--- title: The U.S. Government Just Followed Through on Its Ban of... description: The FCC has expanded its drone ban beyond DJI to include all foreign-made consumer drones, effective December 21, 2025. No new foreign drone models will... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-u-s-government-just-followed-through-on-its-ban-of-dji-drones-and-it-s-so-much-worse-than-we-th-spptwoxb2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The U.S. Government Just Followed Through on Its Ban of DJI Drones—and It’s So Much Worse Than We Thought | daily.dev og:description: The FCC has expanded its drone ban beyond DJI to include all foreign-made consumer drones, effective December 21, 2025. No new foreign drone models will... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-u-s-government-just-followed-through-on-its-ban-of-dji-drones-and-it-s-so-much-worse-than-we-th-spptwoxb2 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/sppTwoXB2.png og:image:alt: The U.S. Government Just Followed Through on Its Ban of DJI Drones—and It’s So Much Worse Than We Thought og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The U.S. Government Just Followed Through on Its Ban of DJI Drones—and It’s So Much Worse Than We Thought **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The FCC has expanded its drone ban beyond DJI to include all foreign-made consumer drones, effective December 21, 2025. No new foreign drone models will receive FCC authorization, though existing authorized models can still operate. The ban affects nearly the entire consumer drone market since most brands manufacture outside the U.S., and even U.S.-assembled drones with foreign components are banned. American consumers can only purchase currently available models, which will eventually become outdated as the global market advances without U.S. participation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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