of these tracking systems.

Christian Perspective
Governmental authority must be limited to protect the God given liberty of the individual. Unchecked surveillance violates the sanctity of private movement and the dignity of the person. True leadership protects citizens from the overreach of a growing administrative state.

Implications
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