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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has issued a mea culpa in the case of a drone photographer who was told to stop filming at the company’s Giga Texas construction site yesterday.<\/p>
“I think our security was a little overzealous in this case,” Musk tweeted early this morning<\/a>.<\/p> Photographer Jeff Roberts was using a drone to film construction of Tesla’s new factory near Austin, Texas when he says he was approached by Tesla security personnel who told him to stop filming.<\/p> “Today, site security told me to ‘ease and desist’ all filming of the Tesla ‘Giga Texas’ Construction site,” he wrote in a video about the event. “They stated that continued filming would be ‘criminal trespass’ and that they would press charges.”<\/p> But Musk says that the company is backing down, and that “reasonable” drone photography of the site will be allowed.<\/p> “I’m fine with reasonable drone footage,” Musk tweeted<\/a>. “Just needs to be at a fair distance and not coming right up to people.”<\/span><\/p> More on Tesla: <\/strong>A Hacker Reportedly Gained Access to Tesla’s Entire Fleet<\/em><\/a><\/p> The post Elon Musk: Tesla Security Was “Overzealous” In Kicking Out Drone Photographer<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Read more here: Drone Zone Tesla CEO Elon Musk has issued a mea culpa in the case of a drone photographer who was told to stop filming at the company\u2019s Giga Texas construction site yesterday. \u201cI think our security was a little overzealous in this case,\u201d Musk tweeted early this morning . Continue reading Over Zealots<\/h2>
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