Electronic Frontier Foundation15h ago
The FAA quietly imposed a nationwide drone restriction that prevents filming ICE and other federal agents within half a mile. It’s an attack on the First Amendment. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/faas-temporary-flight-restriction-drones-blatant-attempt-criminalize-filming-ice
The FAA’s “Temporary” Flight Restriction for Drones is a Blatant Attempt to Criminalize Filming ICE

Legal intern Raj Gambhir was the principal author of this post.The Trump administration has restricted the First Amendment right to record law enforcement by issuing an unprecedented nationwide flight restriction preventing private drone operators, including professional and citizen journalists,...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Show threadMiss Gayle9h ago

@eff

Which is why people need cameras in their eaves, roofs, and windows of their businesses and homes. Not hooked up to the internet, and not obvious.

Show threadMx Verda
@MissGayle @eff seeing this reply out of context, or even within context, is as suitably horrifying as everything else I've observed today.
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Show threadMiss Gayle9h ago

@MxVerda @eff

We are in a civil war a people don't seem to get it. Videos won't stop the violence. They'll just be evidence for the trials later.

Show threadMx Verda9h ago
@MissGayle @eff sounds reasonable to me. I don't have to like yet more cameras everywhere.
Show threadBiggles 20X6!7h ago
@MxVerda @MissGayle @eff my recent experience with drone footage is from the Ukrainian raptor unit.
Gotta say I would be chuffed to bits if footage like that showed up of ICE.