D.C. Circuit Must Vacate a Drone Flight Restriction That Criminalized Recording Immigration Agents

Filed by Dana Graviton

EFF joined an amicus brief with ACLU, ACLU of D.C., National Press Photographers Association, and Professional Photographers of America to urge the D.C. Circuit to vacate an FAA drone flight restriction that violated the First Amendment right to record law enforcement. This is an important case—Levine v. FAA—challenging the ability of the government to punish drone pilots who record law enforcement officers engaged in official business.  As we wrote about earlier this year, the FAA issued a flig