The FCC is beginning to block gadgets with ‘foreign surveillance chips’

October 22, 2026 · 8:23 pm 1 sources

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• The FCC is beginning to block gadgets with ‘foreign surveillance chips’
  The Verge · October 22, 2026 20:23
  On October 13th, Brendan Carr's FCC gave itself a new power - it can block gadgets for containing any computer chip made by any company on its list of potential threats to national security. Today, it's exercising that power for the first time, blocking two gadgets because they contain "foreign…