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Court in France bans police drones at demonstrations
The use of police drones for Corona compliance and at political rallies in Paris is unlawful. La Quadrature du Net sees the “balance of power” with police reversing. The French Supreme Administrative Court has banned the police in Paris from… Further reading
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Query on Suspicion: German EU Council Presidency wants Criminal Records Index
For the second time, the German Federal Criminal Police Office is leading an EU pilot project that aims to enable cross-border queries of police files. This could affect not only police suspects but also their associates or victims. The Federal… Further reading
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Germany: Problems with another drone project
The LUNA is one of the most widely used drones in the Bundeswehr, and it is also the oldest. The contractor for a much more powerful successor system has now declared insolvency. In the past two weeks, the German Social… Further reading
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German Social Democrats tip the scales against arming Heron TP drones – but now the „Eurodrones“ are coming
The arming of Israeli drones has been stopped for now, but in coming months the Bundestag will vote on whether to approve purchase of 21 “Eurodrones”. Since 2010, the German Armed Forces have been flying unarmed drones of the type… Further reading
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“Electronic Evidence”: No simplification for digital investigations yet
No less than three international organisations are working on different agreements to ease access to servers abroad for police and judiciary. In the Council of Europe, the EU Commission might pre-empt the United Nations. Problems arise with demands from the… Further reading
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Big business with throw-away military drones
The defence company Airbus is expected to have produced 2,000 target drones soon, at a unit price in the six-digit range. The Bundeswehr uses them for air defence training. Further missions are testing swarms of drones. To train air defence… Further reading