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California's Sonoma County sued for illegal mass surveillance

Jason Weisberger
Jun 06, 2025
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Give them an inch and they take a mile. Sonoma County authorized a drone surveillance program to weed out illegal cannabis farms. A lawsuit alleges the County is conducting warrantless searches for code violations and spying on residents.

The North Bay county of Sonoma initially started the 6-year-old drone program to track i…

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