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Look out for 30,000 domestic drones to fill the sky

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30,000 Domestic Drones to Fill the Sky, Civil Liberties at Risk | Common Dreams
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Congress passed a bill that would increase the presence of drones to ply U.S. skies. The bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to rush a plan to get as many drones in the air as possible within nine months. An estimated 30,000 drones could fill the air by the end of the decade.

The Senate passed the bill on Monday, 75-20 and allots $63.4 billion to the FAA. Obama is expected to sign it into law.

ACLU, among other civil liberties groups, is expressing grave concern for civilian privacy, as the legislation does not restrict drone surveillance activities by police and federal government agencies.

The community raises its concerns:

circlesquared: "bad, bad, bad idea...more freedom lost in America and world wide"

figgdimension: "protecting and serving the sh*t out of you :/"

warman1138: "WTF are they looking for! Bunch of paranoid morons, you can't go anywhere in any store or public space without cameras around everywhere and they need more? Things are getting weirder and weirder."

oldbanjo: "I wouldn't have a problem with drones except for the fact that our Police departments are corrupt."

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