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The public has voiced clear concern about the coming integration of civilian drones into domestic skies. Anxiety over the potential for surveillance and privacy abuses is well-founded: anyone can purchase a drone outfitted with an HD camera at the mall for $299, or assemble exponentially more capable drones themselves for less than $1000. And there’s no comprehensive legal framework regulating what individuals can do with their personal drones. However, drones are a neutral technology, with a number of benefits for information gathering, and the First Amendment provides at least some justification for allowing surveillance-equipped drones to proliferate. This roundtable convenes privacy experts, First Amendment advocates, technologists, and others to explore the interaction between free speech and privacy as they pertain to drone use.