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More than a year after the U.S. stopped using Chinese-made drones to track wildfires and monitor dams, the future of their use remains uncertain.

More than a year after the U.S. Interior Department grounded hundreds of Chinese-made drones it was using to track wildfires and monitor dams, volcanoes and wildlife, it’s starting to look like they won’t be flying again any time soon — if ever. A measure moving through Congress would impose a five-year ban on U.S. government…

Lawmakers worry they could facilitate spying on critical infrastructure.

Gov't use of Chinese drones in limbo as Congress weighs ban MATT O'BRIEN, AP Technology Writer June 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2015 file photo, West Salem police chief Charles Ashbeck flies his department's new drone in West Salem, Wis. More than a year after the U.S. Interior Department grounded hundreds of Chinese-made drones it was using to track wildfires and monitor dams and wildlife, the future of drone use by the federal government remains unmapped. The latest complication: Legislation moving through Congress that would block the U.S. gove...

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