Since 2021, EFF has been advocating against the use of armed robots or drones by law enforcement. This call has only become more urgent. Lawmakers need to act now. Learn more: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/lawmakers-must-act-now-prevent-armed-police-drones
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Lawmakers Must Act Now to Prevent Armed Police Drones
This is not science fiction. It’s not premature. If towns, cities, states, or the federal government want to act to rein in the emergence of armed police drones and robots, we have precious little time. In the absence of substantial regulation around when and how domestic law enforcement in the...
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The fear isn't the tool; drones are wonderful. It's that a 'technical glitch', or a 'bug' becomes an acceptable excuse for losing a human life.
We ABSOLUTELY need safeguards before that line blurs, not after.
Because if that line blurs, there's barely ANY turning back, unless something happens!
(Recent advancements are concerning:
https://ukraine.ohchr.org/en/In-Ukraine-Short-Range-Drones-Were-the-Deadliest-Weapon-for-Civilians-in-March-UN-Human-Rights-Monitors-Say
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/hundreds-drone-first-responder-programs-could-soon-be-launched-across-country
https://www.stopkillerrobots.org/resource/box-iii-statement-by-stop-killer-robots-to-the-gge-on-lethal-autonomous-weapons-systems-2-6-march/
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#stopkillerrobots
In Ukraine Short-Range Drones Were the Deadliest Weapon for Civilians in March, UN Human Rights Monitors Say | UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine
In March, civilian casualties increased by 49 per cent from the preceding month, with at least 211 killed and 1,206 injured, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine said today in its most recent monthly update. | UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine
ukraine.ohchr.org@eff In the future, if things like these are becoming real, then what must we label our books, if not sci-fi?
@eff It never was science fiction, science fiction is a warning about what the techbros want to do.