March 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Monday it was banning the import of all new foreign-made consumer routers, the latest crackdown on Chinese-made electronic gear over security concerns.China is estimated to control at least 60% of the U.S. market for home routers, boxes that connect computers, phones, and smart devices to the internet.The FCC order does not impact the import or use of existing models, but will ban new ones.The agency said a White House-convened review deemed imported routers pose "a severe cybersecurity risk that could be leveraged to immediately and severely disrupt U.S. critical infrastructure."It said malicious actors had exploited security gaps in foreign-made routers "to attack households, disrupt networks, enable espionage, and facilitate intellectual property theft," citing their role in major hacks like Volt and Salt Typhoon.The determination includes an exemption for routers the Pentagon deems do not pose unacceptable risks.Lawmakers have previously raised security concerns about Chinese-made routers and Representative John Moolenaar, the Republican chair of the House select committee on China, praised the FCC order."Today's tremendous decision by the FCC and the Trump administration protects our country against China's relentless cyberattacks and makes it clear that these devices should be excluded from our critical infrastructure," Moolenaar said. "Routers are key to keeping us all connected and we cannot allow Chinese technology to be at the center of that."The Chinese Embassy in Washington did not immediately comment.https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/fcc-banning-imports-new-chinese-made-routers-citing-security-concerns-2026-03-23/
Last month, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued TP-Link Systems, a California-based router manufacturer spun off from a Chinese firm, for allegedly marketing its networking devices deceptively and allowing Beijing to access American consumers' devices.TP-Link Systems said it would "vigorously defend" its reputation, adding that the Chinese government had no form of ownership or control over the company, its products or user data.Reuters reported last month the Trump administration had put on hold a proposed ban on domestic sales of routers made by TP-Link.The FCC issued similar rules in December that ban the import of all new models of Chinese drones.
Great. The Repubilshits are getting rid of the filibuster. They're officially worse than Democrats, and it's not even close anymore.
Guys, just buy a Israeli-made routers in America and you will be happier
The US government already watches when I jerk off to fat chicks, why should I care if the chicoms do?
>>1500158So which domestic router company paid Trump money recently? People are buying cheap chinese tech because they're poor, lowering market pressure to raise the cost of domestic routers isn't going to help that at allWill southern border agents even care beyond checking if boxes of chinese routers contain drugs?
>>1500223This is about surveillance, not boosting domestic router sales.
>>1500158>>1500227They're pushing federal-level age verification too. https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/03/president-donald-j-trump-unveils-national-ai-legislative-framework/
>>1500230>AI trump is really hell bent on creating Skynet to kill us all.
>>1500232It's Starlink not Skynet don't worry about it.
>>1500227If the lifestyle of the average chinese citizen is better than the lifestyle of an American citizen, why shouldn't they be in charge?I'd rather my money go to a pyramid of corrupt bureaucrats than missiles used to kill innocent schoolgirls for Israel
>>1500230Federal porn ban soonish (or just making it so inconvenient + a liability risky + credit cards companies refuse to pay out that nobody bothers)?
>>1500158>foreign-made routers>security gaps in foreign-made routers>foreign-madeNice Lenovo laptops in the Situation Room in the White House, Trump.>where Lenovo products are made
YAYYYY $1000 ROUTERS AND MODEMS YAAAASS BLUMMPFFF SLAAAAYYYYYYYYY>got my flint 2 years ago and now they're literally $800 on ebay YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS!!!!!!!
>>1500223>So which domestic router company paid Trump money recently?There's not any>>1500227That's good because there are no domestic routers. This is like blumpffs retarded spiel years ago about domestic component makers. literally every fucking computer manufacturer in America uses components from China. Even now with 300% tariffs on them. This is literally the government instituting communism except Dear Leader in this case is the Republican party.
>>1500259This is probably more insider trading for the trump regime to enrich themselves further like they're doing with their War on Iran.
>>1500158I'm paranoid about Langley spying on the porn I watch, not China
>>1500283... What kind of porn are you watching?
>>1500355My vintage Nailin Palin porn parody obviously. Sarah Palin is hot, she looks like that chick from 30 rock Tina Fey
