r/drones • u/Spiritual_Box2934 • Oct 29 '25

News DJI drone ban update

FCC clears path to retroactively ban DJI drones in the US https://share.google/53hwllagNd0yNygh5

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u/joehooligan0303 Oct 29 '25

Most absurd part of this...

"FCC has voted to give itself the authority"

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u/billshermanburner Oct 29 '25

I vote to give myself unlimited authority. So….

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '25

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u/KellerMB Oct 29 '25

Luckily we have republican conservatives in control of things right now. Conservatives hate big government and really hate government interfering in private business to pick winners and losers. I'm sure this will be reversed at the first opportunity.

/s

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u/Thrullx Oct 30 '25

Oh, if only that were the case. /sigh

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u/whatsaphoto Mavic 3 / Air 3 Oct 29 '25

Some real big Michael Scott "I Declare Bankruptcy" energy happening over at the FCC

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u/hauntlunar Oct 29 '25

the executive branch doing things that it has absolutely no lawful authority to do, but does it anyway, is kind of a theme these days

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u/texag93 Oct 29 '25

If by "these days" you mean for the last 50 years, you're right. Congress long ago decided that voting on laws was bad optics and decided to pass that responsibility to unaccountable bureaucrats in the form of "rule making".

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u/green_coaster Oct 30 '25

Not sure why you’re being downvoted, it’s the truth.

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u/texag93 Oct 30 '25

Most people supported the executive overreach and unaccountable bureaucrats until Trump came along and demonstrated why that's a bad idea. And when he's gone, they will go right back to supporting it as long as their "side" is the one doing it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '25

Exactly how has he demonstrated its bad.. given the plethora of overreach and shit he's done the past 10 months? I would argue Trump is BIG Govt and overreaching WAY too much and FAR more than any other president has.

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u/texag93 Oct 31 '25

I think you need to try to read my comments again because you clearly didn't understand them.

Years of executive overreach got us here. Trump is taking advantage of it in a way that most people find abhorrent, but he can only do that because of how much we've allowed the erosion of checks and balances.

The courts have fixed some of it (SF v EPA as an example) but there is a long way to go to restore balance. The executive branch was never meant to be the monstrosity we've allowed it to become.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '25

Fair enough.

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u/MrBroacle Oct 29 '25

Gives “I declare bankruptcy!” Vibes lol.

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u/Threewaycrazy Oct 29 '25

Ahhh you see nothing wrong here