The FCC is about to ban 21% of its test labs today. I mapped them all | Hacker News
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The FCC is preparing to broaden its “Bad Labs” rule to block test labs in China and Hong Kong, with possible spillover to other countries without U.S. mutual recognition agreements.
About 131 labs could be affected, according to the mapped analysis.
The move aims to tighten device certification oversight and curb reliance on labs viewed as unreliable.
But it could also disrupt access to affordable consumer and hobby electronics if testing capacity shrinks.
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