College De‑Flocking Movement

Students and campus staff are organizing to force universities to cancel contracts with private license‑plate surveillance vendors and remove automatic license‑plate readers from campus. Campaigns cite opaque data sharing, risk to undocumented and protestors, hackability and chilling effects on campus life; several institutions (Emory, Cornell, Penn State) have ended or declined renewals. — If sustained, campus de‑Flocking could set a national precedent for how public institutions contract surveillance technology and shift legal and policy debates over private surveillance data, campus policing, and protections for vulnerable populations.