Rooster Stops Traffic in Nepal to Safeguard Its Flock
The short version: A viral clip of a rooster halting Nepali traffic to protect its flock has nothing to do with license plate surveillance, despite the pun potential.
Our Take
Every so often a video crosses our desk that has nothing to do with automated license plate readers, mass surveillance, or Flock Safety the company — and this is one of them. TG News' clip of a rooster bravely holding up traffic in Nepal to shepherd its flock across the road is charming, and credit to the channel for capturing it. But we'd be stretching the truth if we pretended a protective bird in the Himalayas tells you anything about the cameras watching American streets.
We get the appeal of the headline pun — "flock" is right there in our name too. The difference is that the rooster's flock chose to follow it, and nobody's logging their license plates, timestamps, and travel patterns into a searchable database shared across thousands of law enforcement agencies. That's the actual surveillance apparatus we track here, camera by camera, city by city.
So enjoy the rooster. Then, if you want to see what's really being tracked in your neighborhood, check our camera map and find out how to push back at take action.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of TG NEWS, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.