The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted new rules on May 22 to ban the participation of “bad labs” in the electronics testing process, targeting the Chinese communist regime’s involvement in particular.
The FCC also voted to create a way of identifying foreign ownership of entities, which would allow it to keep a list of foreign adversaries similar to the Pentagon or Commerce Department’s blacklist.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr said during the May 22 meeting that about 75 percent of electronics are tested by labs in China.
All electronic devices that emit radio frequencies require authorization, which involves using private test labs, certification bodies, and accreditation bodies to test and certify that the devices comply with FCC rules….