WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – The Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday it blocked two devices from the US market that contain foreign surveillance chips produced by a subsidiary of China’s Huawei, the first time it has 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.”
(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Chris Reese)
