Advocates argue FAA imposed restriction to avoid accountability
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The amicus brief contends the flight restriction was issued specifically to ban recording of immigration agents and thus prevent accountability, pointing to timing coinciding with national backlash against DHS enforcement patrols.
“it surely wasn't a coincidence that the FAA imposed "no-drone zones around all roving DHS patrols just as those patrols were provoking intense national backlash."”
EFF amicus briefElectronic Frontier Foundation Civil rights organization filing amicus briefACLU and ACLU of D.C. Co-filers of amicus briefNational Press Photographers Association Co-filer of amicus briefProfessional Photographers of America Co-filer of amicus briefReporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Legal representative of drone operator
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3 outlets D.C. Circuit Must Vacate a Drone Flight Restriction That Criminalized Recording Immigration Agents
first by Mastodon, 2d ago · also HN Frontpage, EFF Deeplinks
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- Vacate a Drone Restriction That Criminalized Recording Immigration Agents HN Frontpage · 1d ago
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EFF joined an amicus brief urging the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate an FAA drone flight restriction that violated the First Amendment right to record law enforcement. The government can’t avoid accountability by punishing those who exercise their rights. https://www. eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/dc-c…
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