When Facebook expanded into a new campus in late March, the company released a stunning aerial photo of the site captured from a drone. In taking the picture, Facebook almost certainly broke two federal regulations governing drone use.

The social network isn’t alone in its carelessness. Drone use has taken off quickly among both businesses and individuals, and many people — even sophisticated technology companies — apparently are not fully aware of the rules.

The Facebook image was captured by a DJI drone at what appears to be several hundred feet above a corner of its new campus in Menlo Park, California. The building sits about two miles from Palo Alto Airport — easily within the five-mile zone in which drone operators must obtain permission from an airport before conducting a flight.

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