Marketplace bans as security policy

The FCC required major U.S. online retailers to remove millions of listings for prohibited or unauthorized Chinese electronics and to add safeguards against re-listing. This shifts national‑security enforcement from import checkpoints to retail platforms, targeting consumer IoT as a potential surveillance vector. It also hardens U.S.–China tech decoupling at the point of sale. — Using platform compliance to police foreign tech sets a powerful precedent for supply‑chain security and raises questions about platform governance and consumer choice.