Flock Cameras Are Spreading Across America. So Is the Backlash.

群组摄像头在美国遍地开花。随之而来的,是抵制之声。

WSJ What’s News

2026-08-26

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P.M. Edition for Aug. 25. National affairs reporter Kris Maher discusses how the AI surveillance company has become the target of bipartisan anger. And Canada retaliates against U.S. tariffs with some of its own. Ottawa-based reporter Paul Vieira says the tariffs are strategic—they target products from states in play in the U.S. midterm elections. Plus, Dolly Parton has died. The songwriter behind hits including “Jolene,” “9 to 5” and “I Will Always Love You” was 80 years old. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • Canada unveils new retaliatory tariffs on U.S.

  • Seafood, steel, and other products.

  • Plus, flock cameras are spreading across the U.S., and so is the backlash.

  • Something that's so interesting about the opposition

  • to the technology and the company is that it does span the political spectrum.

  • And Dolly Parton has died at age 80. It's Tuesday, August 25th.

  • I'm Pierre Biedemey for The Wall Street Journal, filling in for Alex Osselop.

  • This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

  • In the latest development in the escalating trade dispute between Canada and the U.S.,

  • Canada says it will put a retaliatory tariff of up to 50 percent on U.S.

  • Products.

  • Those include steel, aluminum, motorcycles, chainsaws and processed cheese.

  • The tariffs affect about 7 percent of what Canada imports from the U.S.

  • WSJ reporter Paul Vieira talked to us from Ottawa.

  • He says the tariffs are an attempt to exert political pressure on American politicians ahead of the midterms.