The US Federal Communications Commission has banned a dashboard camera and a wireless video transmitter from being sold and marketed in the US because they carry a surveillance chip from HiSilicon, Huawei’s chip-design unit, according to Tom’s Hardware and Digitimes.

It is the first time the FCC has used a new rule targeting devices whose chipmakers are deemed national security risks. The rule took effect on October 13, and HiSilicon and its parent company are on the FCC’s Covered List.

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Image: Georgia I75nb MM86.2 dashcam.jpg by Mjrmtg, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative photo; it does not show the events described.