#Flock Surveillance Coming to Rosedale in Toronto

Flock is a US company that uses AI to comb through security camera footage. They have a track record of sharing data with law enforcement and ICE without adhering to due process. Now they are expanding into Canada, with Rosedale among the first areas where they are looking to set up.

If you live in the #Rosedale area and share our concerns about what this means for your neighbourhood, we want to hear from you.

The Guardian | Row over ‘virtual gated community’ AI surveillance plan in Toronto neighbourhood by Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Rosedale residents considering car licence plate-scanning Flock system in bid to tackle property crime

A row has broken out in one of Canada’s wealthiest neighbourhoods over plans to use an AI-powered surveillance system to create the country’s first “virtual gated community” to combat surging property crime.

Crime rates in Toronto as a whole are dropping, but residents of Rosedale have been left on edge by a sustained rise in home invasions, with robbers targeting the tree-lined neighbourhood at a rate more than double the city average. Break-ins and theft remain the third highest per capita in Toronto.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/07/toronto-rosedale-row-virtual-gated-community-ai-surveillance-flock

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