How Long Before Chinese-made Axon Police Drones Start Killing Americans?
By MassPrivateI Not content with police body cams, Axon formerly known as Taser wants to equip police departments with Chinese-made surveillance drones. Three weeks ago,…
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Real-Time Drone Surveillance System Is Being Programmed To Detect Violence
By Nicholas West Just a little over 10 years after drone surveillance inside U.S. borders was declared a conspiracy theory, it is now an indisputable…
Google Quits Drone Program; U.S. Navy Wants Drone Motherships With Help Of A.I.
By Aaron Kesel The U.S. Navy and researchers from Florida Atlantic University are developing a boat for drones (aerial and sub) that can be launched from a…
Sacramento Residents Outraged By Secret Drone Program Spying on Neighborhood
By Nicholas West A group of residents from Sacramento’s Land Park neighborhood are expressing their disgust with a secret drone program that has been exposed…
Google Employees Now Quitting As Company Joins Pentagon, Becomes Part of the War Machine
By John Vibes Last month, The Free Thought Project reported that thousands of Google employees were speaking out about the company’s close relationship with the…
Chicago Police One Step Closer To Using Drone Surveillance At Protests
By Nicholas West In the wake of tragedies like the Las Vegas shooting, we’ve seen a justification emerge for using drone surveillance of large public…
In Letter to CEO, 1000s of Google Employees Revolt Against Military Drone Project
By Carey Wedler Google made headlines last month when it was announced it was partnering with the Pentagon to develop artificial intelligence for use in drones flown…
New Kentucky Law Puts Limits on Drone Spying, Will Help Thwart Federal Surveillance Program
By Michael Maharrey Last week, a bill requiring police to get a warrant before engaging in drone surveillance in most situations became law without the…
“Buy American”: Trump to Boost Exports of Lethal US Drones to “Create Jobs”
By Jason Ditz With drone warfare a hot business in recent years, the US has kept a careful handle on who they allow to buy…
U.S. Military Working To Deploy Robot Ground Vehicles For Urban Combat By 2020
By Nicholas West “Every year, more and more of the world’s population moves into cities. The number of megacities is growing exponentially. Both of these…
China Is Building a Fleet of Giant “Drones for the Sea”
By Darius Shahtahmasebi China is in the process of building a fleet of giant drones for the sea, Forbes reports. According to Forbes, China is…
Kentucky Committee Approves Bill to Limit Drone Spying, Help Thwart Federal Surveillance Program
By Michael Maharrey Yesterday, a Kentucky Senate Committee passed a bill that would require police to get a warrant before engaging in drone surveillance in…
Kentucky House Passes Bill to Put Limits on Drones, Help Thwart Federal Surveillance Program
By Michael Maharrey Yesterday, the Kentucky House unanimously passed a bill that would require police to get a warrant before engaging in drone surveillance in…
DWI-Droning While Intoxicated: Drinking While Flying a Drone Could Land You in Prison
By Jack Burns Lawmakers in New Jersey have passed a bill, which if signed by Gov. Chris Christie, would turn drinking while flying a drone into…