Court upholds FCC right to ban tech from Chinese-owned telecom companies

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) acted within its authority when it banned video surveillance products made by two Chinese-owned companies, a federal appeals court said in a Tuesday decision. The agency’s ban on products made by Hikvision and Dahua is appropriate under a 2021 law, the Secure Equipment Act (SEA), which is meant to

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