The rise of domestic drones
ListenGuests: Gregory McNeal, Jay Stanley, Lavon Phillips
Pizza delivery, crop dusting, moviemaking, policing – all kinds of industries have ideas for how they can use drones – the unmanned aerial vehicles that are rapidly gaining popularity in the United States. Just last month Amazon asked the Federal Aviation Administration for permission to start testing their drone delivery system outdoors. But so far though, the Federal Aviation Administration hasn’t made any definitive rules about the commercial use of drones. Today Marty talks with JAY STANLEY, Senior Policy Analyst with the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy and Technology Project and GREGORY MCNEAL, Law Professor at Pepperdine University School of Law about the privacy and security issues of drone use in the U.S. And, we’ll hear from LAVON PHILLIPS, founder of the Rotor-E Drone Club, about the rise of drone hobbyists.
WHYY is your source for fact-based, in-depth journalism and information. As a nonprofit organization, we rely on financial support from readers like you. Please give today.
Brought to you by Radio Times
Radio Times
WHYY's Radio Times is an engaging and timely call-in program that tackles wide-ranging issues of concern to listeners in the Delaware Valley.
Subscribe for free
Regulators close Philadelphia-based Republic First Bank, first U.S. bank failure this year
The FDIC said it had seized the Philadelphia-based bank, which did business as Republic Bank and had roughly $6 billion in assets and $4 billion in deposits as of Jan. 31.
56 mins ago
Photo essay: Penn, Drexel and Temple students demand ceasefire in Gaza, establish encampment
Protests, sit-ins and encampments decrying the war in Gaza have swept university campuses across the U.S. Here’s how things unfolded in Philadelphia on Thursday, in photos.
10 hours ago
DNC Coverage Day 2: Last Night’s Speeches, Bernie on Unity, and the Spectacle Thus Far
Air Date: July 26, 2016
Listen 00:48:46