AI Brief
- The Federal Communications Commission has blocked two devices containing Huawei subsidiary HiSilicon surveillance chips from entering the US market.
- The FCC cited national security concerns, noting the chips are designed for surveillance and include human face detection algorithms.
- This marks the first use of new rules barring sales of devices with hardware from Chinese companies deemed security risks.
WASHINGTON: The Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday it had blocked two devices from the US market that contain foreign surveillance chips produced by a subsidiary of China's Huawei, the first time it had exercised authority under new rules.
The US telecom agency said it barred a dashboard camera and a wireless video transmitter containing chips produced by Huawei subsidiary HiSilicon, which the agency said advertises its chip as "designed for the surveillance market" and including "detection algorithms for human faces."
FCC Chair Brendan Carr said video devices containing surveillance chips produced by companies on its national security list "pose an obvious and unacceptable risk to the nation and our people."
Huawei did not immediately respond to a request for comment and HiSilicon could not immediately be reached.
The FCC voted in July to bar sales of devices in the US that contain key hardware from Chinese companies deemed to be national security risks
The Trump administration has mounted a sweeping crackdown on Chinese technology gear
