Why a Flock Worker Quit: ‘They Lied’
This is an adaption of a podcast interview 404 Media recorded with Jonathan Paz, a former Flock employee who is now running running for Congress in Massachusetts’ 5th District. Jonathan Paz was initially nervous when he started working at the surveillance company Flock. But he was interested in the company’s mission.
- ▪This is an adaption of a podcast interview 404 Media recorded with Jonathan Paz, a former Flock employee who is now running running for Congress in Massachusetts’ 5th District.
- ▪Jonathan Paz was initially nervous when he started working at the surveillance company Flock.
- ▪But he was interested in the company’s mission.
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| Original publisher | 404 Media |
| Canonical URL | https://www.404media.co/why-a-flock-worker-quit-they-lied/ |
| Publication time | Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:02:31 GMT |
| Retrieval time | 2026-08-03T14:05:40.833Z |
| Last seen | 2026-08-03T14:05:40.833Z |
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This is an adaption of a podcast interview 404 Media recorded with Jonathan Paz, a former Flock employee who is now running running for Congress in Massachusetts’ 5th District. Check out the whole thing here on YouTube. Jonathan Paz was initially nervous when he started working at the surveillance company Flock. It was his first tech job. But he was interested in the company’s mission. Flock’s cameras, which constantly scan the license plate of every vehicle driving past, were for finding missing people. Staff at the company were able to solve real issues.In his job as a government affairs manager a couple of years ago, Paz represented Flock in public hearings, with the goal of getting a city to purchase Flock cameras.
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