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Will delivery drones be a thing? A fight for LA’s skies is brewing

Some of the world’s largest corporations like Amazon, Walmart, Google, and UPS are all looking into using drones to deliver small packages.

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By Steve Chiotakis • Jun 7, 2021 • 25m Listen

Some of the world’s largest corporations like Amazon, Walmart, Google, and UPS are all looking into using drones to deliver small packages. The Federal Aviation Administration is granting approvals right and left for growing these types of operations. However, there are questions of privacy and surveillance if thousands of drones are allowed to take up LA’s skies to take pictures and gather data. Could local control start regulating the skies for Angelenos?

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    Steve Chiotakis

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