“I don’t want to be in a situation where these tech companies, a handful of tech companies, know everything about you and know where you’re going,” he said. “And I know they collect a lot as it is, but I think it’s going to get a lot worse unless we have some protections for the people in Florida.”

As expected, he’s redirecting public anger away from root problem (police overreach) towards the strawman issue of ‘tech companies’ (tech company data collection is an entirely separate issue). Restrictions on what Flock can or can’t do don’t mean anything if police departments aren’t stopped from putting up dozens and dozens of interconnected, AI-powered cameras in their cities that by design collect data on every individual that passes by.