FCC blocks first gadgets over 'foreign surveillance chips' from HiVision

The FCC used its new October 13 power for the first time, blocking two gadgets that contain a HiVision Hi3516CV610 camera SoC. The agency calls it a foreign surveillance chip because HiVision is a Huawei subsidiary on its Covered List and markets face-detection algorithms; the specific devices were not named.

• FCC blocked two gadgets containing the HiVision Hi3516CV610 SoC
• HiVision is a Huawei subsidiary on the FCC's Covered List
• The FCC granted itself the blocking power on October 13
• The agency did not name the blocked devices