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Recording law enforcement is a First Amendment right. But a new FAA rule threatens penalties for anyone who uses a drone to record ICE or CBP, including destruction of the drone. 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,...

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Ćosić Samir 1d ago

@eff get longer selfie stick.

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ferricoxide 1d ago

@eff

#ICE loves to operate unmarked vehicles: how can you even know if you're operating in a covered area until/unless you've filmed agents dismount the vehicles and can clearly see the markings on their uniform? Worse, with the number of idiots that are impersonating ICE, how would one even know that what your camera has picked up isn't just an impersonator?

…and that's aside from the:

• Ridiculously-broad (i.e., "lazily-drawn") coverage-area
• The ridiculously overly-long "temporary" proscription-term
• The 1st Amendment-violating rationale underpinning it
• That it's effectively mooted by all the other coverage options (mobile phones, nearby security cameras, etc.)

Seems like a ton of grounds to overturn it (if a court-date can be had).