'TikTok With Wings': House Republicans Take Aim at DJI Drones

The Countering CCP Drones Act would add DJI to FCC’s “covered list.”

Jack Daleo

Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 05:43 PM ET

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DJI’s newly released Mavic 3 Pro may soon be banned by the FCC. [Credit: DJI]

Key Takeaways:

U.S. lawmakers have introduced the "Countering CCP Drones Act" to add Chinese drone manufacturer DJI to the FCC's "covered list," aiming to ban it from U.S. government use due to national security concerns.
Officials express fears that DJI drones could be used to transmit sensitive data from U.S. military installations and critical infrastructure to China, likening the threat to that posed by TikTok.
While DJI denies links to the Chinese government and asserts its data security, reports indicate the company has received funding from state-backed Chinese investors, though conclusive evidence of data transmission to China remains unconfirmed.

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Da-Jiang Innovations, better known as DJI, may have poked the bear.

The Chinese drone manufacturer, which has drawn scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers at the state and federal levels and was blacklisted by the Department of Defense, could soon be banned from government use entirely if a bill introduced Wednesday by Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-New York) and Mike Gallagher (R-Wisconsin) passes.