Could Taser drones help to protect American schools?
Axon had announced plans to develop Taser drones in response to recent deadly mass shootings, claiming that the drones could prevent future tragedies.
The US tech company, Axon, has been forced to suspend controversial plans to produce Taser-equipped drones for use in schools, after the majority of its ethics board resigned.
The firm had announced the development of the technology as a tool intended to prevent mass shootings.
Issie Lapowsky is chief correspondent at Protocol, a news platform covering the tech industry. She told Newsday there had been a number of concerns, amongst them "they're going to be conducting this passive surveillance on students all the time... that surveillance would fall on the shoulders of marginalised children... and concerns about how effective a drone would be in a mass shooter scenario when you have these semi-automatic weapons that probably are going to be targeted right at the drone".
(Picture: Flowers and photographs are placed at a memorial dedicated to the victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on June 3, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. 19 students and two teachers were killed on May 24 after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire inside the school. Wakes and funerals for the 21 victims are scheduled throughout the week. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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