House Select Committee Asks FCC to Examine Dahua Technology Sale
The leaders of the House Select Committee on China are asking Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and her staff to examine the sale of Dahua Technology USA to Foxlink, as they believe it is an attempt to evade an import prohibition on Dahua cameras destined for government facilities, critical infrastructure surveillance or other national security uses.
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They said analysts have written that Foxlink will claim its cameras aren't from Dahua, a Chinese firm added to the Department of Commerce’s Entity List because its cameras are used to surveil Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
The committee's leaders asked the FCC for a briefing on its findings.