Sweden Effectively Bans Drones with Cameras

From The Verge : The Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden just ruled that camera drones qualify as surveillance cameras and require a per...

Oakland's Resistance to Mass Surveillance: Would it Play Out the Same Way Today?

The BBC has this interesting article on an attempt by the City of Oakland, California to adopt a wide-ranging surveillance system, and the ...

Police Body Cameras: Not a Cure-All, But a Step in the Right Direction

The Wall Street Journal has this article  from last week on police body cameras and the Alton Sterling shooting. The Journal notes that whil...

Aerial Surveillance, Intrusiveness, and the Fourth Amendment

Eugene Volokh has this post at the Volokh Conspiracy highlighting the recent case of State v. Davis in the New Mexico Supreme Court. In th...

California Governor Vetoes Drone Trespass Bill

So reports the LA Times : Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday vetoed legislation to restrict the use of drones over private property. The legislat...

XKCD on Drone Regulation

Regular readers of this blog should know that I am interested in state and federal regulation of drones. It therefore shouldn't be a sur...

New Florida Law Restricting Private Drone Use

Florida's governor recently signed S.B. 766, a bill that expands and clarifies restrictions on drone use listed in section 934.50, Flori...

North Dakota's New Law Restricting Law Enforcement Drones

North Dakota's governor recently signed this bill  (H.B. 1328) restricting the government's use of drones, which makes North Dakota ...