Update: Drone Company Tries to Avoid U.S. Ban Claiming its 'Flying Camera' Is Not a Drone, Gets Banned Anyway

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gizmodo.comseen 27 Aug, 16:38headline rewritten
~~Don't Call This Flying Camera a Drone Unless You Want It to Get Banned~~Update: Drone Company Tries to Avoid U.S. Ban Claiming its 'Flying Camera' Is Not a Drone, Gets Banned Anyway

All 2 reports on Thu, 20 August 2026

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Anita Facundo White House, District Of Columbia, United States Gizmodo The Verge FCC Mashable PetaPixel

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How it spread - 2 original reports

Thu, 20 August 2026
2 reports
- Google News - Top Stories14:45first to report
  Don’t Call This Flying Camera a Drone Unless You Want It to Get Banned
  Don’t Call This Flying Camera a Drone Unless You Want It to Get Banned Gizmodo HoverAir’s transforming modular drone has already been halted in the US The Verge HoverAir's latest flyer eradicates divide between pocket cam and drone New Atlas HoverAir Versa: How this drone dodged the FCC's foreign drone ban Mashable It Looks Like HoverAir’s Flying Gimbal Camera Already Got Banned in the U.S. PetaPixel
- gizmodo.com14:45edited after publishing
  Update: Drone Company Tries to Avoid U.S. Ban Claiming its 'Flying Camera' Is Not a Drone, Gets Banned Anyway
  previously~~Don't Call This Flying Camera a Drone Unless You Want It to Get Banned~~
  This drone maker is exploiting a loophole to bring its "intelligent self-flying camera" to the U.S. despite a ban.