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Australia uses drones to ensure social distancing at the bea…

Australian surf patrol guards are using drones to survey beaches and ensure beachgoers are following social distancing guidelines. Guards are flying remote aerial drones around Sydney’s beaches to keep track of crowds this summer and prevent future beach closures, Bloomberg reported. Authorities were forced to close Bondi Beach in March …

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Drones cannot be used to enforce physical distancing norms, …

It’s against privacy rights and it gives governments unprecedented surveillance powers, right groups had argued. Paris: France’s highest administrative court ruled Monday that Paris authorities could no longer use aerial drones to track people flouting social-distancing rules in the coronavirus fight, handing a victory to rights groups who warned of …

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Social Distancing Enforcement Drones Arrive in the U.S.

[Drone voice]: Go home! Photo: John Nacion/NurPhoto via Getty Images In late January, a viral video from China showed people who’d wandered outside in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak getting scolded by a disembodied voice from a drone flying overhead. Last month, similar campaigns began in France, where …

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