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Beryl Lipton

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
2
Latest publication
Sep 28, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Electronic Frontier Foundation
Top 500K sites
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Jul 23, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Beryl Lipton and Saira Hussain

    EFF to San Francisco Police: Drones are Powerful Surveillance Tools That Require a Robust Policy (opens the original)

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    The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) began regularly deploying drones two years ago and has since expanded their use in a way that has outpaced its documented policy and evaded existing local and state oversight of these devices. The department has a new proposed policy, which continues to be grossly inadequate in protecting privacy and civil liberties. At best, the draft policy continues the SFPD’s pattern of putting vague guardrails on a powerful surveillance tool, but at worst, if imple

  2. Article · Jul 23, 2026 · Beryl Lipton

    Hundreds of Drone-as-First-Responder Programs Could Soon Be Launched Across the Country (opens the original)

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    Police departments across the country are lining up to launch drone-as-first-responder (DFR) programs, and hundreds have cleared a necessary hurdle toward making deployment a reality, expanding aerial surveillance and data collection even in areas patrol officers typically can't reach. As of February 2026, over 1,000 public safety agencies—including police, fire, and other emergency management agencies—had received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) waivers needed to automate drone operations

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