The government, at the local, state, and federal level, has become more involved in the daily lives of Americans than ever before.
As a result, bureaucrats and lawmakers wield immense power, terrifying the people they claim to serve.
Now residents of this Virginia city are seething with rage as this outrageous scheme comes to the surface.
Norfolk, Virginia residents are up in arms after catching wind of this dystopian practice
When people think of busy parts of Virginia, the areas surrounding Washington, D.C. often come to mind. Many people do not realize that three of the top four largest Virginia cities are located in the Tidewater region collectively named Hampton Roads.
Nearly two million people live in Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, and the surrounding communities, helping make the region the 37th largest metropolitan area in the United States.
Norfolk’s population alone sits at nearly a quarter million people, with commuters, mariners, concertgoers, college students, and others coming in and out of this busy city every day.
All the coming and going ranks Norfolk International Airport (which could soon become Norfolk-Virginia Beach International) in the top 13% nationally for air travel traffic.
Little do the hundred of thousands of people in Norfolk know that the City of Norfolk has watched their every move with the help of invasive AI tracking technology.
More specifically, Norfolk has become a major adopter of FlockSafety technology, which uses cameras, automated license plate readers, and artificial intelligence technology which gives government officials the ability to track individuals and vehicles throughout the city in real-time.
Although city officials claim that such technology helps control crime, many Norfolk residents worry that it impedes their rights.
Last October, the Institute for Justice filed a lawsuit on behalf of two outraged Norfolk residents regarding the use of FlockSafety, calling the program unconstitutional and warrantless surveillance violating their client’s Fourth Amendment rights.
Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Mark Davis, ruled earlier in February that this lawsuit could proceed.
In his ruling, Judge Davis stated, “(The) Plaintiffs have sufficiently alleged a violation of both their subjective and reasonable objective expectations of privacy, and by doing so, plausibly allege that a search has occurred.”
“When the Court takes all well-pled facts in the complaint as true, even if doubtful in fact. The Court can draw another inference in Plaintiffs’ favor, as it is required to do at this stage: that a violation of Plaintiffs’ Fourth Amendment Twombly, 550 U.S. at 555,” the Virginia Judge added.
Lawsuit in Norfolk shows that many people are concerned about new technologies that could violate their rights
Technology has rapidly advanced over the last several decades, with artificial intelligence seeing especially rapid developments.
Like with any new technology, many fear that artificial intelligence could be used for the wrong reasons.
In Norfolk, Virginia for example, residents fear that FlockSafety products could violate their rights, making it virtually impossible to move around town without Big Brother keeping an eye on them.
China and other dystopian nations rely on similar technology to police their populations, and many Americans fear that the United States could be heading in the same direction.
Stay tuned to Unmuzzled News for any updates to this ongoing story.
